What Goes Around by Michael Wendroff

What Goes Around

by Michael Wendroff

What Goes Around by Michael Wendroff was published Sept 2025 by Head of Zeus.

My thanks to the author and the publisher for sending me a copy to review and to 
Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me on the tour.

Synopsis

Chilling murders terrorize a town in the USA, and bring together two detectives to face the hardest tasks of their lives.  Jack, a brawny enforcer, and Jill, a brainy beauty, can’t stand each other, but must find the killer before they kill each other. Their journey takes them into the secret world of Incels, Boogaloo Boys, and supremacists. The novel is full of twists, and the shocking finale challenges the boundaries of life and death.

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My Thoughts

This is a book with many threads that at times had my brain in overload wondering which way the different paths were going and how, when, if they were going to meet. It did take me a while to get my head around it as there is so much going on, along with how Jack and Jill’s personal relationship develops, which to be honest I did find a bit of a cliche.

I didn’t find “What Goes Around “ a book to relax with due to its content and also the relentless pace that it moved on at. However, as it is a thriller it keeps you alert and focussed on where the plot is going and drags you with it around every dark alley, seedy room and character you would never wish to encounter . By the time I reached the end , and it was a totally unexpected one, I was mentally exhausted.

For a debut novel  it is well thought through and written with a subject content that is not easy to read at times but will keep you on your toes as it draws you into it’s depths and then leaves you at the end feeling as though you have been on a roller coaster ride of emotions.

About Michael

Michael has an MBA in marketing from NYU, and was inducted into their Hall of Fame. He is a global marketing consultant. He shares his time between New York City, Sarasota, Florida, and Lake Garda, Italy. He is married and has three wonderful children.

His mother was an editor (watching his mother scribbling in red ink on manuscript pages at home on weekends prepared him for his own editor's comments!). She remarried a literary agent, so Michael was friendly with many authors, and even spent a vacation with Robert Ludlum. Watching Ludlum hand-write his 450 page novels on yellow legal pads didn't dissuade Michael from trying to write a novel (though he's thankful for his PC).