Cold Harbor (Gibson Vaughn)

Very enjoyable reading!

I really enjoyed Gibson's stroll into the realm of psychosis.
He had me believing Bear and Duke were real.
Sanity is such a delicate, tentative, state of being, Gibson would know.

"The problem with insanity is how incredibly sane it felt"- Gibson

Just one thing this is not a stand alone book. You have to read the first two or you will be lost. Maybe Fitzsimmons should have caught the reader up on all the characters.

This is the third book in the Gibson Vaughn series, but it is the first one that I have read. I look forward to reading past and future installments in this series.

The story begins with a prisoner locked in a solitary cell for an undetermined amount of time, slowly losing his grip on reality as he reaches his breaking point. This is an interesting introduction that sets the tone for the novel.

From there it picks up with Gibson Vaughn as he is suddenly set free from the CIA black-site prison with no clue where he is or how long he has been held captive. His driving force is to return home to his daughter and to seek vengeance against the person responsible for his capture and captivity.

This presents a fascinating view of an institutionalized man having to re-acclimate to society. The fear and dread of performing simple tasks often leaves Gibson wishing he could just crawl back into his solitary cell. He is soon confronted by ghosts from his past that put him in a precarious position of working for friends and foes to carry out a suicide mission, dancing with the devil to assure mutual satisfaction. The plot is intricate and multi-layered, woven together to ratchet up the suspense as it unfolds.

There is minimal back story and character development in this book, so I assume that if you haven't read the first two novels of the series you sometimes have to guess at what exactly is going on. Overall this doesn't detract from the novel and it is still an enjoyable read.

I would recommend this book to fans of thrillers and suspense. I received this as a free ARC from Thomas & Mercer on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was not a page turner. Instead, it was a bit of a trudge. A well written book with a weak storylines. A protagonist with minimal redeeming features and who’s mentally fried. It just didn’t work for me.

This is third in the Gibson Vaughn Series. It does come closer to the story in the first book for interest and tension and twists and turns. If far surpasses the second book in all of these aspects. I did really like this story and actually the ending Gibson was given. Do read them in order if you can though.

Such a blast to read this 3rd installment of the Gibson Vaughn series! It's FitzSimmon's tightest, most efficient, and most gripping storyline yet, complete with several heists and some excellent twists and turns along the way, too. If you're an airplane fan like me, then you'll like it even more. I read the whole thing in something like 3 sittings, and it would have been less except for realities of work schedule. I was tearing through pages as Gibson encountered characters from both of the first 2 installments and planned & executed his way back into the world after confinement. Awesome stuff.