Robin Burcell is still writing wonderful, interesting, and suspenseful mysteries. This has the San Francisco FBI artist being sent to Washington DC and then on to Amsterdam and France. At the same time there is something going on in the Carribean area. A scub diving group are shot, a freighter has dead people on boad and the mystery grows. The two incidents are related to a Senator being killed in Washington DC. Robin ties all the events up nicely and until the end one is kept in suspense. This is the third book featuring FBI Special Agent Sydney Fitzpatrick. There is plenty of fast paced action, some unexpected plot twists, with just a little touch of romantic thoughts thrown in for spice. The story stands well on its own, but you would understand some of the ideas a little better if you had read the first two books first. If you have a kindle, all three books are under $5.00 each at Amazon, so you might want to read them in order.I enjoyed the story. Sometimes it seemed a little too easy for the "Good Guys" to escape the predicaments that they got into. But they certainly got into plenty of them, so they had to get out of them quickly, so that the action didn't suffer. There were multiple groups of agents doing different things at the same time, and the story would switch between the various groups, so there was never a dull moment. Ms. Burcell knows how to hold your interest and spin a fast paced story. I give this 4 stars. Sometimes it was just too easy to escape from trouble.I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
What do You think about The Dark Hour (2012)?
Action and intrigue. It feels like James Bond, but is better at least for me.
—Lexy
One of my advance copies from Bouchercon. An excellent fast paced read.
—NCNICOLETA
