The Last Lost Warrior Tom A Preece 9781539728153 Books
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The Last Lost Warrior, a mystery/thriller. Maybe his friend killed her in the war, maybe not; George Duvall wanted not to know, so he's careful never to ask. Thirty five years later when Tuco Ruis is mixed up in another murder, Duvall has to find out. Tuco's running and looks more guilty than before. With little hope he's not guilty, but desperate to help his friend, Duvall goes after him. Tuco doesn't make it easy; he rips off another old comrade, a gangster who wants him dead. As Tuco runs on, Duvall's less sure of what he wants. If the cops get Tuco he's down for murder, if the gangster gets him, worse. Duvall must evade gangster and cops, find Tuco, and learn the truth – but maybe from the barrel of Tuco's gun. The author reveres Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Robert B. Parker. He hopes to have emulated them at least in some small way.
The Last Lost Warrior Tom A Preece 9781539728153 Books
I should start by mentioning that the author is a friend of mine, but read it anyway. It's good. And, oddly, although this is fiction, I know, in some ways, some of the characters.This is a murder mystery, a war story and a love story. George Duvall is a sixtyish retired cop living in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid 2000s and working as a private investigator. As a Bay Area native, I really enjoyed seeing the Bay Area through George's eyes.
George's best friend since Vietnam and his lone PI operative, Tuco Ruis, has gone missing after running afoul of a violent local gangster. As George tries to track Tuco down, he finds himself continually returning to the events of one night in Vietnam where a murder may, or may not, have taken place. The description of the night ambush that night is superb, and bizarre. It reminds us, as someone once said, "What a long, strange trip it's been."
The search for Tuco eventually brings the two men together and brings everything full circle. George and Tuco are, hopefully, now in a better place.
Garry Owen, Tom.
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The Last Lost Warrior Tom A Preece 9781539728153 Books Reviews
I picked up the book as soon as I learned of its availability. The author is a Facebook friend and I followed his multi year journey to revise, edit, revise, and edit to get the book published. (...without my seeing any of the story content beforehand). That said, I found reading the book to be an absolute pleasure and worth the wait. I could hardly put it down. It was a war story, a murder mystery, a love story of sorts, as well as a mini tour of the SF Bay area's east bay. ...and it was so well integrated that it read smoothly as a single fascinating story with a slightly surprising ending.
As a fellow Army Vietnam veteran with a couple months overlapping VN service time with the author, the sergeant's emotions of the peace process and his relationships with the other soldiers came through realistically. I could relate to the stress of putting out Claymores and trip wire overnight.
All in all, I recommend the book highly. I hope the author writes more great stories.
By a thoughtful man. This is more than a who dunnit, more than a police tale, and more than a war story. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has been in the military (combat or not), worked as a cop, or just likes a fast paced good read written with the sense that the author knows his subject.
Disclaimer. Tom Preece is friend and a foil of mine on Face Book and we share common real life friends and have lived in the same towns. The book grabbed me. Especially the climax which takes place in the deep woods I escape to daily.
This is a fine, compelling debut novel by Tom Preece. A Vietnam veteran, Mr. Preece gives us a haunting look at the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder on those who served there and still live with effects today in their graying years.
This mystery/thriller revolves around four members of a USMC recon unit who served together in country 35 years prior. Two are close friends, George and Tuco, one is a notorious drug lord, nicknamed Ghost in Vietnam, and one was their lieutenant.
When Tuco goes missing, George is coerced by Ghost into finding him by threatening to reveal details of a mysterious war atrocity involving the platoon. Tuco has stolen something of great value from Ghost and is on the run. Ghost has already killed Tuco’s partner in the theft and George, retired police chief of a mythical San Francisco Bay Area town, has to choose between endangering his best friend or putting his former platoon, of which he was the leader, at risk.
Tom Preece does a skillful job of interweaving three distinct story lines with flashbacks of war and the present day plight of many Vietnam vets and their families. At times my eyes welled up with empathy but then found myself holding my breath through the thrilling action scenes, all the way to the novel’s surprise ending.
I could not put the book down.
A great first novel by a knowledgeable veteran of the more in Vietnam . An in-depth personal study infection of the affects of war on young men many years later . The relationships that bind this troop of lawyers is fascinating.
Also I am of the same generation , being a young woman I was not susceptible to the draft and did not suffer the in equity of fighting in a war that if you wanted to fight in . This book gives real insight to the traumas suffered by those that chose to serve when their country called .
The character development and plot line flow quite well and are very enjoyable . And I am not one to enjoy war movies or war stories , so this is high compliments indeed !
I would suggest this book for any young person in service or who is of an age where they might be asked to serve in a war. And of course I think that this book would be very meaningful to anyone who has already served their nation in the field of combat.
Well done and I look forward to future novels by this new author.
Disclosure Tom is an old friend, but one with whom I've been out of touch with until very recently. As I read the novel, I quickly forgot about the writer and became immersed in a world that most of us probably aren't aware of. Beneath the skin of the plot, which is a hard-boiled detective story, I found a fascinating world of characters whose mental and physical wounds drive them in ways we could never before have understood, and that for me make a great read. When the story takes us back to the Vietnam war, it's with a reality I haven't seen elsewhere; Tom's experiences are used to render, vividly, in-the-moment insanity of war, yet presented with respect for the reader and done without gratuitousness or excess. I enjoyed the book, was disappointed when it ended, and I hope he will consider penning another novel featuring this protagonist, whom I like a lot, warts and all.
I should start by mentioning that the author is a friend of mine, but read it anyway. It's good. And, oddly, although this is fiction, I know, in some ways, some of the characters.
This is a murder mystery, a war story and a love story. George Duvall is a sixtyish retired cop living in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid 2000s and working as a private investigator. As a Bay Area native, I really enjoyed seeing the Bay Area through George's eyes.
George's best friend since Vietnam and his lone PI operative, Tuco Ruis, has gone missing after running afoul of a violent local gangster. As George tries to track Tuco down, he finds himself continually returning to the events of one night in Vietnam where a murder may, or may not, have taken place. The description of the night ambush that night is superb, and bizarre. It reminds us, as someone once said, "What a long, strange trip it's been."
The search for Tuco eventually brings the two men together and brings everything full circle. George and Tuco are, hopefully, now in a better place.
Garry Owen, Tom.
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