Chinook / Havoc (Miranda Chase NTSB 6 & 7) by ML Buchman-reviews

CHINOOK
Miranda Chase NTSB #6
by ML Buchman
Release Date: March 23, 2021
Genre: adult, contemporary, military thriller

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When the fastest and most powerful helicopters in the US Army’s fleet start falling out of the sky, Miranda Chase and her team of NTSB crash investigators are called in.

One crash leads to another and they are fast entangled in a Chinese conspiracy to start a war. Only Miranda’s team can stop the trade war from becoming a real one.

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REVIEW: CHINOOK is the sixth instalment in ML Buchman’s contemporary, adult MIRANDA CHASE NTSB military, techno-thriller series focusing on NTSB investigator Miranda Chase and her team of former and current military members.

CHINOOK follows Tasia ‘Taz’ Vicki Flores aka US Air Force Colonel Vicki ‘The Taser’ Cortez aka Tanya Roberts in the aftermath of her ‘death’ following an unsanctioned attack on four major drug cartels on the south side of the Mexican border. Believed to not have survived her last mission, six months later, Colonel Vicki Cortez re-invented herself as Tasia Flores, part of a US hotshot wildfire crew, a position that would bring her up close and personal with someone from her past. Enter Jeremy Trahn, the newest member of Miranda Chase’s NTSB investigation team, and the man Tasia would always remember. As the wildfire crew disbanded for the season, Tasia would be forced to ‘work’ with the NTSB as they began in investigation into a series of ‘accidents’ involving Chinook Helicopters, and a jet plane crash on the border of Tawain, a crash meant to start a war.

CHINOOK is an infinitely detailed and complex story line rife with military and NTSB language and jargon; a story of vengeance, betrayal, power and espionage; a tale of one woman’s struggle in the aftermath of nineteen years of service to the US Air Force, and the fall-out of who she was, and the future going forward. CHINOOK is an imaginative, riveting and edgy story of a nation on the brink of war for nefarious purposes.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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HAVOC
Miranda Chase NTSB 7
by ML Buchman
Release Date: April 21, 2021
Genre: adult, contemporary, military, thriller

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Miranda Chase—the heroine you didn’t expect. Fighting the battles no one else could win.

Desperate to recreate the expanse and power of the USSR, Russia drives their military to the limits.

A series of unexplained aircraft losses in the Middle East and Eastern Europe sends Miranda Chase’s NTSB crash investigation team to find the answers.

As they race from debris field to wreckage, they discover a dangerous plot. Russia’s plans to crush NATO could spark the next world war. And only Miranda’s team stands in their way.

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REVIEW: HAVOC is the seventh instalment in ML Buchman’s contemporary, adult MIRANDA CHASE NTSB military, techno-thriller series focusing on NTSB investigator Miranda Chase Told form several third person perspectives HAVOC follows retired Australian Special Air Services Regiment Sergeant Holly Harper as she, and the NTSB begin an investigation into a series of plane crashes, one in which, Holly was a passenger. Heading to the Johnston Atoll, Holly calls in Miranda Chase, letting her know, that she may not survive but to begin an investigation into possible sabotage. Not only had Holly survived but our heroine quickly discovers a Russian assassin has escaped a military prison, and has set their sights on our story line heroine.

HAVOC is another comprehensive and intricate story awash in military, NTSB, and air flight jargon, some of which may require a Google search or two. ML Buchman pulls the reader into a suspenseful story of power and betrayal, vengeance and murder, in a political game of espionage, and domination between the US and Russia, instigated by the crazed mind of psychopath bent on revenge. HAVOC is a vivid, imaginative and gripping tale where the world powers, are yet again, on the brink of war.

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Reviewed by Sandy