{"id":13848,"date":"2020-06-16T16:40:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=13848"},"modified":"2020-06-16T16:40:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:40:02","slug":"fallen-out-by-wayne-stinnett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=13848","title":{"rendered":"‘Fallen Out,’ by Wayne Stinnett"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I like stories about boats on the ocean. <\/strong>Not boats on lakes, which are commonplace where I live, but boats on the deep sea. Perhaps it\u2019s an atavism out of being descended from Norwegian islanders, or more likely it\u2019s just a quirk. In any case, such stories make me feel good. Bernard Cornwell used to write such books, but they didn\u2019t sell, certainly not like the historical novels he moved on to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also miss John D. MacDonald and his Travis McGee series. I\u2019m always looking out for a new McGee substitute; nobody quite fills the bill. But Wayne Stinnett\u2019s Jesse McDermitt gives me some of the same vibe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fallen Out<\/a><\/em> is the prequel (now the first volume) to the Jesse McDermitt series of thrillers. As it opens, we observe Gunnery Sergeant McDermitt retiring from the Marine Corps. He has a fair amount of money from an inheritance, but is unsure what to do with himself. As he notes, his chief job skill is killing people from up to a mile away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he has an old Marine Buddy running a bar in the Florida Keys, and he heads south to see him. While he’s visiting, someone mentions being a fishing charter captain to him. On a whim, he purchases a very nice, large boat, complete with souped-up motors, confiscated from drug runners, at a government auction. He also buys a very small island, planning to build a home there. Soon he\u2019s becoming part of the Conch community, and enjoying his new life. Except that, sometimes, he misses the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then one day he and a friend rescue a couple women from a group of men he suspects might be human traffickers. In time he becomes close to one of them. Then he and some of his friends move their boats into a river mooring to ride out a hurricane. And the traffickers show up again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fallen Out <\/em>wasn\u2019t great literature, but it was a fun story which I enjoyed a lot. Pure entertainment reading. And a very satisfying climax. I recommend it. Cautions for language and adult themes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like stories about boats on the ocean. Not boats on lakes, which are commonplace where I live, but boats on the deep sea. Perhaps it\u2019s an atavism out of being descended from Norwegian islanders, or more likely it\u2019s just a quirk. In any case, such stories make me feel good. Bernard Cornwell used to … Continue reading ‘Fallen Out,’ by Wayne Stinnett<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,15],"tags":[941,1422,3313],"class_list":["post-13848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-reviews","tag-fallen-out","tag-jesse-mcdermitt","tag-wayne-stinnett"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}