KILLING MAINE edition by Mike Bond Literature Fiction eBooks
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KIRKUS - Another stellar ride from Bond; checking out Pono’s first adventure [SAVING PARADISE]isn’t a prerequisite, but this will make readers want to.
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Surfer and Special Forces vet Pono Hawkins quits sunny Hawaii for Maine’s brutal winter to help former SF buddy Bucky Franklin beat a murder rap. The same Bucky who once sent Pono to military prison then married his girlfriend Lexie. But in Special Forces you never leave a buddy behind no matter what they’ve done. Especially if they once saved your life.
An unknown sniper has shot environmental exec Ronnie Dalt, and the police say it was Bucky. So Pono finds himself hooked up with Bucky’s wife Lexie trying to find Bucky an alibi. And meets an old flame, the fierce and beautiful attorney Erica, and then the dead man’s wife Abigail, who has never met a man she couldn’t devour alive.
Unknown killers stalk Pono as he tries to unravel Ronnie’s death. Nothing is certain, no one can be trusted, no place is safe. There’s a million square miles of wildlands out there to hide a man’s body. And with a rap sheet that includes two jail sentences, Pono is the number one target of every cop in the state.
Sadly Maine turns out to be as politically corrupt as Hawaii, with huge energy corporations gobbling up the state’s beautiful mountains and purchasing its politicians at bargain prices. Once again Pono finds himself hunted, shot at, betrayed, stalked by knife-wielding assassins, and in love with three women.
Second in the Pono Hawkins series after the critically-acclaimed, best-seller SAVING PARADISE, KILLING MAINE is an insider’s view of crooked Maine politics, the state’s magical and fast-disappearing natural beauty, and how a lone commando hunts down those who hunt him, and is based on the author’s own experiences in Maine, the Middle East and elsewhere.
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In Bond’s (Tibetan Cross, 2014, etc.) thriller, Hawaiian surfer Pono Hawkins books a flight to Maine to help a fellow Special Forces vet duck a murder conviction.
Pono doesn’t consider Bucky Franklin a friend. Years ago, Bucky left with Pono’s love, Lexie, and provided testimony in one of two cases that sent Pono to jail (although both convictions were overturned). But Bucky saved Pono’s life when they were in Special Forces, and he’s determined to help when Lexie tells him he’s been arrested for killing environmentalist Ronnie Dalt. It doesn’t look good for Bucky. The murder weapon was his, and his alibi is shaky. But Pono knows he’s on the right track when someone tries to shoot him. He starts a dangerous relationship with Dalt’s widow, Abigail, and gradually exposes a string of political unscrupulousness. Bond’s novel, the second to feature Pono, makes its protagonist credible as an amateur sleuth; Pono’s smart enough to enlist hacker pal Mitchell, whose skills draw more viable suspects than Pono can find on his own. And his beloved home is always on his mind as he suffers the Maine winter hoping to wrap everything up before an upcoming surfing festival, the Tahiti Tsunami. The story has an unusual villain, WindPower LLC, whose deafening, monstrous turbines are an incessant presence throughout the story. The political and financial muscle behind WindPower is abundantly clear from the beginning, immediately demonizing the company. The book, however, isn’t short on mysteries. Abigail, for one, inexplicably vanishes, a disappearance that the cops blame on Pono, as well as a couple of murders. Like in Pono’s previous story, the surfer’s fondness for women creates a triad of drama Abigail; lawyer Erica, a lover from back when Pono was a mere 14; and Lexie (Pono won’t sleep with her while Bucky’s in jail, but it’s obvious that he’s trying his hardest not to). Pono’s relationship with his Pa is the strongest; the most heartfelt moments are Pono rushing back to Hawaii, regardless of cops wanting him to stay in Maine, when Pa’s diagnosed with cancer.
KILLING MAINE edition by Mike Bond Literature Fiction eBooks
I only read about 30% of this book. While I know it is fiction, and I agree I am not in favor of government subsidies (which is tax payer money) for wind farms, ethanol plants, I just couldn't keep reading the false information he writes about--we have wind farms in several places in our state--the cattle eat grass that is growing right under the wind generators. I haven't heard anyone say their dog was scared of the area. I just couldn't get past his slant and I rarely don't finish a book--even though I've finished some books that just didn't get better.Product details
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KILLING MAINE edition by Mike Bond Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This book and its companion novel, set in Hawaii, exposes the deep corruption in the windmill generation industry and its collusion with various governments at federal and state level to enrich a few to the expense of people and wildlife. If you want to get your blood a-curdling, this is a must-read. There's excellent research behind this book; it will keep you up for a night or two.
