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Intriguing Plot!

Kim Cragin

Full of suspense, which leaves you thinking for days after finishing. Loved the Key West setting...I could picture in my mind the action scenes as they unfolded.

 

Great Book!

Caleb (Key West sailor)

'Couldn't put it down!  'Was late for work because I had to finish it.  Then I lent the book to my friend, and I can't wait to get it back, so I can read it again.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Key West Thriller is a Great Read!, June 14, 2008
I am fortunate to have read this Key West thriller. Below Mile Zero has an incredibly accurate sense of place, beyond the bars of Duval Street, and gives you an idea of the complexity of Key West. The characters are real, and you learn to care enough about them, the ones you love as well as the ones you hate, that you have to know what becomes of them. The plot twists and turns, taking you along with it, and you will not want to miss any of it. You could never have guessed how it ends. The book is beautifully written, truly a work of literature. Below Mile Zero is well worth your time and effort. You will not regret spending your time seeing what could be going on in the Key West you don't normally see.

 

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Number of Reviews: 3
Average Rating: Customer Rating for this product is 5 out of 5
 

Below Mile Zero blew me away!

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Anonymous, 06/09/2008

Posted May 13, 2010, 1:03 AM EST: You kept me up all night for two solid nights after I really got into BMZ! Oh, my god, what those guys went through. Like I told some friends, after a while, you forget it isn't real! And, poor Tony, after all they went through, not to make it. Geez, Brooke, you had me almost bawling about that! I fell in love with Sarge - and I am deathly afraid of Rotweillers! What a blockbuster of a movie that is going to be if you can get it sold. Talk about wall to wall action. One can barely take a breath from one crisis to the next. You have me wondering just how much is fiction and how much is a little more than just fiction, but I won't ask. I will prize this book! Please keep trying to get it sold as a movie, Brooke. I'm serious. What a show that would be on the big screen.

 

A GREAT STORY WITH A DOG HERO
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Posted June 16, 2008, 5:47 PM EST: Would you like to read an interesting, exciting story, written in a beautiful style, by a new author? my answer was 'yes', and I read 'below mile zero' by Brooke Babineau. This story kept my interest as i plunged ahead to the next chapter. The novel introductions to each chapter were a tour through great literature. This author's style reminded me works that I read by Scott Turow and John Grisham. Another super plus for me was the dog 'Sarge' who became my sentimental favorite character in the story.

Also recommended: PRESUMED INNOCENT-SCOTT TUROW, DISCLOSURE-JOHN GRISHAM

 

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Posted June 9, 2008, 11:29 PM EST: This is, without a doubt, the most exhilarating and insightful novel of suspense and intrigue I have read. It's like a combination of Nelson DeMille, John Steinbeck , John Grisham and Ernest Hemingway. When I started I found the book charming, heartbreakingly funny and so introspective, that I quickly became completely immersed. That was just the setup for a thrilling ride that rattled my cage to the point where I didn't want to go to sleep, craving the next turn of the screw, but had to force myself to put the book down, so I could make the story last and savor each delectable, poignant, nerve-shredding moment. I've never before been so deeply inside the skin of a protagonist as in Below Mile Zero, and I never did discover his name. I'm going to give myself a couple of weeks then jump into it again...the only time I've read the same book more than once was Pat Conroy's Prince of Tides.

Also recommended: Lion's game, Plum Island, General's Daughter-Nelson DeMille. Prince of Tides-Pat Conroy. The Firm, Runaway Jury, Rainmaker-John Grisham, Tortilla Flats, Cannery Row-John Steinbeck. Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games-Tom Clancy

 

 

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Customer Rating for this product is 5 out of 5 The Best I've ever read!!! Rated by Lee [From USA - 8/11/2008]


Without a doubt, the finest novel I have ever had the privilege of reading. Twists and turns and a plot that leaves one hanging; Mr. Babineau has created in Below Mile Zero, a device to torture we constant readers and to deprive us of our sleep, by crafting a story that compels one to keep the light on well after hours. I cannot wait for the next. Bravo, Brooke Babineau, Bravo! Does one dare hope a feature film may be forthcoming?

 

Brilliant and terrifying!!!       Rated by Nancy G.   [From USA  - 8/27/2008] Until Below Mile Zero I thought Key West, Florida a charming little tourist place, like Disneyland with palm trees; this shows a darker more suspenseful reality than one would ever guess. The author kept me up night after night compelling me to turn the next page, devouring chapter after chapter, tantalizing my mind with exceptional characters and such a stunningly elegant use of the English language that I was put in mind of the best efforts of Grisham, Conroy, Steinbeck, and the like. The intimated sequel is a delicious torture.

 

 

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Customer rating:              5 out of 5

 

Wow!!!, August 30, 2008
By Mary332, Los Angeles, CA
 

"I have never been so thoroughly entertained before. Brooke Babineau's, Below Mile Zero took me behind the lush tropical scenery of Key West. The protagonist, whose name I never did learn, was one of the most intriguing characters I've ever experienced; his insights and honesty were so engaging, along with a thrilling roller-coaster ride of a story, that I couldn't bear to put the book down. For a suspense/mystery novel this had moments of sheer hilarity contrasted with nail-biting terror. One of the funniest, scariest, saddest, and most exhilarating reads I've ever experienced. One hopes the intimated sequel will be forthcoming. I can imagine Brad Pitt as the hero when this is made into a movie."
 

Holy shit! (heck if you are shy) I never saw the byways and waterways of my Key West home quite like Babineau does in Below Mile Zero, thank all the gods and goddesses. It's too much excitement! And if there's not a sequel (I'm in love with the hero), I may have to kill someone.
C.S. Gilbert. poet
 

 

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Customer rating:          5 out of 5

1/22/2009

I have lived in Key West for over 11 years and thought I knew the town pretty well. Below Mile Zero was more than an engaging story set in this eclectic town, at the end of the road. It was a wild ride through the neighborhoods and over the waters as the protagonist gives us his first-hand account of people, places and events that happened behind the scenes of Duval Street, throughout New Town and Stock Island. The first-person narrative allows the reader to become the character, and I found myself questioning what I would do, what were my values and how much of this really happened, knowing some of the local legend and folk lore? The quotes from literary greats throughout the book give one pause to reflect on the common thread of life that makes sense (or nonsense ) of it all. And, for you dog lovers...well you are in for a treat and will recall why they are called "Man's Best Friend". This is a great read!

June C.

 

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  (The following reviewer, Shirrel Rhoades, is a former executive with the Marvel Corporation.)