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The Berlin Package-Book#2

by Peter Riva

Berlin Package by Peter Riva

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My Review

I enjoyed the first book in this series and was curious where the author would take it next.

Pero Baltazar, a film producer, thinks he’s going to be producing a film in Berlin. What he doesn’t know is, he’s been drawn back into work for the CIA and State Department. He’s to deliver a dangerous package. Failure to deliver will be his death.

Peter gives you great characters. They have depth, are emotionally compromised, and he throws them into situations no one could be prepared for.

The action is like shots of speed.  Fast, violent, and intense. At any given time, someone could die.

Bringing back old characters and introducing new ones, The Berlin Package has you deep in a thriller with ties to Nazi gold, dirty bombs, and danger around every corner.

What I most enjoy about this author is his ability to write visually. I could see so many scenes like they were on the big screen. I even found myself trying to choose who would play the different characters.

The intrigue starts right away, then the story slows a bit while you are given some pertinent details, and then picks up speed as events unfold. A thrilling read right to the end.

4 Stars

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Synopsis

Film producer Pero Baltazar thought he was taking a Berlin filming assignment. He needed the work, needed to get back in the saddle after fighting off a life-threatening experience in East Africa—alShabaab had attacked his crew, intent on a much larger terrorist attack. Suddenly he finds himself under orders from his part-time employers at the State Department and the CIA when he is handed a mysterious package. It’s an assignment he doesn’t want. The problem is, it’s a job contracted by mysterious patrons who are prepared to kill him if he doesn’t deliver.

Pero—now in far too deep—turns to friends, old and new, to help him unravel the mystery of the package, uncover connections to Nazi concentration camp gold recently sold by the US Treasury, and thwart the ex–Stasi chief, now head of a powerful banking group.

In this fast-paced sequel to Murder on Safari, Pero calls on Mbuno, his friend and East African safari guide, to anticipate the moves of his enemies as if they were animals—dangerous vermin—who have kidnapped both the film star and director. Mbuno’s tracking skills may keep them from getting killed—provided Pero can rope in more help and keep the CIA at bay.

Exhilarating and expertly crafted, The Berlin Package (Yucca Publishing; April 2016) is a gripping, page-turning thriller set in post–German reunification Europe.

Praise for  The Berlin Package

“An explosive radioactive thriller written with intelligence. . . . The reluctant spy motif works grandly. . . . An extremely thoughtful and terrifying exposure of the dangers inherent in a nuclear world.”

 —Ron Lealos, author of Pashtun and Don’t Mean Nuthin’

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Murder on Safari – Book#1 

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You can read my review HERE.

Synopsis

Only a reality TV producer and an expert safari guide can stop a terrorist attack.

Every adventure starts at the fringes of civilization. For expert safari guide Mbuno and wildlife television producer Pero Baltazar, filming in the wild of East Africa should have been a return to the adventure they always loved. This time they’d be filming soaring vultures in northern Kenya and giant sea crocodiles in Tanzania with Mary, the daughter of the world’s top television evangelist, the very reverend Jimmy Threte.

But when a terrorist cell places them in the crosshairs, there is suddenly no escape and they must put their filming aside and combine all their talents to thwart an all-out al-Shabaab terrorist attack on Jimmy Threte’s Christian gathering of hundreds of thousands in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Author Peter Riva

Peter Riva

Peter Riva has spent many months over 30 years travelling throughout Africa and Europe. Much of this time was spent with the legendary guides for East African hunters and adventurers. He created a TV series in 1995 called Wild Things for Paramount. Passing on the fables, true tales, and insider knowledge of these last reserves of true wildlife is his passion. Nonetheless, his job for over forty years has been working as a literary agent. In his spare time, Riva writes science fiction and African adventure books. He lives in Gila, New Mexico.

