BOOK REVIEW- TAKEOFF (Seth Walker Book 1) by Joseph Reid

Still reeling from a devastating personal tragedy, air marshal turned investigator Seth Walker embarks on his first case. All he has to do is accompany female pop star Max Magic to Los Angeles and deliver her to the FBI. But when their routine flight ends in a hail of gunfire at LAX, Walker has no choice but to take the frightened diva on the run.

After a second attack leaves him battered and bloody, Walker realizes he cannot trust the FBI. To keep his client alive, he must use a patchwork of trusted aviation contacts to get her home to Austin, where the key suspects await.

But as they race to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers, the biggest danger of all may be what they’re heading toward—the dark secrets that Max herself has been keeping…AMAZON 5 +STARS

Dramatic start from the very beginning pages. And it was action, action, action all the way after that.  It kept me on the edge of my seat all the way through. It had twists, turns, surprises and plenty of dangers.

I liked the unusual appearance of Seth Walker, he was not the usual cookie cutter style air marshal turned investigator.  And I liked that even though he appeared to  be unconventional guy, he was also an honorable one.  The more the story went on, the more I liked him. I liked his quirks and his engineering intelligence all backed up with quite a few patents.  Even the fact that he had hit a dry spell when it came to drawing up something new.  It made him even a more well rounded person.  It didn't take long to be rooting for him.  He also had some interesting friends and acquaintances who added support and flair to the story. Because of some of the issues that crop up in the book it is definitely a book for adults.   
Max Magic, oh dear that girl was messed up!  A couple of times I almost typed that her name was "Mad" Max.  But as her "story" starts to unfold, you can begin to see why.  But there will be plenty of deceit, cover-ups and flat out using of her before those truths come out.  
I usually like my stories of action thrillers with a romance in it but to be honest, this one just kept going so strong, I barely even missed it.  Part of that might have been because there definitely was emotions of affection, and caring demonstrated in the book.  

I hope to read another book by this author because I really enjoyed this one. I thought the author did a great job when it came to the details of every place Seth went just to name one.  He actually did a great job when it came to the details of planes and battles.  I guess that is called good world building.   Who knows maybe in the future Seth will get his romance in another one of the books in the series?   Although, he has suffered losses of people he cared about and loved.