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As a photojournalist, Bess Grady is far more comfortable viewing life through her camera lens than firsthand; the extra distance makes it easier to accept life's atrocities. Still recovering from an assignment on which she witnessed the massacre of an entire Croatian orphanage, Bess accepts an easy assignment from a travel magazine to photograph a small village in Mexico and brings her sister along for fun. What awaits her is worse than she ever could have imagined: everyone in the village has been killed by a deadly poison. After rescuing the only survivor, Bess and her sister split up. Bess finds herself captured by the villain who seems to have plotted the horrible destruction. Her sister has disappeared, and the only hope Bess has to save her is to trust a man she believes to be a murderer. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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Photojournalist Bess Grady goes to Tenajo, Mexico, with her sister to photograph the reportedly beautiful scenery there for a travel piece. What they find is a village full of dead people; only a baby girl remains alive. A detachment of soldiers arrives on the scene, and with no time to react Bess is knocked unconscious. When she wakes, her sister is dead, and she is a prisoner in a Mexican hospital. Johansen, abandoning the lush narrative style she used so effectively in her historical novels (e.g., Dark Rider, Bantam, 1995) opts for a leaner, faster-paced prose that she uses to enhance the thriller-like atmosphere here. From the first page, the reader is pulled into a realm of danger, intrigue, and suspense with a touch or romance and enough twists and turns to gladden the hearts of all of her readers. Sure to be a winner in all libraries.
-?Jo Ann Vicarel, Cleveland Heights- University Heights P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam (September 1, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0553579983
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553579987
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 stars Bossy Heroine, Wimpy CIA Guy, September 24, 2003
By Katie Osborne (Portland, Oregon and the sunny Caribbean) - See all my reviews
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The book opens with photographer Bess Grady doing a shoot of a massacred village in Croatia. She's had enough of this kind of work, comes home and accepts a safe assignment in Mexico for a travel magazine. She takes her sister along and they discover a town of dead people, apparently killed by some kind of plague, the only surviver a child. Bess wakes in the hospital and is questioned by bad guy Esteban. Bess is afraid that her sister and the baby have died. Kaldek, Esteban's second in command rescues Bess from,the evil maker of vile anthrax, but Bess doesn't trust him.

This book has all the right ingredients for a thriller, but it just didn't work for me. Our heroine is too demanding, and the CIA guys give in to Bossy Bess way to easily for me to willing suspend my disbelief. Her actions cause too many people to die and she doesn't seem to care.

I'm going to have to give this one only three stars. Worth reading, but not exceptional

Reviewed by Captain Katie Osborne

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It!!!, August 4, 2002
By Alison (Atlanta, Ga) - See all my reviews
This is the second Iris Johansen book I have read, and like an earlier reviewer, I read it after Ugly Duckling. Since then I have read just about everyone of Iris Johansen's books. I have to say that in comparrison to ALL of Iris Johansen's books Ugly Duckling is unbeatable.... but all of the rest are a definate 5 Star quality. I positively loved this book because it had a huge element of suspence, not to mention the intrigue of a town killed suddenly off by an unknown poison. The main character is Bess who has brought her sister along on a work trip to Mexico (she is a photojournalist). Then something terribly goes wrong.....the people of the city start dying off and then suddenly Bess is captured by a villian and her sister has vanished (A lot to absorb---I know). To make matters worse, Bess has only one hope of escape---to put her trust in a man she believes is a dangerous murderer. From then on Bess and the "murderer" make a run for it in search of her sister and in escape of the villian.

I think I've said enough for now.....So I would highly recommend this book to any Iris Johansen fan or just anyone who enjoys a GREAT book (especially suspence, myster, heroism). I loved it and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Preposterous and Awful, November 27, 2005
I made the mistake of picking up this book to read over a long weekend. The title caught my eye and the concept seemed promising, but once I actually got into the story I was very disappointed.

Too many of the major plot points are entirely unbelievable. For instance, a child who the protagonist encounters abandoned in a village becomes a singular focus and driving element--even though the protagonist barely spends any time with her and hithertofore has not been the motherly type. Over and over again the CIA frontman gives into her unreasonable and irrational demands, to the point that one starts to root for the bad guys. To anyone with a high school biology class under the belt, the science is preposterous and completely unbelievable. Much effort is put forth to develop an "antidote" (actually an antibody) to anthrax. Cipro, anyone?

The writing is also very stilted, often awful, and at times laughable. Too many times to count a character "smiles sardonically" or "speaks jerkily". At times the plot turns are so poorly described it is difficult to judge just what the heck is going on. And, ultimately, the characters behave so irrationally one does not really care.

I would only recommend reading this if you need perspective on how bad books can really be. Otherwise, look elsewhere.
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I got tired of Bess in a hurry. She was so demanding and I guess
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