Lioness

by Shirley Palmer

When Joel Stanton left for Kenya to find the perfect site for a new hotel, it was just another routine business trip for the young architect. But when his battered body came home in a body bag, his twin sister and partner, Cat, knew something had gone terribly wrong. Something someone was determined to cover up.

Heading to Nairobi, Cat hires the same safari outfit her brother used. And soon realizes that Dan Campbell, the man charged with Joel's safety -- and a man with his own demons to fight -- knows more than he's saying about her brother's death.

Retracing her brother's footsteps across the rugged and heartbreakingly beautiful terrain of Africa, Cat embarks on a journey that will change her life...and put her in the same kind of danger that got Joel killed.

Genres: Africa, Fiction

416 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Ludy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maravilhoso

[Laurie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

[Muzette Alcocer Spine After Spine · Rating 4 out of 5]

When Cat's brother is killed on a research gathering trip in Africa, Cat is devastated. He was looking for just the perfect site to put a safari hotel, and when she receives a package addressed to her from her brother containing drawings, photographs and a cryptic note, she knows she has to retrace his steps and find out what really happened to him.

[Erma Talamante · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing story with realistic characters. Cat is a living, breathing woman who faces issues that are as poignant today as they were 30 years ago. Campbell is a tough man with an even tougher exterior facing a tougher yet issue - in his own backyard. In a world that is trying to cling desperately to the past, a real threat is compounded by the arrival of a modern woman and her plans to answer questions about her brother's death, while bringing development into the wilds of Africa. A fast, action packed read. Amazing!

[Shannan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was my particularly expecting much from this book, as I undertook it as part of a reading challenge, but was pleasantly surprised it was not terrible. Cat Stanton made questionable decisions throughout the story that didn't quite add up (simultaneously repulsed and attracted to a man she thought a criminal who she couldn't stop sleeping with) and was out to prove that a woman could be as successful in business as a man while looking for guidance from a man that kept calling her "Sugar". However, it had a decent story and interesting setting in Africa.

[Pranesh Kumar · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good novel to read through. Vivid detailing brings the African landscape to life. But not an occupying story line.

[Linda]

I read this book in one day. I kept saying one more page and then I will do my chores. I couldn't put it down until I found out what had happened and how (and if) there had been a murder