Reviews for Bluff at Kaena Point

The average rating for Bluff at Kaena Point based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-01-24 00:00:00 Danny Estrada [ The thing here is that you'll probably find a lot of the book very (very, very) predictable. There's a lot of "I saw that coming a mile away". And there's one situation in the part of the book that leads up to the final climax that is so blindingly predictable the protagonist would have had to see it coming. I suspect almost every reader will be mentally yelling at him ....(and here's the spoiler so again if you don't want to read it stop here)..... "He set it off in the car you boob don't just turn your back and run there". But he does. The plot revolves around a compound that released in aerosol form causes uncontrollable fear. The protagonist (Cavanaugh) has been told by Prescott (the developer of the compound and primary antagonist) that the "cylinder" containing the compound has a 20 second safety on the release. He then leaves Prescott alone in the car as he sets up a prisoner exchange in which Prescott is supposed to get his wife back. The fact that Prescott has already double-crossed Cavanaugh multiple times and murdered 5 of his closest friends somehow isn't a tip off that when he runs back to the car with his wife that it will be filled with said compound...duh. Also once our Special ops hero gets his wife involved in all this she takes to it like the proverbial duck to the proverbial water. She's a natural not being overcome by the violence death or anything...until they get shut into a dark room and then she's overcome by claustrophobia and possibly fear of the dark... this of course is due to trauma in her past. So...a little strained but not bad. Just "story stuff" we've all run into before. (hide spoiler)]

Review # 2 was written on 2015-07-25 00:00:00 Albert Machemehl A pretty good thriller with a lot of detail about methods & equipment, more than I normally would have appreciated. However, I recently read how he has attended classes for much of what was described. That gave it a basis in fact that made it more interesting. He certainly isn't easy on his characters. Well narrated, too.