Red Queen by Juan Gomez Jurado
9781250853677
384 Pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books
Release Date: March 14, 2023
Fiction (Adult), General Fiction (Adult), Thriller, Suspense, Mystery, Action, Adventure, Kidnapping, Murder, International
Antonia Scott and Inspector Jon Gutierrez have nothing in common. She is an intellect with off the chart detective skills. He is a fat disgraced police detective who was caught setting up a drug sting with a pimp. Mentor is a man who leads a covert operation for high profile investigations. His methods keep the investigations out of the news.
The first case Jon and Antonia are assigned is the death of a young man. He is the son of an executive banker. His death was staged. He was found sitting on his parents’ sofa with a glass of blood in his hand. His blood was drained from his body. The second case involves a kidnapping. The clock is ticking against Antonia and Jon. Will they be able to beat the clock? They will have to think like the criminal to stop him.
The book is set in Spain. It has an extremely fast pace The characters are well developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. If you like thrillers with international intrigue, you will enjoy this book.
