A Review of Finding Gideon by Eric Jerome Dickey

This is the fifth installment in the Gideon series by Eric Jerome Dickey and I’m still in awe of the assassin with a heart. In this novel, EJD picks up the story right after the battle between the Scamz Organization and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Buenos Aires. This was also where Gideon went head-to-head in battle with Medianoche, a man whom his lying mother told him was his father.

With betrayal and distrust at the heels of all the parties involved, Gideon must recover while on the run with his crew and while Medianoche is gathering up more Horsemen. Readers were introduced to some cold bloodied killers like the Preacher and the Shark. The scenes were action packed and I love the location descriptions and the history provided. The rollercoaster ride from start to finish takes readers all over the globe with Gideon eventually besting his enemies and circling back with lovers (Mrs. Jones, Lola Mack, etc.) from EJD’s earlier novels (Sleeping with Strangers and Waking with Enemies).

As always, EJD delivers an epic tale tethered by lies, betrayal, comeuppance mixed in with tender moments between bad men and the women who love them. I really enjoyed learning the backstory between the Beast and Medianoche and the long and complicated history they both had with Thelma aka Catherine, Gideon’s mother. The twists, turns and secrets kept me turning the pages until the answers came to light. All of which are the perfect set up for the sixth installment. To this I say, bring it on EJD! I can’t wait to see what Gideon gets into next.

Two thumbs up! Great read!

Rating: 5 stars

Some of my favorite lines:

She coughed. “Why didn’t you kill Medianoche then? Everything after is your fault.

“That wasn’t my mission. I was hired to get the second briefcase. Not kill Medianoche.”

“Bullshit. You had him. You let him live. You’re weak. You’re soft. You punked out.”

I rocked, was being strangled, renditioned by my truth. “Because he’s…”

“He’s what?”

“He… He’s my father. I could fight him. I fought him. It was my best fight, and it wasn’t easy, but I beat him. I suffered a beating, but I beat a legend. I beat the monster that lived inside my head. He tried to kill me, and he failed. But I couldn’t kill him, no matter what he had done.”

“You’re afraid of him. You saw him and became the little boy who is afraid of his father.”

“He’s Mr. Midnight. In my mind, Midnight has always been larger than life.’

“You idolized him.”

“The way people idolize the devil. He was my goddamn boogeyman.”

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