For fans of Lee Child, Terry Hayes, and Laura Lippman comes a blistering thriller in which Vanessa Michael Munroe faces the fight of her life
Vanessa Michael Munroe, chameleon and information hunter, has a reputation for getting things done: dangerous and not quite legal things that have taken her undercover into some of the world’s deadliest places. Still healing from a Somali hijacking gone wrong and a brutal attack that left her near death, Munroe joins her lover, Miles Bradford, in Japan where he’s working as a security consultant protecting high-value technology from industrial espionage. In the domesticity of their routine she finds long sought-after peace—until Bradford is arrested for murder, and the same interests who targeted him come after her, too.
Searching for answers and fighting to stay alive, Munroe will soon discover how far she’ll go to save Bradford from spending the next twenty years in locked-up isolation; how many laws she’ll break when the truth seems worse than his lies; and who to trust and who she must kill. Because she’s a strategist and hunter with a predator’s instincts, and the man she loves has just stabbed her in the back.
With break-neck pacing, incendiary prose, and an unforgettable cast of characters, The Mask features Vanessa Michael Munroe: a brilliant, lethal heroine who will stop at nothing to find the truth, no matter what it may cost.
The Mask through Penguin’s First to Read program. The blurb grabbed my attention and I figured
that this would be an exciting read. The Mask is book 5 in the Vanessa Michael
Munroe series; however, it can be read as a standalone.
characters that I have ever encountered.
Her past was not pretty. She had lived through hell and in a bid to
escape the atrocities she was driven to perform the unthinkable. She is one hell of a killing, fighting
machine that you would not wish to encounter. Being that this is the fifth book
in the series it was great to see the author providing detailed background
information about Vanessa. As a result,
I got to know her and was able to understand what made her tick.
spend time with her lover, Miles Bradford. During this time she was hoping that she would
have the chance to assist him with his latest job, however he had a different
agenda. All this changed, however, when Bradford was framed for murder and
Vanessa had to step in to prove his innocence.
down after a while. During this time I
had difficulty getting into the story.
Nevertheless, I kept reading hoping that things would get better. I am glad I did as the story picked up midway
into the book. During this time the
action was intense and I was compelled to keep turning the pages. The story kept me guessing at every page turn.
learnt about their traditions, standards and morals. The author’s writing was
so descriptive that I was able picture all that was taking place. What I found confusing about this title was
the way the book was broken down. It was not broken down by chapters, but
rather by datelines. It was a bit confusing at first, but as I got deeper into
the story I was able to understand what was taking place.
be reading the other books in the series.
