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Athena Force #4
Double-Cross
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Double-Cross by Meredith Fletcher
An orphan with an unknown past, CIA operative Samantha St. John used her quick speed and sharp mind to make up for her small size. Sam was about to go AWOL on a mission for vengeance--bringing down the legendary killer she believed was responsible for a dear friend's death--when she was detained and accused of betraying her country. Now, to clear her name and get back to business, the fearless agent had to face down an enemy who bore an uncanny resemblance to Sam herself....
Double-Cross by Meredith Fletcher
An orphan with an unknown past, CIA operative Samantha St. John used her quick speed and sharp mind to make up for her small size. Sam was about to go AWOL on a mission for vengeance--bringing down the legendary killer she believed was responsible for a dear friend's death--when she was detained and accused of betraying her country. Now, to clear her name and get back to business, the fearless agent had to face down an enemy who bore an uncanny resemblance to Sam herself....
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 2004
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April 18, 2017
Samantha St John works for the CIA and is on a mission to install a computer program on an international crime figure's computer. However, this is interrupted when British M-16 agents try to capture her! She goes into hiding and soon learns about the death of her close friend Rainy. When she goes to the funeral, she is captured by the CIA, who think she is a traitor! M-16 has provided them with a video showing a woman who looks just like her brokering an arms deal with a Middle Eastern country's political/terrorist group. Sam has no idea what's going on, as she knows it's not her doing that! Meanwhile, she learns that Rainy's death may have been murder, and related to her eggs beings stolen when she was younger. Worse still, the murder seems to be the work of The Cipher, an international assassin, who also seems to be involved with a colonel from the SVR (Russia's version of the CIA), who wants to destroy a shaky alliance between the US and a Middle Eastern country.
Whew!
Did you get all that?
I don't think it matters if you does, because this one barely resolves a thing! I guess I'm supposed to track down the next one to find out what was going on with Rainy and her stolen eggs. I thought that might have something to do with Sam having a doppelganger, but no, it just turned out she was the daughter of KGB double agents who were killed and she never knew she had a twin. Yikes, my brain hurts just thinking about what I just read! But instead of finding out what got Rainy killed, we just get a boring tale about spies that never really goes anywhere. The plot is so far-fetched and silly that I simply couldn't engage with the material.
The Bombshell series was a strange beast in the Mills & Boon line. Billed as "a lot of action, a little romance", it could range from sexy stories to ones like this, which had no sex at all! There was a ridiculous, annoying scene where Sam gets all huffy about Riley having a girlfriend, followed later on by a bizarre one where she attempts to seduce him.
I don't know what else to day! Maybe the writer just made it up as she went. It certainly feels that way! The plot is all over place and leaves too many story strands dangling. Double-cross it off your list!
Whew!
Did you get all that?
I don't think it matters if you does, because this one barely resolves a thing! I guess I'm supposed to track down the next one to find out what was going on with Rainy and her stolen eggs. I thought that might have something to do with Sam having a doppelganger, but no, it just turned out she was the daughter of KGB double agents who were killed and she never knew she had a twin. Yikes, my brain hurts just thinking about what I just read! But instead of finding out what got Rainy killed, we just get a boring tale about spies that never really goes anywhere. The plot is so far-fetched and silly that I simply couldn't engage with the material.
The Bombshell series was a strange beast in the Mills & Boon line. Billed as "a lot of action, a little romance", it could range from sexy stories to ones like this, which had no sex at all! There was a ridiculous, annoying scene where Sam gets all huffy about Riley having a girlfriend, followed later on by a bizarre one where she attempts to seduce him.
I don't know what else to day! Maybe the writer just made it up as she went. It certainly feels that way! The plot is all over place and leaves too many story strands dangling. Double-cross it off your list!
August 23, 2018
An adventure novel that focuses on CIA employee Samantha St. John, who survived a blown mission in Munich to discover a classmate and close friend of hers from the exclusive Athena Academy is killed in a car crash that turns out to be murder. Before she can avenge her friend, though, she finds herself arrested and held in long term detention when footage from the Middle East shows her killing British agents in an MI-5 operation.
Samantha knows she's innocent, but can't prove it to her superiors because of the tape that shows her doppleganger killing agents from a key American ally in the war against terror. She's also haunted by the death of her good friend, a fact she can not doing anything about from a detention cell. She must prove to her partner, CIA veteran Riley McLane, her innocence even though he has doubts about her loyalties.
The characters are well fleshed out, especially the lead in Samantha, an orphan who has fought her way to get where she was in life. The book reads like a good spy novel, with plenty of action from Munich to a fictional Middle East monarchy caught in the middle between Soviet and American agencies vying for the hearts and minds of the rulers. I breezed through this novel in about two days, anxious to see how the story played out for Samantha. Recommended.
Samantha knows she's innocent, but can't prove it to her superiors because of the tape that shows her doppleganger killing agents from a key American ally in the war against terror. She's also haunted by the death of her good friend, a fact she can not doing anything about from a detention cell. She must prove to her partner, CIA veteran Riley McLane, her innocence even though he has doubts about her loyalties.
The characters are well fleshed out, especially the lead in Samantha, an orphan who has fought her way to get where she was in life. The book reads like a good spy novel, with plenty of action from Munich to a fictional Middle East monarchy caught in the middle between Soviet and American agencies vying for the hearts and minds of the rulers. I breezed through this novel in about two days, anxious to see how the story played out for Samantha. Recommended.
November 8, 2019
Read as part of a Kindle series omnibus ... could not get the "librarians" group to acknowledge the Kindle rendering on this page ...
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