"A really terrific sequel to TWISTED."
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Posted August 11, 2009
Suspense
Former FBI agent Sloane Burbank left the agency after a
brutal attack injured her hand and required extensive
physical therapy. On the mend, Sloane reconciles with her
former colleague and lover, Derek Parker. Their newly
evolving relationship is tested when Sloane's parents are
the victims of a vicious burglary. When her father
confesses to witnessing a crime in Hong Kong 10 years ago
that ties into the burglary, Sloane's loyalty is divided.
If she tells Derek, she betrays her father's trust and
jeopardizes his safety. Derek Parker receives a call from his friend in the Asian
Criminal Task Force regarding a recent wiretap. They heard
information on a high-ranking Asian crime lord that leads
them to suspect Matthew Burbank and his associates are
somehow involved with the criminals. Sloane's not talking
and Derek believes her parents' dilemma has put Sloane in
way over her head. Unable to confide in each other, their trust and faith is
severely strained. If they can't find a compromise, the
tsunami of events plaguing Matthew and his friends could
cost them their lives. Meticulously researched, Andrea Kane takes readers
into the complicated world of Asian organized crime and its
involvement in the underground art world. The plot weaves
through a revenge scheme and a sadistic killer who enjoys
inflicting psychological, as well as physical, pain. DRAWN
IN BLOOD is a terrific sequel to TWISTED.
SUMMARY
Former FBI Special Agent Sloane Burbank has seen her share
of danger. She's faced down a serial killer and survived
life-threatening injuries . . . but she never expected
that danger to invade the lives of her family. . . .
Then her mother is viciously attacked in the posh
Manhattan apartment her parents share and it quickly
becomes clear that this is no ordinary robbery. The
thieves were too clever, too knowledgeable, and so
obviously after something of her father's. But what could
a respected art dealer have done to merit such violence?
When a mysterious message is left for him, Sloane knows
her father's in over his head. Determined to find out the
truth, Sloane discovers a deadly secret buried in his past
that has made him the target of a power-hungry mobster
with a lethal agenda and nothing to lose. Sloane
is desperate to save her father, but to do so she must
hold on to secrets of her own—especially from FBI Special
Agent Derek Parker, the man she has grown to love deeply.
She knows she must tell him everything, but how can she
betray her father's confidence? Can a couple who's faced
so much survive this ultimate test of trust? Will they
survive at all? As the decades-old secret claims
the lives of her father's oldest friends and the killer
closes in on him, Sloane finds herself in foreign
territory: alone, facing escalating personal danger, and
hunting a moving target in a world where memories are long
and loyalties are drawn in blood.
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Comments
1 comment posted.
Re: A really terrific sequel to TWISTED.
I've read Andrea Kane's historical books but I haven't tried her suspense yet; it looks intriguing
(Diane Sadler 9:22am August 12, 2009)
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