28 Pages - A Thriller [Kindle Edition]

Allen Mitchum (Author)

Book Description

Selected as a Semifinalist in The Kindle Book Review's Best Indie Books of 2012 Contest

What is the United States government concealing in 28 classified pages of the 9/11 Commission Report?

Who are they protecting?

Why are they doing it?

Heather Grahl, a young Washington, D.C. lawyer, receives a call one morning bearing devastating news: police in the Bahamas discovered her sister's decapitated body. With no apparent suspects or motive, the authorities offer little help in solving the crime.

Determined to find her sister's killers, Heather sacrifices her career and risks her life pursuing the murderers. Through her investigation, she uncovers evidence linking the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the U.S. to the gruesome killing and learns of a shocking Saudi conspiracy against the United States that her sister died trying to expose. Together with a mysterious ally, Heather races to reveal the deadly Saudi conspiracy before she shares her sister's fate.

Inspired by true events.

Editorial Reviews

Review

- "A must read political thriller" - B.B. Kahn, author of Seven Society

- "Debut political thriller you can't put down"- Douglas Dorow, author of The Ninth District

- "Readers who enjoy the thrillers of Berenson, Silva, Flynn and Thor have another author to add to the list, Allen Mitchum" - Anne, Amazon Vine Voice reviewer 

- "I literally could NOT put down my Kindle!!!" - Rick Abbott, Amazon reviewer

- "Excellent suspense story" - Michelle Machin, Amazon reviewer

- "Murder, conspiracy, jihadists, politics - What more could one ask?" - Reader

- "Riveting reading" -Amazon Reviewer

About the Author

Allen Mitchum is a thriller author and practicing attorney living in the Washington, D.C. area. An avid reader of fiction from a young age, he has written creatively on and off for the past 20+ years. Fiction and non-fiction that involve history and domestic and international politics are of particular interests to the author. When not practicing law, writing or reading, Allen enjoys spending time with his family, hiking and traveling. Influences include authors J.R.R. Tolkien, Clive Cussler, Michael Crichton, and John Grisham, along with Graphic Novelist Frank Miller, the Hardy Boys, filmmaker Sergio Leone, classicist Victor Davis Hanson and the television series South Park.

Product Details

• File Size: 534 KB
• Print Length: 414 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1478217944
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Spartan North Publishing, LLC (October 21, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005YEO0PI
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #421,068 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-Opening December 30, 2011

By John J. Strauchs

Format:Kindle Edition

28 Pages held me hostage by page three and I didn't escape until several hours after the last page was turned. It is a literary thriller, at least as good as any Grisham novel and better than most, especially those spawned in ghost-writer factories. I spent time in the Kingdom and worked in Intel. Mitchum's novel resonates like a Stradivarious. Don't believe in Wahhabism? Drive your rental car into Medina and see how long you last. I highly recommend this eye-opening novel.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Debut Thriller January 11, 2012

By Joseph M. Walsh Jr.

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I am an avid reader of thrillers having read all of the books by Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Daniel Silva, and Alex Berenson. While Allen Mitchum is not yet in their class, his first thriller is a great read. I read it through in one sitting. The main characters are well-drawn and you root for them to succeed. The "bad guys" are credibly threatening. My only criticism is that I was not quite sure of the motivation of "Fadi". I may have just missed it due to my anxiety to find out what happened next. I eagerly await his second book.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A provocative & timely Political Thriller. November 28, 2011

By Gerald Meunier

Format:Kindle Edition

In an edge-of-your-seat political thriller, author Allen Mitchum catapults you through a conspiracy so provocative and timely, you'll never see Saudi Arabia in the same light again. Could the U.S. government be hiding the truth about the Kingdom from us? In 28 Pages, apparently they are. While investigating her sister's gruesome murder, Washington, D.C. lawyer, Heather Grahl, discovers a shocking connection to a Saudi secret concealed from the American public in 28 redacted pages of the 9/11 Commission Report. If Heather doesn't find the incriminating evidence hidden by her sister, her career and her life will be over, too. If you enjoy page-turning thrillers, then read Allen Mitchum's 28 Pages.

More About the Author

Allen Mitchum is a thriller author and practicing attorney living in the Washington, D.C. area. An avid reader of fiction from a young age, he has written creatively on and off for the past 20+ years. Fiction and non-fiction that involve history and domestic and international politics are of particular interests to the author.

The idea for his first novel 28 Pages, was born out of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2011. The failure of the U.S. government to hold the primary supporters of the terrorists accountable, the Saudi Arabian government, and the U.S. government's irresponsibility in protecting the Saudi Royal Family, provided an opportunity to combine Allen's long burgeoning desire to write a commercial novel combined with controversial political themes. He set out to demonstrate through a work of fiction, though inspired by true events, the threats posed to the United States by the Saudis and their various allies. Five plus years later, 28 Pages is the result of that passionate goal.

When not practicing law, writing or reading, Allen enjoys spending time with his family, hiking and traveling. Influences include authors J.R.R. Tolkien, Clive Cussler, Michael Crichton, and John Grisham, along with Graphic Novelist Frank Miller, the Hardy Boys, filmmaker Sergio Leone, classicist Victor Davis Hanson and the television series South Park.

Allen's first published novel, 28 Pages, was selected as a semifinalist in the in The Kindle Book Review's Best Indie Books of 2012 Contest.