Keep Calm: A Thriller

Adam Tatum is a man who is recovering from a near fatal mistake that almost cost him everything. A former police officer, Tatum became a willing accomplice in a prank involving trashing an anti-Union Governor’s mansion, only to have it balloon into attempted murder. After serving time, his marriage hanging by a thread, his father-in-law secures a job in Chicago with Heaton Global Investments. Tatum is stunned to find he has been invited to partake in a delegation meeting with England’s Prime Minister, Roland Lassiter. He is soon to find out that when events seem too good to be true, they really are. A bomb goes off at 10 Downing Street, rendering the Prime Minister incapacitated, his second in command, the loyal, but pill dependent Georgia Turnbull assumes command. An investigation is undertaken by the intrepid Davina Steel, whose keen perception is a threat to the perpetrators. Meanwhile, Adam Tatum and his family are forced in a run for their life. Will they make it out of the country or be hunted down?

Keep Calm is Mike Binder’s first novel. The pages crackle with suspense, humor and drama that keeps the novel fresh and fast paced. The story alternates between past and the evolving investigation into the bombing, when they finally meet up, the intersection is explosive. Mike Binder has crafted a well written, intelligent thrillfest.