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Reviewed: Aug 10, 2009
THREE LIVES by Joe Washington is an account of Nicholas Gambit’s life, starting when he grew up in a Kansas City ghetto defending himself from thugs, until he went to the university and finally, what he did when he left higher education. His mother raised him to remember how smart he was and to not fall into the low life that others around him were into. Everything was fine and he was in college when Raymond Smalls, a local thug, caused Nicholas to give him a huge beat-down. After that, Raymond was on Nicholas’ trail, wanting to kill him. Nicholas knew it and was very worried. Then a man came along who gave him a way out. Will it work for Nicholas? Can he really escape the ghetto thugs?
A second story is running at the same time as Nicholas’. It is Chelsea Matawae, an African princess whose father, the King, was murdered while she was attending school in the United States. She wants revenge and she wants it badly. Will she be able to hurt the people who hurt her?
In a very strange way, Nicholas and Chelsea’s lives manage to cross. Will they be a help or a liability to each other? The tension is severe and it is impossible to second guess what will really happen.
Joe Washington has written a very good thriller which combines the ghetto and government, killing and loving. It keeps you turning those pages until you finally reach the end. The characters are well-developed and it is easy to see why they do what they do. It is an excellent novel and I would recommend it even to those who don’t particularly care for thrillers.
Reviewed by alice Holman
of The RAWSISTAZ™ Reviewers
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Alice Holman is an avid reader, a writer and a community activist. She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband Ray and her little dog Boo.
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