When a former pro football star and broadcaster, now a Wall Street maven is accused of insider trading, will he be able to prove his innocence and expose those who are guilty?
Greg and his boyhood pal dreamed of big success in professional football and then later in business. Greg was the only one to live the dream. Now the founder of an investment fund Greg is faced with a routine audit finding by the SEC. The audit points to irregularities and all the tracks lead to Greg. The justice department hits him with an indictment of 23 counts of fraud, money laundering, and insider trading. His firm goes bust, and Greg is on his own.
His best friend knows he is innocent but has been ordered under penalty of eternal damnation not to help.
If you enjoy stories of riches to rags, redemption, brotherly love, and a little of the paranormal, Circumstance of Childhood will keep you riveted.
My Review: This story reveals a most interesting plot. It is the story of two brothers, Greg and Keith. They are not blood brothers, they become brothers through circumstances of childhood which is dutifully explained.
The story is mainly told by Keith, but sometimes Greg gives an account and due to the nature of the circumstances around the story this works very well.
The story is brilliantly devised and very well told with a nice supernatural air to it.
Thank you for reading, Kelly. π
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Thanks for the review Kevin. Take care and thank you for visiting and following my blog.
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Thanks, Staci! π
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Good to hear, Teri. π
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So nice to see John’s work spotlighted here. Kudos to him.
Great review, Kevin.
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Great review, Kevin! This was a thumbs up for me, also.
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Thank you, Jan
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Thank you, Mae.
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Thank you, Mae! π
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Thank you for your support, Jan! π
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Thanks, Pete!
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Thanks, Bette!
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Thanks, Rob!
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John always tells a good tale. I’ve read this book and really enjoyed it as well. Excellent review, Kev, and congrats to John!
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I totally agree with your review, Kevin!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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Thank you so much, Bette. β€οΈ
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Thank you for the visit and comment, Pete.
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Great plot. I’m hooked!
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Waiting on my kindle… John is a fabulous writer! π Sharing…
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Thank you for the share, Rob.
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Reblogged this on Art by Rob Goldstein and commented:
A review of John Howell’s Circumstances of Childhood.
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Thank you so much, Brigid.
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Thank you for saying so, Robbie.
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Thank you, Jacqui
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Thanks for the visit and kind words, Jacquie
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Thank you, Cynthia. π
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Thanks, Jacquie!
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I enjoyed this one as well, Kevin- great review!
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Happy to hear it, Robbie. π
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Thanks, Brigid! π
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Thanks, Jacqui!
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Thanks, Cynthia. π
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I also enjoyed this book, Kevin.
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This does sound like a great book Kevin.
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This does sound great–no surprise, coming from John.
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That’s a lovely review, Kevin. I’m looking forward to John’s next book π
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Hmm.. sounds very intriguing, Kev.
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If you do get to Circumstances, Priscilla I would love to know what you think of it. Thanks again.
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Glad to have enlightened you about it, Pricilla. π
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My pleasure, my friend. π
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Thanks, Teagan… Yes, I have to agree about his blog posts as well. π
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Oh, I didn’t know it had a supernatural vibe, cool. This book has been on my radar awhile. I need to read it.
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Thank you for the lovely review, Kev.
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Thank you so much, Teagan.
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Kev, I agree that this is a marvelous book. John is an extraordinarily skilled writer. Even the Wednesday serial stories on his blog are brilliant. Hugs on the wing!
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