Noel Carroll Home Page Category:  Mystery/Suspense Publisher: Allen-Ayers Books ISBN-10:  0965870251 Type: Fiction Pages: 280 Copyright: Jan 1 2002 A terrorist without a cause; a woman’s desperate attempt to keep him from destroying her world. Never By Blood is the story of a woman’s desperate need to know what triggered a nightmare. If she fails to gain understanding, a space shuttle with her husband aboard will be sent crashing into the International Space Station. She and a handsome priest sent by the Vatican to investigate a pattern of religious murders pursue the truth to London and Beirut, aware that the clock is ticking and that unless they succeed, the shuttle and whatever evil rides within it will take off as scheduled. Excerpt "She felt fear, fear that she would not live out the day, that there was a force within this tiny outpost of space-age humanity that could not be stopped."

SIME~GEN
Living here in Florida where seeing the shuttle go up is as easy as walking out into our backyards and looking up, I was glad for this new perspective. It was a treat to read … about the preparations and the planning involved in sending men and woman off into space without being overwhelmed with too much of the science detail … just enough to give us some of the wonder and excitement of it all. I was especially impressed with the dialog between the characters in this book. I found myself chuckling at the repartee while I still felt the shivers of drama. …Taken together as a whole this was an excellent out of this world romp. Chillingly believable, contemporary and very closely tied to what is happening in our world today. Taken from the daily news, the possibility of an accident out there in space, and the treatment of men and woman in our society whatever their profession or beliefs may be, gives this skeleton some meat that most mysteries I have read don't usually take on.

MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
Plumb full of action, Never By Blood has all the hallmarks of a great whodunit, international thriller style. The Noel Carroll team does a bang-up job of secreting the murderer among a fairly small list of potentials and completely faking out the reader in the most delightful way. Shuttle/NASA details are complex enough to satisfy the biggest techno-nut. The power is in the details, and Never by Blood spares none. It is a multi-layered exercise in what excellent writing is all about. There is never a dull moment, and characterization is top-notch. A most amazing read. Please keep writing more of these...they're great!

SCRIBES REVIEW
Strap on your shoulder harness and get ready for a non-stop thriller that will keep you guessing until its final pages. Husband and wife team, Noel Carroll, has a descriptive style and fluid pace that opens windows from the suburbs of Philadelphia, to the wet streets of London, and the poverty of war torn Beirut. Therese Elliott suspects that her dream is the key to unraveling an international mystery that jettisons the reader around the world. With the aid of a Catholic priest, Father John Cortise, she has little time to prevent the disaster she knows will come. The newly formed team follow-up hunches and leads that the FBI and Interpol have ignored. Only Therese knows the truth. Will she be able to supply the evidence she needs to postpone Atlantis' launch date and stop the nightmare she's sure will happen? I highly recommend Never By Blood to all readers who enjoy fast paced action, international intrigue and suspense, with a dash of romance.