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Sethburg Books
"Don't Talk to
Strangers"
By: Seth Ginsburg
Published By: PublishAmerica
245 Pages
Synopsis
DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS
is a suspense novel told (primarily) from the viewpoint of a recently
unemployed young man (DAVID GREENBERG) who, as the result of a seemingly
random conversation with a stranger at the Queens Unemployment Office,
finds himself increasingly entwined in and ultimately threatened by a
complex international arms transaction. The novel is set in the colorful
immigrant neighborhood of Sunnyside Queens and features an array of
authentic local characters.
The plot is progressive – with previously unknown sources of both danger
and assistance emerging step-by-step – eventually expanding to include
an array of IRA operatives, New York City police detectives, CIA
counterintelligence agents, Al-Qaeda operatives and sullen white
supremacists.
In addition to its identity as a suspenseful quick read – the twists and
turns of the plot are compelling enough to engage even the most
sophisticated mystery connoisseur – DON’T
TALK TO STRANGERS is a book
about the joys of running, video games, food, immigrant Irish culture
and the development of relationships. The key relationships explored in
the novel are the reconciliation between DAVID GREENBERG and his
estranged father and GREENBERG’S relationship with his girlfriend on
whom he relies for her strength of character.
The character primarily responsible for unraveling the plot is a CIA
counterintelligence officer and former professional football player
(EMBRY), who is designed to be a continuing character in future novels.
A sequel to DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS
is already being prepared.
DTtS Reviews
Some Book Reviews of DON’T TALK TO
STRANGERS From
Amazon.com
"BETTER THAN DONALD WESTLAKE"
If you liked Donald Westlake’s “God Save the Mark,” you’ll really enjoy
“Don’t Talk to Strangers” by Seth Ginsburg. An engrossing tale of
post-9/11 intrigue that goes down as smooth as one of the many imported
draft beers and whiskeys the protagonist quaffs. The plot involves a
mistaken identity, violent arms dealers, a paramilitary organization and
foreign sleeper agents. Fortunately for our hero (who for the most part
tells the story, except for brief periods when the third person is used
to reveal the perspective of other characters), his father is a covert
government spy (i.e., he has yet to pose for Vanity Fair) who asks an
able operative to keep an eye on him. What happens next is more than
that operative bargained for, but our hero is lucky as well as
resilient. In the midst of memorable portraits of Queens, N.Y. (where
our hero lives), Capitol Hill and Adams Morgan in Washington, D.C. (near
where his father lives) and dining at Japanese, Thai and Ethiopian
restaurants, our hero tries to avoid the bad guys who think he knows
something to their advantage. You’ll be sorry when it ends.
"A SUBLIME SUSPENSE NOVEL"
A sublime suspense novel about life in our post 9/11 world, Ginsburg has
no need to bash the reader over the head with a bunch of espionage
techno-babble to get the point across. There are no gadget crammed cars,
no tuxedos with quick drying properties, no watch bezel rings to garrote
the enemy. What is does have is an “everyman” point-of-view of a man
immersed in a world that is not his own...The story weaves in Al Qaeda,
the Russia mob, and the Aryan Brotherhood too. Gone are the days of old
when the good guys only had the Soviet Union to deal with, I guess the
world has become a much more complex place to live in these days...
I found the book a refreshing change to the “accidental spy novels” I
have read in the past. If it were to be made into a movie the premise
would be a lot more interesting than Will Smith’s Enemy of the State.
Available At:
Publish America
Powells Books
Amazon.com
Pick-A-Book, UK
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