Mike Ortiz is a charming and charismatic war hero who is favored to win the White House. He, along with his beautiful and seemingly perfect wife, Celeste, is busy campaigning in the final days leading up to the election.
Erica Sparks is a brilliant and accomplished journalist who is covering their story. As she watches the couple, all smiles and decorum while they are in the public eye, something about them starts to bother her. Are they really what they seem? Why does something about Mr Ortiz's behavior seem so "off"? What really happened in the Al-Qaeda prison where Mike Ortiz was held for nine months?
Erica sets out to discover the truth, even as her relationship with her preteen daughter suffers, her previously faithful boyfriend is cheating on her overseas, and the body count starts to rise around her. She knows that what she is about to uncover is even more sinister and dangerous than she feared, but she won't stop until she has answers.
Lis Wiehl - herself an impressive Harvard Law School graduate, former federal prosecutor, and current legal analyst and commentator for Fox News - writes a great, page-turning book here. While I've read books by Wiehl, I hadn't read the first book in this particular series, and I'm afraid I was missing out! Well-written, likeable (or thoroughly unlikeable!) characters, believable dialogue, and heavy suspense. Two enthusiastic thumbs up.
*I received this book for free from the BookLook Bloggers program in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.*
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