Acquire Today The Candidate Penned By Daniel Pembrey Readily Available As Digital Paper

received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review,

This was a very interesting, but short read! The protagonist is a head hunter for a financial corporation.
Along comes a candidate from Russia, a beautiful, mysterious woman, When she arrives in town, he ends up drugged, not remembering anything, He wonders if if was his candidate, . . Strange things start happening and his candidate is being pushed through without any background checks!

The pace is fast, definitely not boring! It kept me wondering, all the way! Not predictable at all! Pick this one up for a few hours of nonstop thrills! Recommended! “Going to the streets around the train station always felt like stepping behind the stage set of Luxembourg life.
. . ” Note perfect description of der Stad! Short, punchy thriller my first time reading this author wont be my last.
Before I review this thrilling novella, I want to say a few words about my love for Kindle Singles.
Kindle Singles are short essays or fictional works usually betweentopages, They are available from Amazon and usually run betweenanddollars, I find them to be a perfect brief read between longer novels and a bargain at the price.
The basic concept of Kindle Singles is a winner as they present well known authors and often introduce lesser known ones, allowing a cheap way to explore new writers.
If you have not checked out these nifty short reads, sitelink do so very soon,

In regards to The Candidate: Luxembourg Thriller by Daniel Pembrey, it is a bit longer than the usual Kindle Single at slightly overpages.
It is also a very good policorporate espionage novel, Corporate headhunter Nick Thorneycroft is working in Luxembourg attempting to lure a Russian executive to his company for the purpose of expanding their business in Russia.
When he meets the woman he has a nagging suspicion that he knows her, which might be related to the fact that he woke up alone in bed that morning accompanied by a pair of women's panties with no visible owner in sight.
Not to mention that he was obviously drugged and have no memories of what occurred the night before.


At this point, I would be yelling, "Get another job, moron!", Fortunately for the writer and for the reader, he does no such thing, Pembrey has a intelligent and subtle style that moves us along quietly in the development of the mystery.
It is to his credit that this novella has a very realistic scenario and easily passes my eyerolling test.
If I roll my eyes over the plot devices more thantimes, I deem the plot a mess.
I was so involved and convinced I didn't roll my eyes once, I could see this sort of thing happening easily, . . which is why I am not working in an international corporation,

What "this sort of thing" is will not be spoiled, Let's just say that if you enjoyed suspense thrillers with corporate hijinks laced with a good dose of paranoia, you will enjoy this novella.
Daniel Pembrey is a new name for me and that only emphasizes why I think Kindle Singles are

so helpful.
I will definitely be checking out Pembrey's other books,

I received a review copy of The Candidate from the author via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
However I would have easily paid thecents for this exciting read,

I really wanted to like this book, especially considering I used to work in recruiting, However, I could not get into this at all, I didn't relate to any of the characters or sympathize with the narrator.
The plot seemed intriguing but I found it extremely hard to follow and found myself skimming just to finish as I neared the end.
I only made it to, Nothing really happened. I am too bored to go on, I received this book from TripFiction to review, The book is written from the point of view of an expat, Nick Thorneycroft, living and working in Luxembourg.
One morning he finds a woman's underwear on the floor of his apartment as well as a suspicious mark on his neck.
Having no memory whatsoever of the previous night, he embarks on a journey to solve this mystery, Unfortunately, I found the journey long and tedious, The title is taken from the fact that Nick is working as a headhunter for a prominent computer firm, and he is trying to recruit a Russian candidate before a rival Russian Company can offer her a position.
The book then very slowly reveals a deeper nongrabbing plot of Russian spies and scapegoats, A few Luxembourg landmarks get mentioned fleetingly, but are not enough to entice me to go and visit.
Set in Luxembourg, by a Luxembourg author, the story brought back memories of streets I have explored, A quick read, with plenty of action and a mystery not entirely explained but a good shape to the story.
This novella, The Candidate, begins with a tensionbuilding trauma for the protagonist, who wakes up in his own bed with no memory of the night before, but the unsettling sight of women's underwear on the floor of his room.
When his landlord, a retired pharmacist sees him, he mentions having seen Nick and his companion going up the stairs the previous night.
The landlord remarks that the mark on Nick's neck looks like the effect of a drug that can be rubbed into the skin.
Nick had thought it might be evidence of a love bite, but begins to think his lack of memory might be druginduced and that his mysterious companion may have been searching for something in his room.


Nick Thorneycroft is a headhunter for a firm in Luxembourg, Security is tight in the company because they deal with the financial secrets of many high powered clients.
There is tension at the work place as well because there is a larger firm seeking to acquire them.
Those employees who have been there awhile and own company stock stand to gain substantial money if the company is bought out.
At the same time they can make the company look even more attractive to a buyer if they can acquire the right candidate to handle their Russian and Eastern European clients.


The pressure is on Nick to land the right candidate, but he begins to suspect that the candidate who responds so quickly to his online inquiries just might have been his mysterious companion of the previous night.
She is beautiful, she is Russian, and seems to have an exceptionally strong resume, She apparently has strong interviews with the two supervising employees that must decide on the potential hire, but before Nick can visit with her again, she has disappeared, and the Russia Mafia seems to be very interested in Nick.
. . but why

Lots of mysterious clues, surprising twists and turns, and too soon the book is ending with a surprise I did not see coming.
The story is told from Nick's perspective, Luxembourg itself becomes an interesting part of the story, Author Daniel Pembrey describes the old buildings, the architecture of the new and the old, even the snow and the old bridges and roads become an integral part of the setting as seen through the eyes of expat Nick.
He is familiar with the city, but not like a native born citizen would be, An interesting and likable protagonist, a mystery with a definite element of danger and the sense that time is running out makes this book worth taking the time to read.


I got the opportunity to read this courtesy of the folks at NetGalley, . . and I am pleased to recommend it,

This would have been/based on the story but the author's writing style was good.
I'm not sure if it was the fact that this was a short story but it was disjointed and a lot of the plot points didn't make sense or seemed implausible.
.