Billionaires, Bullets, Exploding Monkeys (Brick Ransom, #3)

by Mike Attebery

Seattle billionaire and software titan Jeff Pepper couldn't have chosen a worse day to check up on the research project he's been funding at the university hospital for more than a decade. When gunmen move in, seizing control of the building in their search for a previously unknown weapon, Jeff is caught in the middle of a nerve-wracking hostage situation, one in which he is an all-too-valuable pawn. As tensions mount and the body count rises, his only hope for survival rests on the shoulders of Nick, a deadbeat kid trapped in another part of the building. Working with law-enforcement officials outside, Nick must guide a special team through the locked-down facility and help them save as many lives as possible, while Jeff Pepper uses every negotiating trick up his sleeve to see that he and his fellow captives make it out alive. (Cover artwork by Stephen Emond)

• ISBN10: 0615591434
• ISBN13: 9780615591438
• Publish Date: 7 June 2012 (first published 10 April 2009)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Michael Attebery
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 214
• Language: English

Reviews

[chymerra]

The book starts off from the perspective of Nick, a level entry worker on a research project. He is unhappily married and having an affair with a co-worker (which ultimately saves his life). Then it shifts to Jeff Pepper....eccentric billionaire who is visiting the hospital to check up on a research project. Then it sifts to Tim....one of the terrorist, who doesn't want to hurt people but will to get what Dr Raj Gupta. Finally, after the hostages are taken (including Jeff Pepper), the book shifts to Brick Ransom, Jeff Pepper's close friend and an FBI agent. What happens from that point on is very fast paced.

I rated this book 4 out of 5 stars on Shelfari and Goodreads. While I enjoyed the book and thought the title was extremely eye catching, I didn't like that the book kept shifting from one person to another until almost the end. For me, it took some of the pizzazz out of it.

Will I reccomend this book to family and friends? Absolutely. Even if they don't like these types of books, I believe that they will like this one.