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The Experiment (The Kinship Series Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Robin Lamont (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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He was her undercover trainee. Her friend. Her lover. But had he been playing her all along?

“A riveting thriller … the author is definitely a writer to watch.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

When a young investigator, suddenly vanishes from an undercover assignment, his mentor Jude Brannock risks blowing both his and the agency’s cover to look for him.

Jude’s investigation takes her to a small farming town in Vermont where she is faced with evidence that her trusted pupil might have perpetrated an elaborate con job on her and is, in fact, working for the target of their undercover operation – a biopharmaceutical company testing on animals. She soon learns that she’s not the only one furious at the young man.

Determined to get to the truth, Jude takes increasingly dangerous risks, failing to see the deadly secret that’s festering in the town as well as the self-destructive secret she keeps from herself.

“Readers looking for a soundly executed, intelligent and riveting thriller would do well to pick up a copy of The Experiment.” – BookViral

“Wow, this was an intense yet very entertaining novel to read. Jude is such a powerful character.” – Reader’s Favorite (5 stars)

“The character introductions and story building were so brilliantly done … Great book and I would definitely recommend it for any mystery enthusiasts out there.” – International Review of Books

“I fell in love with Jude right from the start of the book.” – The World as I See It

“Well-written, intense, sure to appeal to animal lovers.” – Amazon Top 10 Reviewer

”It could easily be the headline in tomorrow's newspaper! I'm definitely going back to read the first two books in the series.” – Lynchburg Mama

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"Ah-Ma-zing!!! ... intense,lots of action, gripping, page turner, suspenseful, but also very heart-felt. Thisauthor is new to me so I didn't really know Jude, the main character - but Iloved her! She is definitely my kind of girl - Gutsy, sharp as a tack, anddoesn't give up!" - Wall-to-Wall Books

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07S17NQGX
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grayling Press (May 15, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 15, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2072 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 237 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,129,999 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #51,592 in Suspense (Kindle Store)
- #100,716 in Suspense Thrillers
- #771,455 in Literature & Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Broadway actress - Private investigator - Assistant DA - and now Novelist.

Author ROBIN LAMONT'S diverse careers include Broadway actress and singer (original cast recording of "Day by "Day" from Godspell), private investigator, and criminal prosecutor.

Her novel If Thy Right Hand was named a Best Book by Suspense Magazine and awarded the Gold Medal in the Independent Publisher's Book Awards. Her book The Chain, the first in The Kinship Series, was a Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Finalist.

Robin's website http://TheKinshipSeries.com

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Lewis Arlt

Excellent read!

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2019

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Lamont blends crisp storytelling with sharp dialogue and thorough research to wrap a whodunit mystery in a passion filled cause celebre that any animal lover will embrace. I honestly couldn’t put it down.

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Reviewing the Kinship series

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2020

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Jude Brannock is an animal rights investigator for an organization known as the Kinship. Having survived a difficult upbringing, she has found her purpose in life in exposing and combatting animal abuse. Jude finds it harder to connect with people than with animals; this difficulty has led her into a series of romantic relationships which fail because of her inability or unwillingness to consent to long-term commitment. Her most trusted companion is her faithful dog Finn. By the third book, she is suffering from health issues; all of these elements combine to create an interesting if unsettled personality.

Taken as a whole, the series covers three aspects of animal abuse – the food processing industry, wildlife management, and animal experimentation. Each of these should be of concern to people who care about the welfare of animals.

The first volume, The Chain, gets the series off to a good start. What begins as a routine investigation into the abuse of pigs in a small-town slaughterhouse becomes complicated when a whistleblower turns up dead and his video evidence disappears. Jude realizes that matters are much deeper than she suspected. Not only are corporate interests – and secrets - involved, but so are those of the townsfolk; people whose livelihoods depend on the processing plant, and who may prefer not to cooperate.

We learn that Jude is not a religious person. And while religious elements are virtually absent from the series, author Lamont makes a telling point which those of us of faith should take to heart when she informs us that Jude “hadn’t been inside a church for a long time, unable to reconcile a Christian god’s call for compassion with the terrible things she’d seen some of these same Christians do to animals.” Buying prepackaged meat in supermarkets insulates us from what goes on beforehand. And while Lamont does not wallow in gory details, she doesn’t shy away from the reality of what happens, either.

Of course, it isn’t only domestic animals that suffer at human hands. The second volume, The Trap, takes Jude to Idaho and the issue of wildlife “management” – or mismanagement - particularly that of predators such as wolves and coyotes. When a Wildlife Services agent is murdered, Jude’s investigation turns darker, but she presses on at the risk of Finn’s life, and her own.

