I don’t know who is having more fun — Iris Johansen in writing this Eve Duncan series, or me in reading them. This is listed as #4.5 in the series (that is, partway between #4 and #5) and the reason for that sentence becomes obvious, because it is really an offshoot from the series, with all the other characters that we have come to know and love being only bit players, off to the side. This one is really about a new character, Alex Graham, who is a professional photographer whose specialty is taking pictures of international casualty scenes (earthquakes, mine collapses, etc.), who befriends Sarah Logan, the search-and-rescue expert introduced a few books back. In her zeal to get a good picture after helping to dig out bodies after a dam break washes away most of the small town, Alex inadvertently discovers some people in a place where no people should be, and immediately becomes a target. John Logan, Sarah’s billionaire husband calls in a special friend to protect Alex, and the adventure is on, as we slowly realize that the bad guys are up to something really, really bad.