Jon Land's Caitlin Strong thrillers
usually have a "ripped from the headlines" feel, and the
new one, "Strong to the Bone," features violent neo-Nazis,
industrial robots, a lethal biological weapon, the international
opiates trade and a creep who buys pharmaceutical companies to jack
up the price of drugs.
For the uninitiated, Strong is a
trigger-happy, insubordinate, fifth-generation Texas Ranger whose
exploits always have a direct link to one of her ancestors'
investigations.
In this one, the ninth book in the series, it's her
grandfather Earl Strong's pursuit of a Nazi who escaped from a World
War II prison camp in Texas in the 1940s.
The series' other regulars, including
Caitlin's long-suffering commander, D.W. Tepper; her ex-con lover,
Cort Wesley Masters; and Masters' sons Luke and Dylan, all return.
The oldest boy, Luke, who becomes more like his father with every
book, initiates the action when he faces off against neo-Nazis who
harass his Mexican-American friends.
The story also finds Caitlin coming
face-to-face with the darkest moment in her past. Called to the scene
of a nightclub brawl in Austin, she discovers that a young woman has
been drugged and raped.
The circumstances are eerily similar to what
happened to Caitlin when she was a college student — an assault
Land reveals here for the first time.
Caitlin soon suspects that the girl's
assailant and hers are one and the same. This makes Caitlin wonder if
she's always been quick to pull the trigger because she harbors a
deep-seated rage against male offenders.
Eventually, the Masters' struggle
against neo-Nazis and Caitlin's pursuit of the rapist merge into a
single, related criminal case. As always with this rollicking,
entertaining series, the complex plot is resolved in a burst of
righteous violence.
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Original review on: http://www.nzherald.co.nz
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