'DEEP STATE'......HAYLEY CHILL GAVE US A THRILL.....

Deep State by Christ Hauty (2020)   We couldn't help falling deeply in love with this novel's super-dooper heroine, Hayley Chill.......even knowing she could kick our ass seven ways to Sunday if crossed.....

               She's a young West Virginian Army vet.......tough as nails, a champion boxer, with a hillbilly twang in her speech and a ramrod formal attitude that clearly announces she's no one to mess with.......

                And what a way to kick off her post-military career........as a White House intern in the administration of a divisive, controversial President.........whose unexplained, strange leanings toward Russia have earned him the eternal hatred of the fabled 'Deep State', a cabal of  conspirators in the CIA and Senate......

                 Whip-smart as she is, it doesn't take long for Hayley to stumble upon the Deep Staters plot to assassinate the rogue Chief Executive.......and once they stumble upon her, a lethal cat-and-mouse game plays out all across Washington D.C.......with Hayley dodging killers left and right until she and the cabal's formidable hit-team finally meet for their showdown clash.......

                 Oddly enough, author Hauty, a seasoned screenwriter, sometimes ditches his compelling,
movie-like narrative to get bogged down in overwritten, descriptive character backgrounds......and his omniscient habit of detailing the future fates of peripheral characters comes off as annoyingly precious......as if it's something he always dreamed of doing for his screenplay people and  now at last could truly play God.

                   But back to the good stuff........the outrageous plot reeks of today's toxic current events and the fearless, force-to-be-reckoned-with Hayley Chill might be the only person who can bring stern justice and a sense of morality to the utter chaos and madness that passes for 'government' these days.....

                   Personally, we can't wait for her next adventure......and if you're still not intrigued after reading this post......we should mention this book detonates the most fall-off-your-chair, mindblowing twist you'll  ever read this year........a jaw dropper that might even make you laugh out loud at its inevitability.......

                 We dare say no more......except the rating, 4 stars (****) BQ says chill out with Hayley Chill for a chillin', thrillin' good time.......