Angel in the Shadows: The Heartland Trilogy, Book Two by Walter LuciusMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
A long (464 pages), complex, complicated plot of international intrigue that took me a long time to read. Investigative journalist Farah Hafez is pursuing a story of state corruption involving Russian oligarch, Valentin Lavrov when she is kidnapped and forced at gunpoint to make a video supporting a Chechen terrorist organisation and denouncing the Russian president. Now she is on the run. Her friend and fellow journalist Paul Chapelle manages to aid her escape to Jakarta whilst Dutch detective Radjen Tomasoa is investigating another strand of this confusing tale. Locations are widespread: Amsterdam, Moscow, Kabul, Johannesburg, Jakarta.... with a multitude of villains. I just found it too much to maintain concentration. As this is the 2nd book in The Heartland Trilogy it would no doubt have helped to read Book 1 first.
I was offered this ARC by the publishers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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