CIA Special Agent Ana Burton has been exiled to San
Francisco after a botched operation in Rome resulted in the
death of two agents. She quietly, but expertly, works cold
cases as she waits for the results of an inquiry and tries
to restore her equilibrium. She no longer has the confidence
to take action based on her ability to find, analyze, and
interpret data. Ana's investigation into a cold case
involving stolen art and five brutal murders leads her to
security expert Gates Bromley.
Gates' number one priority is protecting art collector and
friend Dav Gianikopolis. He is not inclined to help with the
CIA's investigation if it means putting Dav at greater risk.
Having already seen most of his family murdered, he won't
endanger a friend. Gates joins investigative forces
with Ana at Dav's insistence and because he finds himself
drawn to her beauty, strength, and sharp mind. The deeper
they delve into the truth behind the art thefts and murders,
the greater the danger as their lives and those of their
friends and colleagues are threatened.
With DEADLY LITTLE SECRETES, Jeanne Adams has written a
thrilling, action-packed romantic suspense. I'm a big fan
of smart heroines and Ana definitely qualifies. More
computer geek than super-spy, Ana guides the action with her
intuition and analysis of the data. The facts of the case
are revealed to the reader as Ana and Gates discover them,
keeping you guessing until the end. The case is a
complicated one which holds the reader's attention; however,
it times I did find myself a little confused about who was
who and felt like I should be taking notes. I wondered if
there was a preceding book that explained some of the
action, but as far as I can tell this is a stand-alone book.
That said, the story is definitely worth the mental effort.
Gates and Ana work well as a couple, their physical and
intellectual attraction to each other is almost tangible,
and the plot will keep you reading late into the night.
After a mission goes horribly wrong, CIA Agent Ana Burton is
reassigned to work on cold cases. Ana's latest cold case
involves art fraud, theft and murder from nine years
earlier. As Ana pulls on the old threads and checks old
leads, she meets with Gates Bromley, security expert and
business partner to billionaire shipping magnet Dav
Gianikopolis. Shortly after their first meeting to review
the old case, Ana is nearly killed and the Gianikopolis
estate comes under attack. Someone is determined to make
sure this cold case stays cold, and they won't hesitate to
murder anyone in their way.
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