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Twisted Fates
Crime novelist, Greg Martens, and his wife, former Interpol agent Anne Rossiter, are once again called back to Vienna by Anne’s former boss at Interpol because Julia Saparova has disappeared a second time. Afraid that the same evil men, Sergei and Boris Polyakov, Julia’s own cousins, are behind her disappearance, Greg and Anne reenter the seedy underworld of the Russian mafia, sex-trafficking, black market arms dealing, and international terrorism, in hopes of rescuing Julia. But this time, their enemies are expecting them, and Anne stumbles into a trap, joining Julia in depraved captivity. Now the two women’s only hope is that Greg and their friends in Interpol can locate and rescue them before it’s too late—not only for them, but for the world at large…
240 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 23, 2018
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Geza Tatrallyay
22 books292 followersBorn in Budapest, Hungary, Geza escaped with his family in 1956 during the Hungarian Revolution, emigrating to Canada the same year. He grew up in Toronto, attending the University of Toronto Schools, where he was School Captain. He graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Human Ecology in 1972 (after taking a break in his studies to work as a host in the Ontario Pavilion at Expo’70 in Osaka, Japan). Geza was selected as a Rhodes Scholar from Ontario, attending Oxford University and graduating with a BA/MA in Human Sciences in 1974; he completed his studies with a MSc in Economics from London School of Economics and Politics in 1975. Geza represented Canada as an epée fencer in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
Geza’s professional experience has included stints in government (Department of Finance, Canada), international organizations (Inter-American Development Bank), commercial / investment banking (Royal Bank of Canada), private equity (MAVA Capital in Hungary) and environmental entrepreneurship (Vertis Environmental Finance). Since 2004, he has been semi-retired, advising a few firms mainly in the clean energy sector and devoting himself to his family, travel and writing. Geza is a citizen of Canada and Hungary, with an American wife, a daughter living in San Francisco and a son in Nairobi, and currently divides his time between San Francisco and Barnard, Vermont, with frequent visits to Montreal, Toronto, New York, Vienna and London.
Geza’s professional experience has included stints in government (Department of Finance, Canada), international organizations (Inter-American Development Bank), commercial / investment banking (Royal Bank of Canada), private equity (MAVA Capital in Hungary) and environmental entrepreneurship (Vertis Environmental Finance). Since 2004, he has been semi-retired, advising a few firms mainly in the clean energy sector and devoting himself to his family, travel and writing. Geza is a citizen of Canada and Hungary, with an American wife, a daughter living in San Francisco and a son in Nairobi, and currently divides his time between San Francisco and Barnard, Vermont, with frequent visits to Montreal, Toronto, New York, Vienna and London.
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July 6, 2023
To begin with, I think Julia needs to stop going outside or something. This girl keeps going missing and getting kidnapped! Get this girl a map and some bodyguards, and maybe we won't need a book four...
This epic finale to the Twisted trilogy follows Greg, Anne and Julia yet again. Julia has been kidnapped (again) and Greg & Anne are determined to save her! The action, adventures and insanity that ensues is sure to make you cling to the pages of this book!
I almost felt this book was a little repetitive, but it somehow worked. I found the jump from the first to second book to be a big, grande plot while this one didn't live up to the hype I had put into my head - but let's be honest, I'm not sure where it could have gone. The action and antics has definitely been upped though! And the stakes of not completing the mission is much worse! Although, I might have liked Julia not to be kidnapped again, but the plot line fits well within the book.
Some of the cheesey lines from the bad guy gave me Charlie's Angel's vibes. The baddies in that television series had some of the strangest lines, and the Twisted antagonists had a similar speech. They are a thousand times darker than that television show, but it did give a little bit of brightness in the dark "twisted" world of this series.
I hated the ending, but I'm a happily ever after type of person. Realistically, this book was on spot - life is not always perfect, there is some pretty dark material that happens in this book that is totally true, and people don't always get through these tough times unscathed. Is the ending bad? Absolutely not! I think it is really telling that Geza would portray something realistically. Does that make me like the ending any better? HECK NO! Vengeance, I want vengeance! Although, I must admit... I kind of saw the ending coming from book one. I just had this feeling a certain thing would happen...
The book slowly rolls into a close, and it felt just right. I wouldn't have wanted a fast, epic ending - a nice, slowly rolling, almost like film credits finale made this series close just perfectly! I think it brings the story full circle and makes it feel like a complete series. (Although, why do they keep visiting Vienna when bad things keep happening to them there? That's my real question.)
The best part of this novel is seeing how the characters turned out in the end. One of my biggest pet peeves is the book ending and I don't get to know how their life unfolded. It's a silly pet peeve for me to have, but we all have our quirks! Geza's final chapter really helped me settle down and see this book as the finale. And it was quite the beautiful chapter, if I do say so myself.
The book has some rape and dark scenes (it's about sex trafficking, so it was a given), so I'd say it's an R rated novel. I wouldn't be reading this as a bedtime story to your kids anytime soon (but hey, you do you I guess...). The bad guys are extra bad as well, with their brutality increased to the ten fold.
