Review ‘The Find’ by Gregg Bell

What can a mother do when she has no money and a dangerously sick kid?

She can make a mistake.

In a moment of desperation, cleaning lady Phoebe Jackson tries to pawn the
diamond-bejeweled Rolex she found in a mobster’s locker. Turns out the watch is
a fake, but the mobster isn’t—and he’s on to her.

Last
week Gregg Bell approached me for a honest review of his book ‘The Find’.
Although this book is not the kind of book I normally read,  I was interested in the story after I read
the description. I also saw that ‘The Find’ got some really good reviews on
Amazon and Goodreads. And very soon the decision was made and I started reading
‘The Find’.

‘The Find’
is a story about thirty two year old Phoebe Jackson. Phoebe is a single mom
with two young daughters, Jasmine and Cessie. After Phoebe’s ex-husband left
her ‘to find himself’ she has been taking care of her daughters all by herself.
But it’s really hard. Cessie is a diabetic and unfortunately Phoebe has no
health insurance. Phoebe works as a cleaning lady at Chicago’s exclusive
Players Health Club but this job doesn’t pay very much. When Phoebe finds an
expensive looking Rolex in one of the mobster’s lockers she decides to take it
with her. But soon Phoebe is ridden with guild and tries to find a way to
return the watch without anyone finding out.

Than Phoebe
meets Michael. Michael is charming and handsome and a little dangerous (but let’s
face it, that’s half the charm). And most of all Michael is nice to Phoebe. But
soon Phoebe finds out that Michael isn’t how he seems to be. But still Phoebe
can’t seem to stay away from him. And unfortunately Phoebe soon finds out that
one decision can change everything.

Although
‘The Find’ didn’t seem my kind of book at first, I was completely hooked from
the first page. This book was exciting and really thrilling and I just really
had to know what would happen next. Phoebe is a likeable character and even though
she made a big mistake I could really relate to her. Reading this book you can
really understand why she made that mistake. All Phoebe wanted was to give her
two daughters a better life. And through the book you really learn that Phoebe
will do everything for her two girls. At times it was really frustrating to see
how that one mistake changed everything and sometimes I just really wished
Phoebe would just take her girls and run like hell.

What I
really liked about this book is that you read what Phoebe is thinking. So every
time she does something or makes a decision you read about her thought process.
This really made the book interesting. Although I sometimes wanted to scream ‘NOOOOOOOO!!!’
you still kind of understand why Phoebe makes her decisions. Not always very
smart, but still kind of understandable.

I really
was pleasantly surprised by ‘The Find’. Last night I just had to find out how
this book would end so I read till late at night, just to finish this book.
That is definitely something ‘The Find’ will make you do. Gregg Bell’s writing
pulls you in and you just have to finish it. I’m very honored to have received
this book for my honest review and I would recommend this book for everyone who
loves to get pulled into an exciting book full of suspense. 

‘When I was ten a drunken guy almost drowned me in a
swimming pool. It was in Miami Beach at

That experience gave me an appreciation for life’s
tenuousness. If you think about it, we’re only alive as far as our next breath
will take us.

So I write novels and stories about characters like
you and me with their heads underwater. (Figuratively speaking of course.)
Characters under so much duress their brains are about to burst. They’re at the
end of it all. No way out of this one. But I also write with a sense of humor.
(You have to have a sense of humor, right?)

I was born in 1956 in Chicago. A lifelong Illinois
guy. Married once. Divorced. No kids. No pets. Passionate about things: people,
classical music, golf. And I always seem to be on the side of the underdog.’ –
Gregg Bell

For more information about ‘The Find’ by Gregg Bell
you can go to Goodreads and Amazon or visit his website. You can also find Gregg on Twitter and Facebook and last but not least on his blog.