Full Circle
A Mystery Thriller (Belle Bannon Series)
Former combat Marine and current
Book Summary
Full Circle
Former combat Marine and current bow-hunting guide Belle Bannon faces her most dangerous challenge yet…
Belle’s persuaded to join an off-the-books government black-ops unit to find and terminate the world’s most lethal paid assassin, a killer who’s eluded world authorities for decades. Known as “The Claw,” the assassin slays his victims by ripping open their throats with a bear claw device.
The pursuit takes Belle to Italy’s Cinque Terre region where she learns that the Claw’s target is an aged Italian nun, and his client is a revered U.S. senator whose secret, vile past emerged from the ashes of Auschwitz.
Belle faces near insurmountable odds as she tries to protect the nun before the old woman falls prey to the assassin. But The Claw has plans for her a well…
And it involves him watching her breathe her last breath.
What readers say about the book🧐
I'd read both of the prior Belle Bannon books and couldn't wait for this one. (You don't need to have read the earlier books; each can stand on its own.) Belle is one of my favorite characters because her struggle with her major flaw--her anger management-- makes her come across as a real person, not a typical fiction hero. I also like how the author takes an obscure event in history and somehow uses it as a foundation for a present day thriller plot. And the bad guy here? Wow! Major scary. I found myself holding my breath during the the scenes at the end where Belle must battle the assassin one-on-one. Strongly recommend.
PSG
About the Author
Mike Pace
Born in Pittsburgh, Mike received a B.F.A. degree from the University of Illinois and a law degree from Georgetown University where he served on the editorial board of the prestigious Georgetown Law Journal. He taught art in a Washington D. C. inner-city public school before being appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C.. After a stint as a commercial litigator, he served as General Counsel to an environmental services company before resigning to practice law part-time, thereby allowing him to focus on his first love, creative writing. He’s a member of the International Thriller Writers Association, the Mystery Writers of America, and the Women’s Fiction Writer’s Association,
Suspense Magazine said of his stand-alone supernatural thriller, One to Go, (Oceanview): “Completely unique; you hold your breath waiting for the next shoe to drop!” The book also received strong endorsements from NYT bestselling authors such as Steve Berry (“terrific”), Douglas Preston (“ripping good”), and Gayle Lynds (“devilishly clever”).
Kirkus Reviews said of his supernatural thriller, Dead Light (Sapphire Star): “Compelling characters … thrilling plot,” and Suspense Magazine advised: “Pace delivers a page turner in Dead Light, that should be on every horror / thriller readers bookshelf.”
Writer’s Digest called Mike’s women’s fiction book, The Chocolate Shop (writing as J.J. Spring) “Exceptional,” and selected it as the magazine’s 2019 first place award winner for contemporary fiction (sp-ebook.)
Mike lives in Florida and when not writing or practicing his sax he loves long beach walks with his parti-standard poodle, “Handsome Jack.”