I received a copy of this story from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I wanted to like this. I thought I was going to like this. Based on the summary, I thought this was going to be a story about political intrigue and government corruption, yes, but I also thought the hacker (Trevelle Williams) would feature more heavily than he did. I thought this would be a more high-tech, cyber-based action novel.

I could not have been more wrong. On all counts.

It was like a bad action movie. You know the type: the action movies that are so bad, they're funny. Except this wasn't even funny. The dialogue was incredibly unrealistic. It often made me cringe because people just do not talk like that in real life. And it was so circular. Reznick kept rehashing the same conversations with the same characters. It became redundant and didn't further the story.

There was plenty of action but it was empty action. Any dramatic tension that was built up dissipated almost immediately after. Things were too easy. There was no mystery except what would happen to Rosalind. And the ending could have been great but it was a total waste because it wasn't earned. An ending like that needs time, tension, and finesse. It only pays off after carefully building and stoking that fire. Because none of that happened, the ending was a massive disappointment. I skimmed the last bit of it because the aftermath wasn't important at that point.

This one is a hard pass for me.

Fast moving, could not put it down
Involves young techno wizzards which is always fascinating and Jon Reznick there to help figure things out
Corruption in the government, with a high tech agency to protect them
Received a copy from Netgallery for an honest review

Jon Reznick has been asked by a hacker he has used on other cases to help him because his life is in danger due to a secret government document that has been sent to him to decode. Soon government officials are involved and also other hackers. They all have a price on their heads. The deeper they go, the more danger they are in but they are pursuing criminals at the highest levels of the Pentagon and other top government offices. Someone is desperate to get hold of all the information and destroy it and anyone else who knows anything about it.

This is one of those great government intrigue mysteries / suspense stories that features a super detective who has special ops background or other “super powers” and gets in and out of very sticky situations. I loved it!

I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Net Galley. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.

This isn't usually the kind of book I would choose to read, so it was good for me to branch out and read something besides a psychological thriller. It was fine. It kinda seemed like the same conversations and scenarios would take place in different locations, which I guess makes sense when you take into consideration the plot and the fact that good guys are being chased by bad guys and all that. It entertained me and I read it quickly so I can appreciate that. I would likely read another book by this author.

My sincerest thanks for the advanced reading copy. It is always appreciated.

Jon Reznick is contacting by an old friend who is in trouble. Travelle is a former NSA computer wiz kid who has left that agency and set out on his on as a hacker. But when a friend sends him a file to decrypt he doesn’t realize the danger it is going to put him in.

The file is a memo about the upcoming assassination of a government employee, a whistle blower, who is set to testify before the Senate about a Department of Defense scandal that will implicate top ranking personnel with taking bribes and siphoning off millions of dollars in defense funds.

Travelle’s friend is murdered when a group of hit men come to his home to kill him, but they get the wrong person. Travelle then contacts Reznick and the two together set out to find the target of the government assassination and try to protect her and deliver her in person to the Senate committee she is to testify before.

Needless to say a multitude of bad people are going to try and stop them. Jon does his thing and keeps them one step ahead of the hit squads. But will that be good enough?

It is well written, it is fast paced, it is an accurate portrayal of murder, deceit, betrayal and good old fashion patriotism and loyalty. Who will win?

Enjoy

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of this new book by J.B. TURNER entitled HARD TARGET. It is the 8th book featuring Jon Reznick. Thank you also for introducing a new, established author to me.

Jon Reznick is former Special Forces, C.I.A “black ops” and current F.B.I. consultant. Sometimes his ops are “on the books”; other times he operates outside formal control. He lives in Rockland, Maine on the upper northeast coast of the United States. He operates worldwide. He usually is a loner but he has resources.
Among his resources in this story are Martha Meyerstein, Assistant Director of the F.B.I. She has been a friend and employer for a long time. Most of Jon’s consulting work comes from Meyerstein.

Trevelle Williams is another character from prior stories. Williams is a young man formerly with National Security Agency (N.S.A.), an agency that is even more secretive than the C.I.A. He left that agency under a cloud and set up his own computer research business in Miami, Florida, warehouse. He also lives in the warehouse.

