Officer Pilar To-Clanny never expected FBI Special Agent
Alex Torres to arrive on the scene where three buried
bodies were found at an archeological dig at a nineteenth
century Apache campsite. Pilar has not seen Alex in
sixteen years, when their marriage of five days was
annulled after she was raped by a Mexican hombre who was
never found. Pilar is not pleasant to Alex, but he does
his best to be civil to her since they will be working
this case together. She has been assigned to his team of
five people who investigate such cases.
Alex meets Manny, Pilar's fifteen year old nephew, whom she
is raising. Manny is in trouble
at school and has been expelled. Pilar doesn't need one
more distraction in her life. As the case proceeds and
Pilar and Alex begin to rattle cages during the
investigation, a friend of Manny's, Reyna Bui, goes
missing. They believe the same person responsible for the
murder and burial of the three young bodies on the
reservation has taken Reyna. A grueling journey results,
through the mountains of Arizona and across the border
into Mexico to find Reyna and bring her back. But just as
they begin their trek, they learn that Manny and Alex's
Abuela are also missing. Can they get to them in time
before the suspected drug lord Salazar kills them?
Lisa Carter brings us another dynamic, inspirational
thriller from the dessert of Arizona. THE STRONGHOLD is
fast-paced and action-packed, but also filled with
touching inspirational moments of reflection on God's
grace. Pilar and Alex are strong, well-developed
characters with several supporting characters who join
forces to carry out the twisting, turning storyline. The
story is told in "Before" and "After," toggling back and
forth to tell Pilar and Alex's story from the past. Ms.
Carter also masterfully incorporates the "before" and
"after" aspect of a life that has been turned over to
God. THE STRONGHOLD is a story about healing and
forgiveness, about secrets and survival. Surprises await
both Pilar and Alex regarding the years they've been
apart. Pilar's head tells her she does not want to be
involved with Alex again, but she can't seem to convince
her heart. If inspirational, romantic thrillers are your
genre, THE STRONGHOLD is for you!
Drug violence, revenge killings, and kidnapping are nothing
new along the U.S.-Mexican border. But now teenage girls
are
disappearing from the Apache reservations of Arizona and
New
Mexico.
Apache tribal cop Pilar To-Clanny and FBI Special Agent
Alex
Torres have a long and tumultuous history. When someone
close to them disappears, Pilar and Alex must risk
everything to rescue the child, including facing the
unresolved issues of the past, and venture into the no-
man’s
land of the drug cartels.
Can Pilar and Alex work together to stop a sadistic killer
before he strikes again? On a quest to rescue those they
love, who will rescue them?
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