The Trap, in my estimation, is the strongest of the three books. While The Chain is good, The Trap is better. The issue of wildlife management is contentious, especially when it comes to wolves, and especially in western states and Alaska. Even though wolves are an essential part of the ecosystem, and are favorites of tourists and wildlife photographers, they suffer today as they have for centuries from a humanity that views them as mortal enemies and wants to exterminate them. As Lamont puts it pithily in perhaps the most potent line in the series, “Humans want it all.” We don’t want to share this planet with species that compete with us. We want to dominate everything. Heaven forbid that wolves should hunt for their very existence game animals that “sportsmen” and trophy hunters desire to adorn their walls and egos. What chance does a wolf have against a high-powered rifle shot from an aircraft?

Rather, as Lamont says through Jude, “I believe they live with us on the planet, not for us.” Unfortunately, the extinction of many species because of human actions continues at a rapid pace - as if humanity is determined to be the only species left on the planet. Yet another example of humanity’s inhumanity to animals came recently when, despite the best efforts of conservation organizations, the United States Department of the Interior decided to allow on National Park lands in Alaska (supposedly a “refuge” for wild animals) the killing of bear cubs and wolf pups in their dens, the use of bait to attract bears, and the hunting of swimming caribou from boats. Bears and wolves are intentionally targeted for reduction to allow increased human hunting of wild ungulates. We don’t want to share, and so an iconic species such as the wolf – the very embodiment of wilderness – must be radically controlled, if not eliminated altogether.

Volume three, The Experiment, finds Jude investigating the disappearance of an undercover investigator at a pharmaceutical research facility. Once again, all is not as it seems as local residents begin contracting unusual health issues – it is not only the rats and dogs at the facility that are suffering. Although tackling an important issue, I feel the book is weakened by an extensive sub-plot involving drug abuse in young people. While an important topic in itself, this detracts from the issue of animal experimentation.

Robin Lamont’s background enables her to give authenticity to the books. Before turning to writing she had a career as
Director of Operations of a New York investigations firm working with undercover operatives to track down producers of counterfeit products, then earned a law degree and practiced as an assistant district attorney in Westchester County, New York. She does her research and knows whereof she speaks. I spot-checked some of her facts and assertions in The Trap and found them to be accurate.

My main criticism of the series is the amount of crude language and profanity involved – to my mind, excessive and at times quite offensive. The Experiment is the worst in this regard. While the books are otherwise well-written and constructed, this, to me, limits their appeal. And this is a shame, because otherwise The Kinship series promotes a message of compassion towards animals that we all need to hear and take to heart – for the animals, for the world, and for ourselves.

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2019

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Another thriller from Robin wrapped around animal rights and a number of other current issues - surprising and believable close.

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2019

Ah-ma-zing!!!! Just check out those reviews! 80% - 5 stars!

This was just a fun book to read. And by fun... I really mean - intense, lots of action, gripping, page turner, suspenseful, but also very heart felt. A very interesting story right from the start. Besides being a suspense novel - there is a lot of interesting information in here. The author sure did her homework. I love fiction that reads as thought it could be true.

Great character development! This is a new to me author so I didn't really know Jude, the main character - but I loved her! She was definitely my kind of girl ;-) Gutsy, sharp as a tack, and doesn't give up!

I won't think twice about reading another one by this author, that's for sure.

I voluntarily posted this review after receiving a copy of this book from Partners in Crime Tours - Thank You!!

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You can bet I'll be going back to read the previous books now

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2019

I knew this would be a challenging read when I read the description. I love animals, all shapes and sizes, and it hurts to know that there are so many being inhumanely used for experiments. Not to mention the rampant cruelty and abuse that so many live with in their short lives. I can’t even watch those commercials on television, asking for donations to save abused animals. That being said, I still had to read this book. I wanted to meet these warriors of animal’s rights.

Jude trained her new recruit. Gave him an assignment to infiltrate a company to get evidence of animal cruelty. He was supposed to keep in touch. So she knew something was squirrely when he sent her some strange photos and didn’t respond to her repeated calls. It was her job to go check on him when he disappeared shortly after.

Jude’s first step upon arriving at the farming town of Half Moon was to visit Tim’s hotel room and see if she could find out what her trainee had discovered. Things move fairly quickly after that and the plot thickens. What did he uncover? Who was involved? And did Tim pull his own disappearing act, or did someone make it happen?

I feel I should mention that, while this story is about experimenting on animals, what is being done isn’t dwelt upon. The author doesn’t go into detail. It’s still heartbreaking to know, and there is one scene that had me so sad, but there are also some happy ones. I hope for many more for the animals out there right now. Waiting to be loved.

So many bread crumbs. So many dead ends. The author sure kept me in the dark. Did the same thing to Jude, in more ways than one. I admired Jude’s fortitude. Her dedication to protecting animals from cruelty, even at the expense of her own health. I wanted to know more about her. This is the third book in the series and I plan on going back to the beginning. Meeting these character’s to see how they all wound up together. And really getting to know Jude and what drives her.

And I sure hope there is another book in the works. The ending has Jude battling a personal dilemma and I want to know how that pans out.

I received a complimentary copy. My review is voluntarily given.

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