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The best-selling Dickey turns in another fine performance with this story of an assassin-for-hire who, after a job goes haywire, goes into hiding until she can find a way to deal with the powerful crime organization that is now out for her blood. The assassin, who gives herself various names but is known professionally as MX-401, is a splendidly designed character, a woman who is as beautiful as she is deadly, with a dark past and an uncertain future. The foreign locale—the book is set in and around Barbados—gives the story an exotic, romantic feel. Readers familiar with Dickey’s previous books won’t be surprised to find an intensely dramatic, sexually explicit story about personal exploration and redemption. Not your typical thriller about a hired killer, but an immensely readable, hard-to-put-down tale. --David Pitt
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"A wild, thrilling ride." - Ebony
"Another fine performance...Not your typical thriller about a hired killer, but an immensely readable, hard-to-put-down tale." - Booklist
“There’s a cinematic vibe here with James Bond fantastic escapes mixed with Game of Thrones Red Wedding–type gore as blood flows…Anticipate demand.” - Library Journal
"Eric Jerome Dickey has...a knack for transforming genres, turning them on their heads, and making them his own creations." - New World Review
"A wild, thrilling ride." - Ebony
"Another fine performance...Not your typical thriller about a hired killer, but an immensely readable, hard-to-put-down tale." - Booklist
“There’s a cinematic vibe here with James Bond fantastic escapes mixed with Game of Thrones Red Wedding–type gore as blood flows…Anticipate demand.” - Library Journal
"Eric Jerome Dickey has...a knack for transforming genres, turning them on their heads, and making them his own creations." - New World Review
Praise for Eric Jerome Dickey and his novels:
“Dickey’s fans flock to his readings. . . . He’s perfected an addictive fictional formula.”
—The New York Times
“Dickey has a rare ability. . . . Right away the reader is forewarned: You are in for a hard-boiled, fast ride.”
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer on An Accidental Affair
“Eric Jerome Dickey brings to life the heartache of betrayal with the skill of a master crafter. . . . Dickey’s imagery, the word choices, the rhythm of the sentences, his ability to create a vibrant, tormented sea in which Nia and her support cast bob along make this book one for the keeper shelf.”
—USAToday.com’s Happy Ever After on Decadence
“It’s hard to top his earlier works, but Dickey doesn’t disappoint.”
—Ebony on An Accidental Affair
“Dickey’s fans flock to his readings. . . . He’s perfected an addictive fictional formula.”
—The New York Times
“Dickey has a rare ability. . . . Right away the reader is forewarned: You are in for a hard-boiled, fast ride.”
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer on An Accidental Affair
“Eric Jerome Dickey brings to life the heartache of betrayal with the skill of a master crafter. . . . Dickey’s imagery, the word choices, the rhythm of the sentences, his ability to create a vibrant, tormented sea in which Nia and her support cast bob along make this book one for the keeper shelf.”
—USAToday.com’s Happy Ever After on Decadence
“It’s hard to top his earlier works, but Dickey doesn’t disappoint.”
—Ebony on An Accidental Affair
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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on April 19, 2014
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The book has action from the beginning to the end. MX-401 is the female version of Gideon. This is the only thing I can say without giving anything away. I waited up until midnight of 4/14/14, because I was very anxious to start reading. And I was not disappointed! This is what you’ve done to me Eric. Ever since I picked up your first book three years ago, I’ve been totally hooked. I went back and researched and read every single book you’ve written. Your creativity with words is indescribable – how the hell do you do it? Your adverb conversation had me laughing for days…OMG. These books should be movies. I don’t know how anyone rates them less than five stars? People are you nuts? This man is the embodiment of excellent writing. I put him in the same class with Steven King, Steig Larson, and Brent Weeks. Yes indeed! I said it and I don’t give a damn. In life there are always haters.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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A Wanted Woman, Woman of Ten Thousand Faces, a woman without a name; these are all things you will encounter when faced with the main character of the latest Eric Jerome Dickey novel A Wanted Woman. I found myself wondering what was going on and what had this woman done, what was her name and how did this all evolve.
As with any EJD novel there is a back story that is told throughout the story never giving you that last piece of the puzzle until the very end. And because Mr. Dickey is such a stickler for detail the island settings depicted in this novel are vivid and exact. That said EJD delivered another not so subtle history lesson, I have never encountered and EJD novel that did not drop knowledge. As well all know all fiction is based in some fact.
This action based novel set in the island countries of the West Indies packs a lot of history, detail, blood, sweat and tears on all its pages. Pay attention to the story because the twist and turns will leave you lost, dazed and confused. This is not a romance but a story about an assassin, on her own in a man eat man/woman environment. This novel is not for the faint of heart there is not happily ever after but there might be another to follow should EJD choose to be so kind.
As you read this novel you will see how perception is everything and to what lengths people will go to attain money and power. As you read this novel you will see a young woman struggle with her self image, self worth and finding her own path. As you read this novel you will see that what believe to be an idyllic picture book setting also has its dark and desolate side. I realized as I read this novel the troubles, trials and struggles of our brethren in the islands is more of out of sight out of mind. Mr.Read more ›
As with any EJD novel there is a back story that is told throughout the story never giving you that last piece of the puzzle until the very end. And because Mr. Dickey is such a stickler for detail the island settings depicted in this novel are vivid and exact. That said EJD delivered another not so subtle history lesson, I have never encountered and EJD novel that did not drop knowledge. As well all know all fiction is based in some fact.
