Review: nice plot, too repetitive
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2012
I received this book through LibraryThing Member Giveaway.The story starts with the murder of CIA agent Tyler Broadman during a covert operation, and hinting at the death of his fiancee, Helena Hernandez. The CIA sends in Nicholas Lowe (Tyler's friend and fellow agent) to finish the job. Nick seems more focused on finding who killed Tyler and why.The plot was interesting.I enjoyed the overall storyline. It seemed well thought out and realistic. After sending out a few red herrings, the good guys turned out to be the bad guys, which seemed a bit typical in government agency stories.I'm not a political person, so I found all the conversations about Panamanian politics to be tedious to read. Also I found too many phrases were nauseatingly repeated throughout the book. I also didn't feel it was necessary to give full name with title almost everytime people were mentioned (such as Minister of Foreign Affairs Victor Hernandez).Who was Helena other than Victor,s daughter that everyone in Panama seemed to have a perfume scented picture of her hidden away somewhere?