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And Then You Die
Iris Johansen

Bantam, 1998 - 352 pages

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Bossy Heroine, Wimpy CIA Guy

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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A Nice Way to Wile Away an Afternoon

I don't know why I liked this book, but I did. The protagonist, Bess Grady, was way over the top, Bossy, stupid, uncaring, unfeeling, a person I couldn't identify with or care about. However, I cared about everybody else in the book. What a switch. Could that be what Johansen was after? Somehow I doubt it. The book was a quick read, fun too, a nice way to wile away an afternoon.

I bordered on three or four stars, but I'm giving it four, why, I don't know, I guess because I really kind of liked the story, especially in light of what's been happening in the world today.

Reviewed by Vesta Irene


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entertaining, suspensful

this was a very enjoyable book. though did i miss a chapter? it seemed like there should've been a book before this one...but you can enjoy this one without strings attached!


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