This story begins when Trevelle receives an encrypted message from his hacker friend David in New York City. The decoded message says that a woman is going to be assassinated. It scares Trevelle into contacting Jon for help after he witnesses his good friend Fernandez being murdered in his warehouse office. Williams and Reznick meet in New York City to visit David only to find out he, too, is now dead.

Rosalind Dyer is the supposed target. She is a non-gun-toting agent of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS). She is following the trail of government embezzling by military leaders including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Franklin Ross (450 million dollars in his personal accounts) and the deaths of seven other agents tracking the same malfeasance. Rosalind has an appointment to speak to Congress as a “whistleblower”. Sound familiar?

Max Charles runs a company called Geostrategy Solutions. The company “advises” government agencies and personnel on worldwide issues. It is an internal memo from that company that Trevelle received and decoded. Charles is former C.I.A. “black ops” specializing “regime change”. Assassinations.
Jon, Trevelle, Rosalind and another friend of Trevelle spend a few days trying to keep Rosalind alive so she can testify before Congress. The story takes place over a week or so of real time. The settings are primarily Miami, New York City and areas around Washington, D.C.

There are hand-to-hand fights, shootouts, car chases and suspense themes throughout the story. It is a fast read. If you have not read J.B. TURNER before like me, then by all means start to do so. The author has two other series available as well. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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Trevelle, a hacker ,turns to Reznick, an all purpose kind of ex military guy when he ( Trevelle) finds himself in danger after acquiring secrets on a flash drive. The contents lead them to a whistleblower who is set to testify about that information and which will implicate several key people in the government.
The race is on then to get her in to safely testify while keeping everyone safe..
Lots of action. A bit of intrigue. An entertaining book, although a bit short in stringing it together. There are places in the book where the reader is forced to make assumptions based on very little input from the writer

Move over Jack Reacher. Jon Reznick is the guy to follow now. Far deeper and more sympathetic than Reacher, but with all the heart pounding, edge of your seat action. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting a new character and was thrilled to discover this was book 8 in the series.

The cast of characters is equally compelling - from Reznick himself, to the conflicted contact he has in Washington, to the clueless hacker who stumbled on the leaked email ordering the demise of a witness getting ready to testify, to the villain who has Reznick, the hacker and the witness on his list for elimination.

Loved this book and now I'm going to get started on the 7 that preceded it.

This was my first book by J.B. Turner. It is part of a series, but can easily be read as a stand alone. I had no trouble following the story, just didn't know the back stories on some characters. It's a fast paced suspense story about corruption in the government. The main character, Jon Reznick, is trying to protect some people who are risking their lives to testify against some high ranking people in politics and the military. The story moves at a very quick pace and the characters are very likable. I enjoyed this book and would definitely read more by this author!

Trevelle Williams receives documents that threaten national security. The documents pertain to the assassination of Rosalind Dyer, a key congressional witness. She about to be killed in order to stop her testimony. Someone knows that Trevelle has the documents so they're coming after him, too. He needs help and the only person he can think of is Jon Reznick.

Reznick accepts the challenge and sets out to keep Travelle and Rosalind safe until the Congressional hearing. After the hearing they will be put in a FBI safe house .

This was a great book. I couldn't put it down. I'm looking forward to reading the first books in this series.

This was a well crafted thriller. The topic is pertinent and the characters well developed. I must say I thought the conversation a little stilted as it started out but soon became comfortable. It made me want to read more in this series. #hardtarget #netgalley

I can't remember a novel that I sat down and finished in one sitting. I just couldn't put in down. But I had never read a novel by J. B. Turner. I didn't know anything about the series featuring Jon Reznick. I really enjoyed this work. Turner's narrative makes you want to keep reading. It's charged up! The action is displayed so well. But what I really enjoyed is he didn't go for the easy plot fulfilling ending. This made the novel so satisfying.

Thanks to the publisher for providing this electronic edition.

