By Kelly Bridgewater
When the daughter of a high-profile businessman disappears
from an exclusive girls' boarding school, police detective Cate Reilly is
tapped for an undercover assignment. It doesn't take her long to realize that
beneath the veneer of polish and wealth, things are not as they seem at Ivy
Hill Academy. But the biggest surprise of all? The only man she ever loved is
also working at the school.
Zeke Sloan has never forgotten Cate, but now isn't the best
time for their paths to cross again. When their two seemingly disparate agendas
begin to intertwine--and startling connections emerge among the players--the
danger escalates significantly. But who is the mastermind behind the elaborate
ruse? And how far will they go to protect their house of cards?
Queen of romantic suspense Irene Hannon invites you to scale
the heights of human folly and plumb the depths of the human heart in this
second gripping book in the Triple Threat series.
My
Thoughts:
Labyrinth
of Lies by Irene Hannon is classified as a romantic
suspense novel. My favorite part of the novel was the unique setting. It
reminded me a lot of the movie, Never Been Kissed by Drew Barrymore, which I
love. However, this time, the hero and heroine have a past that was never
really resolved. Because of this, the tension fizzles on the page. The setting
of an all-girl school was different. However, the Mexican drug mystery element
is a little overdone, in my opinion. Once a reader has read this type of story,
usually they have read them all. There is not much difference in the plots.
Similarly, the romance takes over the mystery element. The mystery is still
there, but it seems to take a backseat to the suspense, which is what I read
these type of stories for. Overall, Labyrinth
of Lies really did not capture my attention. I was pretty bored reading it
and kept calculating in my head how many more pages I had left to go until it
was finished. If the reader enjoys 70 percent romance and 30 percent suspense,
this story might be right up their alley.
I received a complimentary copy of Labyrinth of Lies by Irene Hannon from
Revell Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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