Once upon a time, Tracy Whitney was one of the best thieves in the business. Then she settled down and had a child—a beautiful, bright, mischievous boy who was the center of her life. Tracy planned to spend the rest of her days quietly, living anonymously deep in the stunning Colorado mountains, devoted to raising her son. But tragedy forces her to face her greatest nightmare. Now, with nothing left to protect, this superb con artist, jewel thief, computer wizard, and cat burglar returns to the hunt, more dangerous, ruthless, and reckless than ever. The world faces a new terror threat from Group 99, a diverse collection of global hackers intent on the collapse of capitalism and private wealth and the creation of a new world order. When the group turns to violence—kidnapping an American investigative journalist, shooting a British military hostage, and blowing up an international industrialist—the mysterious woman pulling their strings, a wily and wealthy American known only as Althea, becomes the CIA’s most sought criminal. But their only hope of finding her is a woman with a dark and dangerous past of her own. A woman who has also successfully evaded detection by the authorities around the world: Tracy. Convinced that Althea is behind the deadly act that shattered her life, Tracy sets out on a global hunt to flush out her prey. But as she soon discovers, the truth is as elusive as her target. Hampered by corruption, lies, and enemies masked as allies, Tracy will be pushed to the brink, where she must face her darkest demons. All of her experience tells Tracy that the answers are right in front of her—if only she can look at the clues in the right way. Propelled by an unquenchable thirst for revenge, and with the fate of so many resting in her hands, just how reckless will Tracy become when she has nothing left to lose? An addictive tale of espionage, mystery, passion, greed, betrayal, and vengeance that takes you from the beautiful Rocky Mountains to Europe’s oldest and grandest cities, filled with a cast of intriguing characters both new and familiar, Sidney Sheldon’s Reckless is a glamorous thrill ride that will leave you breathless until its shocking end."
ISBN:2147483647
Author:Sidney Sheldon, Tilly Bagshawe
Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki –
I have no memory of ever being sold to a book by the intro; usually it takes the first four paragraphs- until I picked DJo’s book.
What he has done is master the art of making fun of himself, in a hilarious way. He lets us, through snippets, into his life – and nearly nothing is sacred. He makes his mess funny. What it is, is tasteful, and did I say funny? ‘now you see me’ is not a collection of short stories, it is not flash fiction either – it’s very, very short memoirs – some told in just a hundred words but they all hit the funny bone. It’s something more real, something we can all identify with, only we cannot tell it the way Djo does.
And the illustrations, ones he has done himself, kinda tells where his passion lies.
Highly, highly recommended
Sylvia –
It has been quite an experience reading this book. From the cover page and the preview I knew that I would be in for a great ride; the author did not disappoint.
The illustrations are amazing. DJo is so talented! And he is also committed to what he does, no wonder he gets all these opportunities.
Now to the actual content… I have scratched my head trying to point out my favourite story and to be honest, it is not an easy task. These stories are all so raw and relatable. The author has used a style of writing that can be followed by all. And no matter how short or long the story is, he manages to add some humour in it and that is just so remarkable about how he sees life. Nevertheless, I know I’ll read ‘Mr. Preacherman’ a couple of more times than the other chapters. Kudos!
Chief, the NuriaStore bookseller –
The book is written in a diary format which I found to be pretty interesting and it makes the reading experience different.
We start off with the journal entries of Thefu and his motorbike, that he use to cruise in the streets of Nairobi. now you see me is about how the author sees his day to day life. Author is a great observer and brings out the experience and how he goes about it from his first accident, interviews and the COVID-19 problems that came with face masks and communication.
My favorite part in the book was definitely, the part he was involved in an accident and while at the hospital he acts normal and no pain when the beautiful nurse comes to examine his condition.
You’ll enjoy the book because of its great humour. It talks about what happens on a day to day basis on what a normal Nairobian rat race life. This is one of the hilarious memoirs that you would want to read, how the author gives the descriptions of how his day went.
This is a quick read as it’s stories are two – three pages. My favourite chapter was chapter one: “Life Is Hard, and I can relate to it and say Life Is Not a Hack; Who Should Decide How You Are Going To Live, should be you.