Well Mr. Smith has done it again. Leon Courtney is a young British officer who isn’t happy about his place and prospects for a military career. What he wants to be is a great hunter ranging the African landscape after dangerous game in the time just before World war one. He gets his wish and we are off on an exciting adventure with him hunting elephant, lion and buffalo. We see Africa through the eyes of someone who sincerely loves the continent, its people, places and wildlife.
Wilbur Smith likes to do things on a grand scale. We are treated to a safari with Teddy Roosevelt and his son Kermit. We ride in the first planes to reach Africa and get deeply involved in the intrigue and plotting over Africa preceding the Great War.
Leon Courtney is a thoroughly likeable character, ever capable; he is always human with faults, failings, and fears, a young man ready for action and adventure love and romance.
I like Mr. Smith’s book especially his Ancient Egypt series and I believe his fans and new readers will enjoy this action adventure very much.
Murder always makes Detective Eve Dallas mad, but when it is personal its even worse. Eve goes to her newest murder site and finds a victim she knows well. It is one of her best friends loved one. At first, she is not sure how to deal with it but Eve know she will do what she does best. She is faced with not only a murderer, but a cop killer as well.
Eve is not sure when she started having so many friends and family members in her life. Right now she is supposed to be throwing a wedding shower but she can’t let anything get in the way of this murder investigation. Sometimes she is not sure if all these people are a complication or a joy but they always come as a surprise to her after her rocky start to life.
Murder always makes Detective Eve Dallas mad, but when it is personal its even worse. Eve goes to her newest murder site and finds a victim she knows well. It is one of her best friends loved one. At first, she is not sure how to deal with it but Eve know she will do what she does best. She is faced with not only a murderer, but a cop killer as well.