Eva Scott believed her brother Jackson had died in a car crash when he was 18, only to discover he was still alive. She had only just begun to get to know him again when he is found dead in Paris, supposedly of an overdose. Eva doesn’t believe the police report and decides to head over to France herself, in a bid to find out what really did happen to her brother. In doing so, she becomes involved in one company’s bid for power, and unleashes a violent series of events.
The sad thing about this book is that if it were a film, or TV programme, it would probably work considerably better. Yes the plot itself is incredibly far-fetched, but then so are so many films. Yes the main character is rather prone to being chased, beaten and knocked unconscious, but Kiefer Sutherland survived more in apparently 24 hours. So as a visual story, it would have stood up to the test much better. As a book it just runs away too quickly. I found myself completely and utterly exhausted from reading each chapter, as they all involved running, chasing cars or being in a fight. From an attempted rape in the first chapter, she went on to be unconscious at least twice, alongside being hit by a car, being tied up, kidnapped……. Every chapter some new calamity would befall her. I also found Eva Scott to be one of the most naïve and annoying characters. She believes all the wrong people, and ignores the screamingly obvious!!
I didn’t dislike the book, and to some extent I did enjoy reading it, because I wanted to know what happened. My main grumble would be that it was all a little too action packed. Too much action, not enough events or explaining.
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