Circle of Distrust by Noel Carroll

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This novel, with its intriguing opening scene triggered my interest from the first page. The two main characters, young professionals in a secretive and challenging field get tangled almost inadvertently in a complicated charade that suddenly places their careers and very lives on the line.

The author's keen sense of pacing and careful control of the language, using fresh dialogue throughout the book, weaved a compelling and gradually increasing web of danger for the characters, making you participate in the story, join them in their analytical strategy for defense.

Noel Carroll brings us into the cold corporate world with a new approach-even the hard-nosed villain characters are filtered through the author's sensitive soul painting a vivid human portrayal which manages to keep the reader in the 'loop,' helping him or her play a part in this multilevel, at times frightening, conflict. The two young characters, with their fresh minds and rushed mistakes in their pursuit for survival bring us in a real and complicated world of cat and mouse chase which climaxes in a daring but intriguing scene, completing the full circle of distrust in a dramatic but fulfilling way.

I place this author high in the techno-thriller category and I'm looking forward to reading more books written by this compassionate and crafted pen.

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"You have big problems, son."

Clay was tempted to deliver a sarcastic retort but held back. Better to play it straight until he could learn more of what Canning had in mind. "Rascal is on schedule."

The annoyance on the older man's face was immediate. "I'm not going to play games with you, son. You smuggled a top-secret military device out of this building. That alone gets you Leavenworth."

For the second time in a very short morning, Clay decided he'd had enough.

"First of all, unless you're planning to adopt me, don't call me `son.' Second, I took nothing out of this building." It was, of course, a lie; Canning knew it too.

But what Canning did not know, and wanted desperately to know, was whether the device had been used to pick up what was said inside the blimp.

There was a momentary flicker in Canning's eyes; it was clear he had not expected opposition. "You took Rascal out. Twice that I know of."

"Really? Who saw me do it? You? Your security people? The FBI?"

"You really want to play it that way?"

Clay was not sure how he wanted to play it. Were it left to him, he would not play it at all. He would transport himself back in time to that fateful decision of two Sundays ago and this time watch the damn game on TV!