The Vengeance Squad by Sidney Frost

 The Vengeance Squad  by Sidney Frost

Book Blurb

She smiled at me even though I knew she must be in extreme pain. “Thank you for loving me,” she said. I was the one who should be thanking her for loving me. I couldn’t think about that right now. There was too much blood. I had to help her. “Tell me how to fix this.” She coughed and cleared her throat. “Your love has fulfilled me.” “No, please,” I said, “don’t talk like that. You’re in shock. That’s all. We’ll get help soon.” “Chris,” Sarah said. “You have to let me go. I love…” She sank into my arms as her life left her body. “No! Please, God, no.” When Chris McCowan’s fiancée, 24-year-old Sarah Eason, is killed during a bizarre robbery near Austin, Texas, an unlikely trio teams up to find those responsible for her death. The trio, Chris, a 31-year-old computer science professor, Percy “Tex” Thompson, a 40-year-old wheelchair bound ex-con student of Chris’, and 65-year-old head librarian Liz Siedo, pool their talents to find the criminals after local law enforcement agencies have given up. Chris wants an eye for an eye even if it means giving up God and the church where he and Sarah were to be married. He sets out to learn the tricks of the trade from his ex-con student, all while continuing to teach and coming to terms with his grief. Angela, who claims to be an FBI agent, joins the Vengeance Squad to help the three find the killers. Sidney W. Frost is a former computer science professor, ex-marine, and author of Where Love Once Lived, a prize winning inspirational novel.

My Thoughts on the Book

Chris McCowan watches his fiancé die after being shot while checking out a helicopter crash site. Chris decides he is taking Vengeance into his own hands and strikes out to find Sara’s killer. If Sara has to die, her killer doesn’t deserve to live.

 

Chris finds help from a handicap ex-con and ex-marine living in a wheelchair, a granny-type librarian and Chris, thus called “The Vengeance Squad.” With a mission to accomplish, these three start off on a journey that will change their lives forever.

 

Wow, author Sidney Frost gives us an action-packed, fast-pace thriller that will keep you on the end of your seats and your nose in the pages until the very last word. The cast of characters are real and believable and play their roles well as the story comes alive in front of our eyes. There are many twists and turns in this really great story that will keep you turning those pages until the very last one.

 

The one main thing I appreciate about this book is the way the author uses the characters to show how God can work in our lives when we give him the chance. Even though it is not always easy to let go and let God have His way in our lives, He knows what is best. And I felt that Sidney Frost so wonderfully teaches us that in this book.

I thoroughly enjoyed “The Vengeance Squad” and look forward to more books by this author.

 

If you like thrillers, well this is a must for you! I really can’t say enough about how well written and how awesome this story is, so just go grab a copy of see what you think! I don’t think you will be disappointed at all!

 

The author, Sidney Frost provided a copy of this book for me to read and review. I was not required or expected to write a positive review. The opinions in this review are mine only.

 

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About the Author

Sidney W. Frost is a Stephen Leader, a Stephen Minister, and a member of his church choir at First United Methodist Church in Georgetown, Texas. He has served on the session at a Presbyterian church, and has been on the vestry at Episcopal churches. While singing with the Austin Lyric Opera Chorus, he was in 42 productions. He and his wife, Celeste, sing with the San Gabriel Chorale and have been in several Berkshire Festivals. He is an Adjunct Professor at Austin Community College where he teaches computer courses. He received the adjunct teaching excellence award in 2005. While attending the University of Texas in the 1960’s he worked part-time at the Austin Public Library driving a bookmobile after completing service in the U.S. Marines. He is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, the Writers League of Texas, and the San Gabriel Writers’ League. He has a Master of Science degree from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Long Beach. Awards for Where Love Once Lived include First Place — 2007 SouthWest Writers Contest in the Inspirational/Spiritual Category, First Place — 2007 Writers’ League of Texas Novel Manuscript Contest, Romance Category, Third Place — Fourteenth Annual Lone Star Writing Competition, Northwest Houston Chapter of the Romance Writers of America, Inspirational Romance Category and Finalist — 2006 Yosemite Writers Contest Novel Category.

Where Love Once Lived by: Sidney W. Frost

Paperback: 296 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (August 7, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1451511817
ISBN-13: 978-1451511819
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1.6 inches

Awards for Where Love Once Lived include First Place — 2007 SouthWest Writers Contest in the Inspirational/Spiritual Category, First Place — 2007 Writers’ League of Texas Novel Manuscript Contest, Romance Category, Third Place — Fourteenth Annual Lone Star Writing Competition, Northwest Houston Chapter of the Romance Writers of America, Inspirational Romance Category and Finalist — 2006 Yosemite Writers Contest Novel Category

Sidney W. Frost is a Stephen Leader, a Stephen Minister, and a member of his church choir at First United Methodist Church in Georgetown, Texas. He has served on the session at a Presbyterian church, and has been on the vestry at Episcopal churches.
While singing with the Austin Lyric Opera Chorus, he was in 42 productions. He and his wife, Celeste, sing with the San Gabriel Chorale and have been in several Berkshire Festivals.
He is an Adjunct Professor at Austin Community College where he teaches computer courses. He received the adjunct teaching excellence award in 2005.
While attending the University of Texas in the 1960’s he worked part-time at the Austin Public Library driving a bookmobile after completing service in the U.S. Marines.
He is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, the Writers League of Texas, and the San Gabriel Writers’ League.
He has a Master of Science degree from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Long Beach.

MY REVIEW

Where Love Once Lived is a love lost between a Bookmobile driver and his college sweetheart. Brian broke his engagement with Karen, never explaining why, and left town. Now 30 years later he shows up at the school she teaches as a Bookmobile driver again. Karen is furious and now realizes who has been sending her flowers at school each Tuesday for months. She certainly doesn’t want a relationship with him after leaving her stranded 3 decades earlier. Brian is so in love with Karen, he is doing everything he can to charm her back into his life. As the story unfolds and it seems like Karen might me a little interested in him, Brian is faced with many obstacles that make it almost impossible for things to turn out like he wants with Karen. A lawsuit is filed with his business he sold earlier in California. His ex-wife wants more money, and wants to sue him as well. If this isn’t enough, his daughter Amy shows up in Texas with news that threatens to rip his world apart. Seems his ex will do anything she can to hurt him.
What is going on with his business and his ex?  And what is the big secret that could turn his world upside down? And Karen has her secrets too, will she come clean and tell Brian all? Well, read the book and find out!

This is a story much like things happen today. People make wrong choices, and have to pay for those choices for the rest of their lives. Brian was blessed to have a second chance with Karen, but his mistake cost him 30 years of unhappiness. But the true happiness was not Karen giving him the second chance, it was Brian returning to the Lord, and letting Him lead in his life.

This is a wonderful  love story, well written by the author. All of the events happening in the story kept me wanting to keep reading to see what would happen next. And of course I wanted to get to the end to see if Brian and Karen would get back together. I also liked the biblical content in the book too, how the author stressed happiness only comes through faith in the Lord. I hadn’t read any reviews on the book, so it was all a surprise to me!

Thank you to the author, Sidney W. Frost for providing me a copy of this book to read and review. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to read a good, clean love story. It will be worth your read.

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