Best Of Enemies

by Taylor Smith

When a young college girl is linked to a terrible crime and then mysteriously vanishes, one woman, who firmly believes in the girl's innocence, joins forces with a man tormented by his tortured past to unravel dark secrets that will rock a tranquil New England town. Original.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Suspense, Crime

474 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 1997

About the author

After a career as an international diplomat and later an intelligence analyst, Taylor Smith turned her experience into bestselling fiction. Taylor currently lives in Southern California.

Reviews

[Janice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely kept my interest but weak ending.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the character of Leya and how well she was drawn out, she's a survivor. She's made it through an awful emotional upheaval and is a functioning intelligent woman. Like her I was never quite sure what to make of Peter until the very end. Overall what elevates the book is the twin timelines and settings in Boston and Lebanon.

[Lana Kamennof-sine · Rating 3 out of 5]

A tightly written novel with something for everyone covering: the Middle East, espionage, CIA/FBI, hostages torture, Moles, American White Supremacists, love & romance.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

the length of time that it took me to finish this book tells me something about my involvement in it. I liked it. I finished it. I probably won't read any other Taylor Smith books. It was an interesting mix of murder (which I like) and espionage (which I'm not particularly fond of). There's a lot of building up (the summary tells us that the daughter disappears) to a rather short resolution. I didn't find the pace particularly fast, which I look for in murder mysteries. At any rate, I give it a solid 'okay.'

[Joanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leya Nash is a college professor and her father is a retired CIA agent. One of her students Holly Stroud is missing and the suspect in the bombing of a company that has a government contract for secret work. Leya believes that her student is innocent and tries to find her to help her. Enter FBI agent Peter VanAken , who Leya once was in love with, who is also looking for Holly.

[Caitlin Jansson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent. Not great. The backstory for the bombing seemed like an after thought. The guilty party seemed like it was an out of the blue thought. The professors romance was sort of out of the blue as well. It was well written. I think it would have been better as separate stories or if it had been longer. It also seemed to be told in reverse which was a little weird.

[Rosie Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

In a small college town, a bomb destroys a local factory, leaving several people dead and more wounded. All signs point to a young Arab American and his naïve girlfriend. The mystery of who done it and the back story of an old romance rekindled makes it an interesting read.

[Chamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

pretty good,it got a little far fetched at towards the end..

[Billie Jo]

This was read over 8 years ago so not real sure if I enjoyed it or not.

[Karen Desmond · Rating 4 out of 5]

4

[Png · Rating 3 out of 5]

My second time around in reading this book and it's still a good read. Well-paced plot, suspenseful with romance thrown in. Would read it again...and again.

[Toesnorth's mom]

fair

[Patricia Stone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good plot, interesting characters but slower reading due to many additional details to give deep background into characters.

[Vicki]

I liked this book. It was suspenseful, and held my interest. There weren't too many "slow" parts to it either.

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Since the cassette is abridged, I'll abridge my review: ok

[Jackie Simons]

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