If I had any con for this book, it's a personal one. I had a PDF copy and I let my device lock and I lost my page! And then I forgot what page I was on... But hey! That's a good con to have! The book was a fantastic ride!
Overall, this was a lovely (yet brutal) finale to this epic series! If you haven't read this series yet, get on it! Geza does a great job summing up parts of the series in this novel, so if you wanted to jump into the last book you could. Would I recommend it? No! This book works much better within the series, but it could "stand alone" if you didn't want to read the first two books.
Four out of five stars!
I received a free copy of this book from the author Geza Tatrallyay in exchange for an honest review.
This epic finale to the Twisted trilogy follows Greg, Anne and Julia yet again. Julia has been kidnapped (again) and Greg & Anne are determined to save her! The action, adventures and insanity that ensues is sure to make you cling to the pages of this book!
I almost felt this book was a little repetitive, but it somehow worked. I found the jump from the first to second book to be a big, grande plot while this one didn't live up to the hype I had put into my head - but let's be honest, I'm not sure where it could have gone. The action and antics has definitely been upped though! And the stakes of not completing the mission is much worse! Although, I might have liked Julia not to be kidnapped again, but the plot line fits well within the book.
Some of the cheesey lines from the bad guy gave me Charlie's Angel's vibes. The baddies in that television series had some of the strangest lines, and the Twisted antagonists had a similar speech. They are a thousand times darker than that television show, but it did give a little bit of brightness in the dark "twisted" world of this series.
I hated the ending, but I'm a happily ever after type of person. Realistically, this book was on spot - life is not always perfect, there is some pretty dark material that happens in this book that is totally true, and people don't always get through these tough times unscathed. Is the ending bad? Absolutely not! I think it is really telling that Geza would portray something realistically. Does that make me like the ending any better? HECK NO! Vengeance, I want vengeance! Although, I must admit... I kind of saw the ending coming from book one. I just had this feeling a certain thing would happen...
The book slowly rolls into a close, and it felt just right. I wouldn't have wanted a fast, epic ending - a nice, slowly rolling, almost like film credits finale made this series close just perfectly! I think it brings the story full circle and makes it feel like a complete series. (Although, why do they keep visiting Vienna when bad things keep happening to them there? That's my real question.)
The best part of this novel is seeing how the characters turned out in the end. One of my biggest pet peeves is the book ending and I don't get to know how their life unfolded. It's a silly pet peeve for me to have, but we all have our quirks! Geza's final chapter really helped me settle down and see this book as the finale. And it was quite the beautiful chapter, if I do say so myself.
The book has some rape and dark scenes (it's about sex trafficking, so it was a given), so I'd say it's an R rated novel. I wouldn't be reading this as a bedtime story to your kids anytime soon (but hey, you do you I guess...). The bad guys are extra bad as well, with their brutality increased to the ten fold.
If I had any con for this book, it's a personal one. I had a PDF copy and I let my device lock and I lost my page! And then I forgot what page I was on... But hey! That's a good con to have! The book was a fantastic ride!
Overall, this was a lovely (yet brutal) finale to this epic series! If you haven't read this series yet, get on it! Geza does a great job summing up parts of the series in this novel, so if you wanted to jump into the last book you could. Would I recommend it? No! This book works much better within the series, but it could "stand alone" if you didn't want to read the first two books.
Four out of five stars!
I received a free copy of this book from the author Geza Tatrallyay in exchange for an honest review.
August 12, 2019
Geza Tatrallyay’s latest novel "Twisted Fates" is the third and final in his “Twisted” trilogy. This time we find crime novelist Greg Martens and his wife, former Interpol agent, Anne Rossiter on a mission to rescue their friend Julia from the clutches of powerful Russians with ties to the underworld. Julia has been kidnapped and brutalised, her only hope that Greg and Anne can find and rescue her. Julia’s job involves monitoring nuclear material at various Russian sites and the criminal gang — arms dealers and sex traffickers — have their sights set on kidnapping Julia and using her to steal nuclear material to sell to terrorists. But Anne gets too close and is kidnapped herself. It will take all the tenacity Greg and his Interpol friends can gather to get her back.
Those who’ve been gripped by Tatrallyay’s first two novels in the series won’t be disappointed by "Twisted Fates". Familiar characters ensure the reader will want to follow their every move. The pace is as fast as that of the earlier books, the writing flawless, the research exhaustive. The story itself is intriguing and suspenseful and, as always, full of surprises, especially as the story nears its denouement. "Twisted Fates" is an excellent conclusion to the trilogy and worth well waiting for.
Those who’ve been gripped by Tatrallyay’s first two novels in the series won’t be disappointed by "Twisted Fates". Familiar characters ensure the reader will want to follow their every move. The pace is as fast as that of the earlier books, the writing flawless, the research exhaustive. The story itself is intriguing and suspenseful and, as always, full of surprises, especially as the story nears its denouement. "Twisted Fates" is an excellent conclusion to the trilogy and worth well waiting for.
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