Red Deuce

 After reading Thomas Roehlk’s second book, Fire Feud, I decided to read the first on in this series, Red Deuce. Red Deuce is the nickname given by a brother to his identical twin redheaded girls, the middle kids in a sibship of 10, Mandy and Reggie Doucette. The twins were 29 years old and still often chose to wear the same clothes just to get the reaction of people they were meeting for the first time. They had shared a bedroom for the whole lives except during their graduate school years and the beginning of their careers. Both were bright women, Mandy became and attorney and spent three years working for the Department of Justice, but then she returned to her roots in Chicago where she became the chief compliance officer for a very large corporation. Reggie had gone to med school and then became a forensic pathologist with the FBI. She had also returned to Chicago to live with her sister where the two of them shared the details of their lives and their love of running. They were beautiful and very eligible women.

 

This is a story of corporate corruption and espionage. Lurking behind some corporate troubles was an international conspiracy of spies. I thought the first few pages of the story were weak, but the characters were quickly developed, I found myself thoroughly enjoying Roehlk’s tale. This may not be great literature, but I was entertained by how the author developed his plot and subplots. There were five murders that had to be solved, and the twins were in danger for their lives, as well engaged in finding good men who became their marriage material. So, it’s also a love story.