Go Home, Afton– Brent Jones

This short novel, or long novella is a quick and enjoyable read. It’s the opening story in the Afton Morrison thriller series of five books. I’d never heard of the book or author Brent Jones and picked it up on a whim, after reading the book blurb on one of the book promo giveaways that I subscribe to. Glad I did!

This is the story of Afton, an intelligent, quiet children’s librarian with a dark side and a great, acerbic sense of humor. She is our narrator, albeit unreliable at times because Afton has some personality disorders brought on by earlier life trauma. Afton tells us she is a survivor, not a victim. I love the internal dialogue in this book, and the conversations she has with her... Let’s just say that Afton has a few conflicting traits making her the story’s hero and anti-hero.

Afton is looking for revenge– against bad guys and assholes. She plans and plans meticulously about taking a particular man’s life– until it begins to fallapart.

The writing and editing are top notch. The story is fast-paced and drew me in right from the start. The characters are well-developed in a short amount of time. I likedbeing inside the mind of a sarcastic woman with morals, that still wants, and plans to kill someone. The ending was good, not a cop-out like so many (disappointing) thrillers – but/and, the narrator lets you know the story continues. Brent Jones has hooked me. I’ll be picking up the rest of the series.

It’s available in all the ebook formats (Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, etc). The first four books of the series are available as one collection; The Afton Morrison Series, from Amazon or Barnes and Noble. The audiobook was a finalist in the Thriller category for the 2019 Independent Audiobook Awards. The ebook version is free, so check it out!

https://authorbrentjones.com/