Straight Up
A Dan Stagg Novel
Cleis Press · Print & ebook · September 8, 2015
Who is trying to kill the members of an elite special ops team that worked off the radar in Iraq in the '90s?
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- Who it’s for
- A military thriller where old comrades, buried secrets, and present-day attacks tangle.
- Themes
- Covert military past, Targeted former teammates, Secrets and affair
- Pacing
- Fast
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Who is trying to kill the members of an elite special ops team that worked off the radar in Iraq in the '90s? It's up to Dan Stagg to track down the survivors -- the men with whom he stormed an undefended surveillance station, killing everyone inside. And now, many years later, the team is being targeted in what seems like a series of unrelated attacks.
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Dan teams up with his old comrade Al Benson, once a rising star of the USMC, now a respectable married civilian with a few secrets to hide. As they dig deeper into the secrets of the past, Dan discovers that Benson's looking for more than just answers. An explosive affair threatens everyone's future, and connects Dan to a past he thought he'd left behind.
Old Ties, New Threats
A military thriller where old comrades, buried secrets, and present-day attacks tangle.
Come here for
- A covert team’s past casting a long shadow over present-day danger
- The uneasy pull of old loyalties and hidden motives
Expect
- Military-thriller tension with an affair complicating the search
- A past that keeps reaching into the present
Where it sits
| Military Thrillers | 69% |
|---|---|
| Gay Romance | 49% |
| Military Romance | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Hard-Boiled Mystery
- Gay Romance
- Military Romance
- Authors
- James Lear
- Publisher
- Cleis Press
- Published
- September 8, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Covert military past · Targeted former teammates · Secrets and affair
- Reading lane
- Hard-Boiled Mystery