Flipping the Circle
A Political Thriller

I won this book in a goodreads drawing. A lobbyist, and full time jerk, starts going to a church group as he's suffering a mid-life crisis. He decides to help makers of vape juice resist the efforts of the well-connected to run them out of business. I guess this was written before vapers became perso......more

To preface, this is very much outside of the typical generas that I read and that definitely contributed to the fact that this was a tough one for me to get through. The book is very slow and has to lay so much of a foundation that the plot barely seems to advance for the first 3/4 of the story. I f......more

I had no trouble believing that state legislators could be so sleazy, but I had a hard time rooting for the protagonist Will O'Courtney... full-time lobbyist-for-hire and frat-y bro. The story also got a bit bogged down by the details of how the Indiana legislature works.......more

This would seem so unrealistic if we didn't live in the world that we live in where corruption seems to be running rampant. I cannot even describe the mental journey that it took me on. There was the main story line, but the non-main story lines also kept me guessing. The knowledge that things like......more

I received this book through a Goodreads Giveaway. While I really enjoyed reading all of the political maneuverings in this book, it is very dense in places and required some re-reads in some parts to truly absorb all of the machinations. I read some reviews of people who did not like Will, but I ac......more