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Greed: A Female Private Investigator Thriller (The Charity Deacon Investigations Book 2) Kindle Edition

by P A Wilson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
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Get ready for another thrilling ride with private investigator Charity Deacon in GREED, the second book in the Charity Deacon Investigation mystery series by P A Wilson.


When Charity is asked by a neighbor to check on the progress of a missing persons case in a quaint town in the South of France, she’s shocked to discover the police force is riddled with corruption and disinterest. Determined to uncover the truth and find the missing woman Audrey Wylie, Charity teams up with her best friend, Lu, and begins to unravel a web of smuggling and kidnapping.


As she struggles with a language she doesn’t speak and culture that seems to turn a blind eye to criminal activity, Charity must rely on her instincts and determination to uncover the truth. With the help of one honest gendarme who may be more interested in Lu than solving the case, she delves deeper into the dangerous world of smugglers.


If you love headstrong women detectives who won’t bend to threats, then GREED is the perfect addition to your reading list. With its gripping plot, unforgettable characters, and pulse-pounding action, GREED is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.


Don’t miss out on this exciting new addition to the series – order your copy of GREED today and join Charity on her latest adventure.

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    The Charity Deacon Investigations
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The Charity Deacon Investigations is a mystery thriller series in the best traditions of the genre. Follow Charity as she hunts for the truth, whatever it may be, armed only with her wits and the iron-clad determination to do what is right - even if her own life is in mortal danger.

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Hi, I'm Perry Wilson and I've written more than 30 novels under the name P A Wilson.When I started writing I didn't know if I could get to the end of a story. It seemed like a long way from the first word to the last. Then I did it! Since my first book, Off Track, I've continued writing in multiple genres, but what I've noticed is I tend to write mystery and thrillers in each. An Urban Fantasy series that is a thriller about saving the magical world. Two Science Fiction series, both life and death stakes. And of course, the Charity Deacon and The City Crimes series. As I write this, I have published more than thirty books in multiple series and I don't see the end to my ideas.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008L4V7JU
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Perry Wilson Books (January 3, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 3, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 839 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 212 pages
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    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 30 ratings

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Hi, I’m Perry Wilson and I've written more than 30 novels under the name P A Wilson.

Like most writers, I love to read and as I worked my way from the Science Fiction masters in my teens through to the gritty mysteries and thrillers of my more cynical age today, I learned how the greats told stories.

When I plan a book, I find the ideas form around the central character. I like them quirky and a bit cheeky. My imagination runs freely through genres. I currently write Mystery/Thrillers, Science Fiction, and Urban Fantasy, but I have a backlist in Fantasy and a few Romances out there.

I like to get into the heads of my villains and find out why they do what they do. Yes, my characters take on their own life at some point. I’ve even been lucky enough to have a character change the entire story for me.

There are more stories fighting to get out of my brain, so I’ll be publishing from my apartment with the river view for a long time yet.

You can find me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AuthorPAWilson

I’m on Twitter a bit too @perryawilson,

And I have a website https://pawilson.ca/

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Golfgirl and Doug
5.0 out of 5 stars 2nd installment of the Charity Deacon series was worth the wait!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2012
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Charity Deacon solves another case! The South of France is such a wonderful place, but it seems not without it's dark side. Charity and her best friend Lu are caught up in an adventure while they should be enjoying the country side and all the lovely wine and food.

Worth the wait the 2nd book in the Charity series has you turning the page for the next chapter long after you should have turned out the light and gone to sleep.
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Halibut Queen
4.0 out of 5 stars The perfect travelling companion
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2015
When I was looking for a book to read for a trip I remembered how much I enjoyed this first book by this author. This book was almost as good as Hubris. If you enjoy mysteries with some romance thrown in you might enjoy this one. In this book Charity is on vacation in France. Just before she leaves for vacation an annoying neighbor asks her to check on a missing friend.
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The Wolfkin
3.0 out of 5 stars All the detective story, none of the gaping plot holes
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2012
Greed, on a superficial level, is a basic detective story. Below that are a few interesting parameters but for the most part the ride doesn't go anywhere you never would have guessed. As a fan of the mystery genre this isn't a negative criticism, merely a positive preliminary assessment.

I felt compelled to read this book, as it was a First Reads reward and as a fan of mystery stories. The one thing that stalled me for about a week was the #2 on the cover. It may just be my personal anal retentive tendencies but I try never start a series in the middle. The only other time I can recall doing it was when I read "Matadora" and a few months later realized there was a book that came before and the same with "My Teacher Fried My Brains". One thing I'm always critical in book series is how they reintroduce things for newcomers. This is especially a concern in the Young Adult Fiction category. "Animorphs" for instance opens every book with a reintroduction to the characters and world to the point where half way thru the series you tend to skip the first two pages. "Everworld" almost reluctantly does so as late as possible into the first chapter. Reading Greed without reading Hubris first should give me a unique (to me) perspective on a book without it's predecessor influencing my judgment.

By itself the book does a mostly good job of introducing the characters, the world they live in and their interpersonal relationships. The setting, a vacation in France, does much to aid this cause. Not knowing Charity Deacon, her friend, or her skills, doesn't matter much because in this setting her city knowledge is a non-factor, and Charity has to make introductions to everyone she meets. My personal knowledge of French made parts of the book more interesting giving me a bit of knowledge that the Charity didn't have as there are some minor dialogue sequences in French that the character never gets translated. It was nothing you can't get from context but it did spark a bit of that polyglot hubris I've always wanted. There were two major reveals in the book, from my perspective and I only felt one was intended. The other, the race of her best friend, I feel just slipped thru the cracks of introduction. The sort of thing I would have picked up had I read the first book.

The epilogue is probably the poorest section of the book. After Greed the next book I read was To Wander The Labyrinth so I've seen how "wrong" an epilogue can go. Regardless of that, the epilogue here felt sloppy in comparison with the rest of the book, as if the characters themselves were in a rush to suggestively tie up loose ends before their book ran out of pages.

There's not much else to complain about. The pacing was vastly different than I would have expected. It's been a long time since I've read in the mystery genre and when the story didn't turn into an international crisis it occurred to me that perhaps I've been watching too many blockbuster movies. The story was realistic and slower in pace than I thought it would be. None of that reflect negatively on the book. I like the character of Charity Deacon. The setting, and book order made it hard to me to tell what her skills were but she remained interesting all the same. Greed is like it's protagonist is a vacation from the sort of hard-boiled detective stories filled with red herrings and twists that turn a simple stolen purse into an epic of national security implications. Here is a story where everything is pretty much straight forward. It aids the characterization not of the major players but of the minor ones. The far reaching epics are entertaining but there's always a point where minor characters do thing that serve no purpose other than the expand and forward the plot. Actions that don't make sense in that manner make these characters seem inept or forced. They look bad in order to make our hero look even better. There were a few surprises in Greed but I never felt like Charity or her local Police friends missed them out of incompetence that I could spot pages back.

I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
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KatieLouToo
4.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2016
A light female detective mystery with enough twists and turns to keep me interested
Love the characters!
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Halibut Queen
4.0 out of 5 stars This story was a good travelling companion
Reviewed in Canada on November 26, 2015
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This book was almost as good as Hubris, the first Charity Deacon book I read. If you enjoy mysteries with some romance thrown in you might enjoy this one. In this book Charity is on vacation in France. Just before she leaves an annoying neighbor asks her to check on a missing friend.
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