This action based novel set in the island countries of the West Indies packs a lot of history, detail, blood, sweat and tears on all its pages. Pay attention to the story because the twist and turns will leave you lost, dazed and confused. This is not a romance but a story about an assassin, on her own in a man eat man/woman environment. This novel is not for the faint of heart there is not happily ever after but there might be another to follow should EJD choose to be so kind.
As you read this novel you will see how perception is everything and to what lengths people will go to attain money and power. As you read this novel you will see a young woman struggle with her self image, self worth and finding her own path. As you read this novel you will see that what believe to be an idyllic picture book setting also has its dark and desolate side. I realized as I read this novel the troubles, trials and struggles of our brethren in the islands is more of out of sight out of mind. Mr.Read more ›
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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L.S. Quash
on April 16, 2014
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Eric Jerome Dickey never fails to disappoint. We have been asking for Gideon but got the female version; she's brutal.
Looking forward to a Reaper/Gideon meeting, in Decadent style.
Looking forward to a Reaper/Gideon meeting, in Decadent style.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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sharon stanberry
on April 22, 2014
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Ok EJD your fans love your work but sometimes killing don't always sell, Gideon was enough, now we want something different. I became a fan because EJD books were not filled with sex violence & drugs or foul language. EjD I need some of your old school writing, luv ya
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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on April 17, 2014
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brilliant, breathtaking, an literal masterpiece, what a rollercoaster ride, thank you EJD, you are still the best my book, keep writing brother, can't wait for you to bring back Gideon, and will definitely be looking out for more of Reaper
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Michael E. Johnson
on May 25, 2014
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I usually enjoy Dickey's books. This book, however, was seriously lacking. I like how Dickey writes about a place, getting even minute details right, the kind of details that only a resident would know. However, this time around it just felt like he wanted the reader to know that he was familiar with the area. It was name-dropping on a new level. I did not enjoy that it was much too easy to hear Dickey's voice through his characters. Yes, all writers' voices and ideas find a way into their stories, but it seemed much to blatant. There was way too much dialogue and too little immersion into the setting.
There were redeeming qualities. The book was action packed.
In all, it would have been a good action flick, but as a book it did not measure up to his other works.
There were redeeming qualities. The book was action packed.
In all, it would have been a good action flick, but as a book it did not measure up to his other works.
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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on April 15, 2014
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A Wanted Woman, the twenty-first novel from New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey, is an action thriller set in Barbados – MX-401 is a woman of a thousand faces, weaponized super-assassin who could be anyone, anywhere.
The transformation of Goldie Reaper began the day she was picked up from school by her father, a man she had never known. He’d come to collect her and to inform her that her mother, Sabrina had been stabbed to death by Mrs. Doright, the wife of Reverend Doright the pastor with whom she was having an affair. Goldie’s response was a simple “Okay.” Followed by “How am I suppose to get inside the house?” “She never gave me a key to the house.” Mr. Reaper was taken aback by Goldie’s cold indifference; nevertheless, he was impressed by her candor and took her to live with him. By the time she was 13 – at her father’s insistence - she was already vigorously working out two hours a day. Five years later, at the age of 18 still under her father’s tutelage, Goldie quickly mastered her lessons of defense and is soon ready to join the ranks of professional hire killers to become MX-401, a lethal top-assassin.
While in exile, MX-401/Reaper/Kiwi discovers that nothing is, as it seems, she finds herself the key player in a massive power struggle, and is not sure if she can trust anyone. The line between enemies, employer, and loyalty became blurred. MX-401 is on the run, trying to outdistance the killers as she attempts to get to the truth about her last mission and her employers’ involvement if any, in its failure...if only she can manage to stay alive long enough.Read more ›
The transformation of Goldie Reaper began the day she was picked up from school by her father, a man she had never known. He’d come to collect her and to inform her that her mother, Sabrina had been stabbed to death by Mrs. Doright, the wife of Reverend Doright the pastor with whom she was having an affair. Goldie’s response was a simple “Okay.” Followed by “How am I suppose to get inside the house?” “She never gave me a key to the house.” Mr. Reaper was taken aback by Goldie’s cold indifference; nevertheless, he was impressed by her candor and took her to live with him. By the time she was 13 – at her father’s insistence - she was already vigorously working out two hours a day. Five years later, at the age of 18 still under her father’s tutelage, Goldie quickly mastered her lessons of defense and is soon ready to join the ranks of professional hire killers to become MX-401, a lethal top-assassin.
While in exile, MX-401/Reaper/Kiwi discovers that nothing is, as it seems, she finds herself the key player in a massive power struggle, and is not sure if she can trust anyone. The line between enemies, employer, and loyalty became blurred. MX-401 is on the run, trying to outdistance the killers as she attempts to get to the truth about her last mission and her employers’ involvement if any, in its failure...if only she can manage to stay alive long enough.Read more ›
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