Okay, so I just binged Foreign Deceit in one sleepless night – and I’ve got THOUGHTS. First off, David Wolf? Total badass. Ex-military cop with a justice complex? Yes please. The rural Colorado-meets-Italian Alps setting was unexpected but weirdly addictive.

The plot’s wild – Wolf jets off to Italy (zero Italian skills, lol) to investigate his brother’s ‘suicide’ and BOOM, international crime cartel. The pacing? Lightning fast. I was literally reading with one eye open at 3AM like ‘just one more chapter…’

BUT (and there’s a but) – the writing sometimes feels like a bumpy dirt road. Awkward sentences (‘three pairs of shoes pointing up the trail’ – um, shoeprints?), repetitive words (‘property’ x100), and some grammar oopsies that made my inner editor twitch (‘reigns’ instead of ‘reins’ – c’mon now).

That said? The raw energy totally won me over. The action scenes are visceral, the Italian backdrop feels authentic (shoutout to the author’s Italian wife!), and Wolf’s cowboy-cop-meets-carabinieri dynamic is fresh. It’s not polished perfection, but it’s got heart and momentum.

Already downloaded Book 2 because despite its flaws, this series has its hooks in me deep. If you dig rough-around-the-edges crime thrillers with an unconventional setting, give Wolf a shot – just don’t expect literary finesse.