Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Dark Justice by Susan Vaughan

 Which is deadlier—the deaths he can’t forget or the danger she can’t remember?

About the Book: US Marshal Jack Thorne joined the DARK antiterrorism task force for one reason—to exact revenge on the smuggler responsible for the tragedy that continues to haunt him. While on vacation in Italy, Sophie Rinaldi overhears her host plotting to sell weapons-grade uranium to terrorists. She flees, but the man attempts to run her down with his car. She ends up in the hospital with the last crucial weeks erased from her mind—and still a target for murder. To determine what she knows, whether as an accomplice or a witness, Jack must keep her safe.

If she regains her memory, what she knows could destroy them both…

 

Our Review: In the concluding novel of the DARK Files series, the author delivers the epitome of tortured heroes to the reader. Dedicated to his job and as well as his crusade for revenge for the child he lost at the hands of a terrorist, Jack keeps his anger and pain buried beneath a hard shell while protecting a woman who could be another innocent victim of the same terrorist—or in on his latest scheme to traumatize the world.

Amnesia, a common trope used by novelists, often runs the same old-same old line—not with Dark Justice. Vaughan shows in minute detail the slow return of Sophie’s memory and how it impacts the outcome of the story. The adventure begins in Venice, offering the reader an in-depth description of the canals and thoroughfares, then takes the reader into the Italian countryside with an off-the-track view of rural life in a country most of us will never visit. As always, author Vaughan writes what she knows, and this one is a real treat.

 

Based on a scale of 1-5, Dark Justice merits a 7.

 

Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Authors

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