No One To Trust - Iris Johansen
Elena Kyler is a trained assassin on the run from Columbian drug baron Rico Chavez. Chavez raped her 6 years earlier and got her pregnant. Now he wants to kill her and take his son Barry. Elena enlists the help of tough guy Sean Galen and together they lure Chavez into a trap. Disappointingly only the first few chapters of the book are set in Columbia and then the action moves to the USA. The story is action packed but very violent. Lots of people get killed but most of them are bad guys, although that doesn't really make it ok does it? There is also a bit of romance and betrayal. 6/10
1st March 2012
Friday 23 March 2012
Saturday 3 March 2012
Book 66, Country 72 - Brazil
December Heat by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza translated from Portuguese and first published in English in 2005
A retired policeman called Vieia goes out for the evening in Rio de Janeiro with his girlfriend Magali, who is a prostitute. He gets very drunk, loses his wallet and wakes up in his bed the next day not able to remember anything. During the night Magali has been murdered in her flat. The case is investigated by Inspector Espinosa. Three more murders follow, including those of 2 homeless children. There are lots of twists and turns in the case, some of which I couldn’t follow and I didn’t find the final outcome very convincing. However the novel does give a very atmospheric description of life in the Copacabana area of Rio. 5/10
17th February 2012
17th February 2012
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