Review ~ THE OUTSIDE MAN by Don Bentley

The Outside Man (Matt Drake Thriller, #2)
by: Don Bentley
Series: Matt Drake Thriller
Genre: Political Thriller/Suspense
Releases: March 2, 2021
Publisher: Berkley
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The fight for freedom has sent Matt Drake to some of the world's most dangerous spots. This time the war is coming to his front door.

Broad daylight on an Austin, Texas, street and DIA agent Matt Drake is fighting for his life against a highly trained team of assassins. Who are they? Why do they want him dead? How will he protect those closest to him?

The answers will take him into some of the most dangerous spots in the Middle East and will put him in the clutches of an old foe known simply as the Devil. It's a world of double crosses, with no boundaries between the guilty and the innocent. It will take all of Drake's wiles to get out alive.

The Outside Man is the first book that I have read by author Don Bentley. It did not disappoint. As a lover of Mark Greaney’s The Gray Man series, I must say I have found another person to satisfy my love of military thrillers. There was nothing that I didn’t like about this book. It was fast-paced, witty, and fun.

Matt Drake is a “former” DIA Agent who just recently left the agency due to some really bad things that happened on his last mission. While driving the streets of Austin, TX, Matt is ambushed and several highly trained operatives try to kill him. After narrowly escaping with his life, of course, the only thing that Matt can do is try to figure out who wants him dead. This leads him right back to his old boss, old friends, and a healthy supply of butt-kicking and gun shooting. Things get even more interesting when he has to be concerned about his wife and everyone else that he cares about being annihilated in the process of his investigation.

The Outside Man opens up with an action-packed sequence and never lets up. It was such a fun and adrenaline-charged read that I finished it in record time. It’s rare that I find a book that has everything that I could possibly like in it but here we are. If the other books in this series are anything like this one, Don Bentley has found a new fan.

**Received a copy from the publisher and voluntarily reviewed.**

Rating: 5

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Don Bentley spent a decade as an Army Apache helicopter pilot during which time he was stationed in South Korea, Germany, and Texas. While deployed to Afghanistan as a Troop Commander in support of Operation Enduring Freedom VI, Don was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal with "V" device for valor. Following his time in the military Don worked as an FBI Special Agent and was a member of the Dallas Office Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team.

Don is the author of the Matt Drake thriller series including WITHOUT SANCTION, THE OUTSIDE MAN, and two forth coming titles, as well as TARGET ACQUIRED, a Tom Clancy Jack Ryan, Jr. novel.

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