Connect with the author:   Website   Twitter   Facebook

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April 25 – The Autistic Gamer – review of The Berlin Package

April 25 – #redhead.with.book – book spotlight / giveaway

April 25 – Bookishly Devoted – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

April 26 – Books Reviews, Nature Photos – review of Murder on Safari

April 26 – Celticlady’s Reviews – book spotlight

April 27 – 3 Partners in Shopping – review of Murder on Safari

April 27 – Zerina Blossom’s Books – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway

April 28 – Vic’s Media Room – review of The Berlin Package

April 29 – Heidi’s Wanderings – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

April 29 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – review of The Berlin Package / guest post / giveaway

May 2 –    A Book Geek – review of The Berlin Package

May 2 –    The World As I See It – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 3 –    Deal Sharing Aunt – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

May 4 –   Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine – review of The Berlin Package

May 4 –   fuonlyknew – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 5 –   Sahar’s Blog – review of Murder on Safari

May 5 –   First Impressions Reviews – review of The Berlin Package

May 6 –   Heidi’s Wanderings – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 6 –   Create With Joy – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

May 9 –   Mystery Suspense Reviews – guest post

May 9 –   3 Partners in Shopping – review of The Berlin Package

May 10 – Library of Clean Reads – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

May 10 – Working Mommy Journal – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 11 – Readers’ Muse – review of Murder on Safari

​May 11 – Life as Leels – review of The Berlin Package

May 12 – Nighttime Reading Center – review of Murder on Safari / interview / giveaway

May 12 – Sahar’s Blog – review of The Berlin Package

May 13 – Olio by Marilyn – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 16 – Olivia’s Catastrophe – review of Murder on Safari

May 16 – Ali – The Dragon Slayer – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway

May 17 – Books Reviews, Nature Photos – review of The Berlin Package

May 17 – Deal Sharing Aunt – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 17 – Library of Clean Reads – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 18 – Cover2Cover – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

May 18 – Olivia’s Catastrophe – review of The Berlin Package

May 18 – Create With Joy – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 18 – Book and Ink – review of Murder on Safari / giveaway

May 19 – Readers’ Muse – review of The Berlin Package

May 19 – Seasons of Opportunities – review of Murder on Safari

May 19 – Bookishly Devoted – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 20 – Cover2Cover – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 20 – Nighttime Reading Center – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 20 – Book and Ink – review of The Berlin Package / giveaway

May 20 – Seasons of Opportunities – review of The Berlin Package

May 20 – Jessica Cassidy – review of The Berlin Package

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Murder On Safari

by Peter Riva

Murder on Safari

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My Review

Pero Baltazar, a film producer, arrives in East Africa, along with his crew, to film a nature show about vultures and giant crocodiles.

Upon their arrival they are met by Mbuno, a top rate safari guide and someone Pero has worked with numerous times.

The plan is for a crew member to fly with the vultures in his hang glider. It’ll be spectacular. Filming goes great. But the crew member never lands at the rendevous spot.

Pero discovers his body, riddled with bullets. He allows the scavengers to mutilate the body so that it will look like an accidental death. This way, the family can collect the insurance money, and whoever killed his crew member won’t know their identities.

The show must go on, so Pero takes the hang glider up for some final shots. He sees an encampment below. They are probably the terrorists who killed his crew member.

If he can see them, they can’t miss him, hanging in the sky like a giant raptor. He rushes to land and the crew load up and get out fast. The plan is to go to the next location, filming crocodiles. Perhaps if they look like they are continuing on their schedule, the terrorists won’t pursue them.

It seemed like a good plan.

The author’s descriptions of Africa are riveting. I’ve always wanted to visit, and hope to do so someday.

The multitude of characters keep you entertained, the plot is intriguing and believable, and the suspense builds, keeping you flipping the pages for the final outcome.

This is my first book by Peter Riva and I’ll be reading more.

4 Stars

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Synopsis

Only a reality TV producer and an expert safari guide can stop a terrorist attack.

Every adventure starts at the fringes of civilization. For expert safari guide Mbuno and wildlife television producer Pero Baltazar, filming in the wild of East Africa should have been a return to the adventure they always loved. This time they’d be filming soaring vultures in northern Kenya and giant sea crocodiles in Tanzania with Mary, the daughter of the world’s top television evangelist, the very reverend Jimmy Threte.

But when a terrorist cell places them in the crosshairs, there is suddenly no escape and they must put their filming aside and combine all their talents to thwart an all-out al-Shabaab terrorist attack on Jimmy Threte’s Christian gathering of hundreds of thousands in Nairobi, Kenya.

Buy the book:     Amazon    Barnes & Noble     Chapters/Indigo

Author’s Bio:

Peter Riva

Peter Riva spent many months over thirty years in Africa, many of them with the legendary guides for East African white hunters and adventurers. He created a TV series (seventy-eight 1-hour episodes) in 1995 called WildThings for Paramount TV. Passing on the fables, true tales and insider knowledge of these last reserves of true wildlife is a passion.

Connect with the author:     Website  ~   Twitter  ~   Facebook

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