No One to Trust

by Iris Johansen | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0553584375 Global Overview for this book
Registered by ThreeSixNine of Catawba, Wisconsin USA on 9/20/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by ThreeSixNine from Catawba, Wisconsin USA on Monday, September 20, 2004

Elena Kyler was born in Colombia and raised by her rebel fighter father, formerly an American mercenary. After her father dies and her rebel comrades sell out to druglord Rico Chavez, Elena, now in her mid-20s, concocts a desperate plan to save herself and her five-year-old son Barry from Chavez, who also happens to be Barry's father. She contacts the DEA, who call in the Bondian Sean Galen, a debonair maverick. The plan is to bring Elena and Barry to the U.S., then capture Chavez when he comes for his son. After a daring air-lift escape, Sean, Elena and Barry make it to California, but an ambush by Chavez's men leaves them running for their lives. Unaccustomed to relying on the kindness of strangers, Elena finds herself forced to lean on Sean as the two zigzag across the U.S., falling in love along the way. In the current climate, the threat of drug cartels feels dated and Chavez is such an over-the-top nasty that he's downright silly. Add to that a melodramatic anti-heroine, who's also a cliched assassin-with-a-heart-of-gold seeking spiritual redemption, and a Southeastern climax that's as '80s as Miami Vice, and the sum total becomes a derivative stew. Johansen has delivered better in the past and hopefully will again in the future.

Journal Entry 2 by ThreeSixNine from Catawba, Wisconsin USA on Wednesday, March 14, 2007

I think I have read this before, many things were familiar.


Journal Entry 3 by ThreeSixNine from Catawba, Wisconsin USA on Friday, April 6, 2007
Sending to my May Day partner. Your wish list is so easy!!

Journal Entry 4 by CharmedKim from Secaucus, New Jersey USA on Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Received in my May Day Exchange package. Thanks, three! I see we have similar tastes in books. :)

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