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Book details
  • Genre:FICTION
  • SubGenre:Thrillers / General
  • Language:English
  • Series title:A Frank Benson and Ophelia Brown Thurman Mystery
  • Series Number:2
  • Pages:256
  • Paperback ISBN:9798623753625

Ocerbrook Farms

by Neal Goldstein

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Overview
Charles Hunter, a former United States Re-con Marine, working as an independent contractor for an international security outfit, reluctantly accepts an assignment to participate in the rescue of a widow and her eight year old daughter who are being held hostage by a gang of criminals near Caracas Venezuela. His reluctance had nothing to do with the nature of the assignment. Rather it was returning to Venezuela and the circumstances of his leaving, that concerned him. Minutes after hitting the ground, the rescue mission goes off the rails, compelling Hunter to reconnect with those he had left behind, including his former lover to complete his mission. The story is an action packed thriller that spans thousands of miles, intrigue of international dimensions, and a final resolution in the historic Philadelphia neighborhood of Overbrook Farms, where, with the help of detectives Frank Benson and Sergeant Ophelia Brown Thurman, Hunter can finish the job.
Description
Charles Hunter, a former United States Re-Con Marine, working as an independent contractor for an international security outfit, reluctantly agrees to participate in the rescue of a widow and her eight year old daughter who were being held hostage by a gang of criminals near Caracas, Venezuelan. Hunter had lately become disillusioned by the nature of his assignments, and was thinking of moving on. Although rescue missions made him feel heroic, his reluctance to participate, however, was returning to Venezuela. He had left the country over a year before, and caused pain to those he had left behind, including his former lover. Minutes after hitting the ground, the rescue mission went off the rails. In order to avoid a complete mission failure, Hunter was compelled to reconnect with his friends to save the little girl and reunite her with her family. Their journey involved far more than traversing the thousand miles from Caracas to the U.S. Hunter and the child were the target of powerful forces, with unlimited resources, who were committed to kill the child, in order to achieve their goal. The plot twists and turns across several continents, culminating in the historic neighborhood of Overbrook Farms, Philadelphia, where Hunter, with the help of Detective Frank Benson, and Sergeant Ophelia Brown Thurman, of the Philadelphia Police Department ultimately complete the rescue mission.
About the author
Neal Goldstein was born and raised in Philadelphia. He lives with his wife in Haverford, Pennsylvania. A graduate of Temple University and Temple University School of Law, he currently practices law in Philadelphia representing labor unions and employee benefit plans. He is also the author of Murder and Mayhem in Manayunk, Fishtown, and Northern Liberties, (The Jack Ryan/Izzy Ichowitz trilogy), The Pa-la-Ti'-shan, (The Politician), and 60th & Haverford, the first book in the Frank Benson and Ophelia Brown-Thurman series. Although he is still working full-time as an attorney, he considers himself a writer trapped in a lawyer's body.