I really enjoyed this novel. It was fast-paced, well-written, and hard to put down. the characters were well-developed, and the plot was interesting as well as intriguing.

I enjoyed this book, it was fast paced. I have not read any other books in the series by him. His books remind me of other author series books that could without a doubt be turned into a series on Netflix or Amazon. I would read more from him and if turned into a series would watch.

I received this book through NetGalley.

This book kept my interest right from the beginning. In fact I didn't stop reading until I finished it.

This is a story that has Jon Resnick respond to a request from his hacker friend, Trevelle. Trevelle had received a request from another computer geek in New York city to have him break an encrypted file. Once it became known to the individuals that sent the file, Trevelle's life came into jeopardy. Jon met Trevelle in NYC and once the information was presented to Jon, they attempted to contact the individual who had sent the file to Trevelle and upon finding him discovered that he had been killed.

Jon and Trevelle then decided that they needed to warn Rosalind Dyer that her life was in danger. Rosalind was scheduled to appear before a Senate Committee as a "Whistleblower". The information that she was disclosed was detrimental to corrupt political members and the only way they could prevent her was to kill her.

In Jon's attempt at trying to protect, individuals within Law Agencies had been issued warrants to have her arrested. The plan was that once she was arrested, then they would be able to kill her while she was in jail. Because of Jon's intervention, they could not carry out this plan. Instead, Jon and the group had to withstand several attempts that were made.

If you want to find out what information she had and whether Jon was successful in protecting her in addition to what individuals and what they had done that caused them to worry, then you need to read this book.

As this story depicts, individuals in high places, without the proper checks and balances, can inflict harm to our country if we are not careful.

I haven’t read the earlier works in this series which put me at a bit of a disadvantage. SO it took a bit for me to figure out The characters. Once I had that figured out , I was good.
Familiar story with some new twists which took me by surprise. Always like to read about computer hackers working for good.
And the twists kept coming right to the end. As it should be.

In Hard Target we are thrust into the world of black ops including murder, espionage, and a fast paced race to expose corruption in our government. This is the 8th book in Jon Reznik series. I had not read the other 7 books before this one and while there were a few references to his earlier adventures there was not anything in the current plot line that necessitated having read the other ones, this book can stand alone. The book starts with a former NSA hacker, Trevelle, going on the run after receiving a file to decrypt and finding assasins in his house. He calls Jon, with whom he has worked in the past and the two of them set off to stop the murder for hire of a whistleblower who is scheduld to testify in a closed congressional committee hearing. They end up embroiled in a fight against corruption. The dialogue leaves a little to be desired, it is repetitive and unimaginative. The plot moved quickly and it kept me engaged in spite of that, though. I may have to try the other books in this series!

I received an advance copy of this book from net galley and the publisher in return for an honest review. I enjoyed the continuation of the series. I loved the plot twists and speed. JB Turner does a great job with keeping the stories loose and not a continue from book to book. This was pretty interesting and it could have easily been a story that was ripped from the current headlines. I look forward to the next.

This book had great action from the very first page. I was sucked in from the very start. I did not read the first seven books in this series, but I did not feel like that took away from very much. There were references to things that have taken place in the past, but everything was well defined and enough reminders were present to keep the story moving for me. There was a slight inundation of characters at the very beginning, but it might not have been so overwhelming had I read the other books in the series. There would have probably been a little more connection with some of the characters that came from development built in the other books.

I did notice three or four typos and grammar mistakes as I was reading, but nothing too egregious. Overall, I felt like the book was very Dan Brown-esque and was exciting to the very end. I was unsure how realistic this kind of thing could be because Reznik does kill quite a few people without any repercussions.

I definitely enjoyed the book and, while I most likely will not go back and read the first ones in the series, I will probably continue on in the series from here if more books are released. Thank you so much to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing for my copy of this book!

This review is not going to be long. I am not a huge fan of a review rehashing the entire plot and spoiling it for everyone.

The author does a wonderful job of my making his characters come to life. The story kept me on the edge of my seat with all the twist and turns. This was a riveting read!

I received an ARC of this book to read through NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.