Blind Betrayal by Nancy Mehl
From Amazon:
Deputy U.S. Marshal Casey Sloane has worked at the St. Louis Marshals office for two years and is given a routine assignment to help transport a reporter to D.C. to testify before a grand jury. Valerie, the reporter, was writing a story about an up-and-coming environmentalist who suddenly disappeared and, she later discovered, whose backers purportedly have ties to a terrorist.
When the seemingly ordinary assignment suddenly takes a shocking turn, Casey is forced to put aside her own feelings about the unexpected reappearance of a man from her past as she and two other Marshals take Valerie on the run. And as it becomes dangerously clear Valerie's testimony has even bigger implications than they knew, they'll do whatever it takes to make it out alive.
In general, this book was just disappointing. I found it a bit hard to follow at times with the constant switching back and forth between point of view (it didn't help that the NetGalley copy I was reading had no breaks between paragraphs.). Basically just another book where the author is trying to force too many character POV's in one book.
Despite the fact there was lots of suspense, most of it was really predictable. Nothing came as a surprise to me and I had the plot figured out fairly early on. Also, the action just got to be too much. The story takes place over a very short time frame, so it's basically like 24 where you just have SO MUCH happening in a short time frame it gets to be a bit ridiculous at times.
I also didn't connect with any of the characters. I didn't really like Casey and her determination to be viewed as a strong independent female made her come across as rather cold and rude.
The first two books in the series were way better and this one was just disappointing.
I received an e-book copy of this book from NetGalley and Bethany House Publishers in exchange for an honest review.
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