The concept and storyline of this book are compelling, but Mr. Bond’s aversion to using words like “how”, “as”, and other short, but essential components of coherent sentence structure, along with irritating editing failures, make this book difficult to enjoy. Allowing and accepting degradation of our language to gang slang and text speak is as dangerous to our ability to communicate as the chasm of our political divisions we allow to widen every day. Our authors have a responsibility to stand up for our communication standards. Otherwise, they are responsible for the deterioration of our ability to comunicate.
Fascinating book. Being originally from Maine I had no idea about the destruction from those wind turbines of all the beauty of Maine. I feel that I was educated about situations and the reasons why....corrupt legislators. As citizens we do wonder how legislators get to be millionaires on their salaries.......this is just an other scheme for their dishonesty. I do feel that I could have been interested in this story without all the sex and drug use that this author found necessary to tell his story.
As a former Maine resident from away, I am aware of how that beautiful state is being decimated by big corporations and corrupt politician lackeys. They’ve managed to cripple the logging and fishing occupations and now they’re denuding the land. Mr Bond perfectly captures the frustration and anger Mainers (both native and from away) feel at seeing this jewel of nature slowly being destroyed. This thriller will surprise you with its twists and turns until the end. Well written with rich, believable characters. I’m going to read the rest of his books!!
This is a very anti-wind-power-anti-politician novel that is full of all kinds of wild action. The entire adventure of the protagonist is encapsulated by a dying father about to paddle away from Maui in a canoe to meet his maker, and an upcoming surfing event he must cover, as a journalist, in Tahiti. Meantime, this hero flies back and forth from Maine to Hawaii a couple of times while investigating a murder and some windmill sabotage events in Maine, getting arrested, and pursuing hot and heavy action with every woman he meets. The plot goes along like this with lots of twists and turns and gets very interesting as he pursues multiple leads . . . then all of a sudden the case is solved very quickly.
It's almost as if the writer (of the book) ran out of time and had to truncate the ending.
I mean, it's OK, I enjoyed it while it lasted, but I wish it could have lasted a little longer and rounded out a few more of the loose ends.
In this exciting, captivating novel, surfer and Special Forces (SF) vet Sam Hawkins (sometimes called Pono) leaves Hawaii. He's going to Maine to help a former SF buddy, Bucky Franklin, who has been arrested as a suspect in the murder of environmental executive Ronnie Dalt. He believes that Bucky is innocent and he's determined to gather evidence to culminate Bucky's release. Also, there is interesting involvement with women (many women with Sam). There is no safe place as Sam also becomes a target of all police agencies. This novel includes political buy-outs and deception regarding wind farms which are destroying the environment in Maine. The story is good, but better proofing would make it easier to read at a faster pace. This author knows his stuff as he is an environmental expert who has been involved in saving several threatened areas in Maine. He is also president of several environmental groups.
The subject matter and action looked like this would really be interesting; however, I could not enjoy it because of all the many distracting grammar and editing errors. I understand literary license and colloquialisms, but this went way beyond that whole paragraphs of "sentences" with no verbs, necessary words omitted, run-on sentences, fragments, etc. When the poor grammar of the characters' speech bleeds into the narrative it is difficult to follow the story. The author's habit of saying, "But that's another book" and "That another story" becomes tiresome. Yeah, we know he wrote other books; he can stop promoting them any time. I rarely stop reading a novel but this one I had to put away after struggling through about 20%. Great story idea but terrible editing. Sorry
I only read about 30% of this book. While I know it is fiction, and I agree I am not in favor of government subsidies (which is tax payer money) for wind farms, ethanol plants, I just couldn't keep reading the false information he writes about--we have wind farms in several places in our state--the cattle eat grass that is growing right under the wind generators. I haven't heard anyone say their dog was scared of the area. I just couldn't get past his slant and I rarely don't finish a book--even though I've finished some books that just didn't get better.
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