The historical notes that Holt has drawn on a number of real conspiracies from the cold war and has used some dramatic licence in the process.The Abduction takes that murky past and centres it on Venice and gives us a breathtaking thriller that leaves you hungry for more and glad that you have read this instalment. This is the second in his Carnivia trilogy and keeps up the pace The Abomination started and brings to life some of Italy’s murky post-war past and the aid that the Americans and the Vatican gave the country not to fall in to the communist’s hands. The Abduction – Stunning StoryThe Abduction is the eagerly awaited follow up to The Abomination by the secretive Jonathan Holt the pseudonym for an already successful British author. I am really looking forward to reading the third book in the trilogy - but I am not looking forward to the end of their stories! Read more
It's such a refreshing change from plodding procedurals and predictable detective stories and I have been recommending this one to everyone. This is what I love the most about this series! No matter where the story starts, it take you places you had no idea were even on the map. There are interesting tendrils - a secret society, hacked email, disturbing documents found in the Vatican archives. It's a chilling plan and since the kidnappers are online, it is going viral all over the globe.And then, just like the storyline in The Abomination, the story veers off into entirely new territory.
There is no ransom demand, but there is a video - a very strange video - and eventually, the kidnappers' plans become clear. Her name is Mia and she is the daughter of a US Army officer. These characters are so very different and it is really interesting to see the way they interact.The novel starts with an erotic swingers event at an upscale nightclub, which is a great way to begin a story! A young woman is abducted - a teenager who should definitely not have been at this party. There is tension between Tapo and Boland, as well as an entirely different sort of tension between Boland and Barbo. Tapo has filed a sexual harassment suite against her former lover, Colonel Aldo Piola - and good for her, because the resolution of their affair was really unfair for her. It wasn't long ago that I reviewed The Abomination, which I thought was a terrific mystery, so I was eager to see where the story went next.The Abduction focuses again on the unlikely trio of detectives: Venetian police captain Kat Tapo, Second Lieutenant Holly Boland, and reclusive genius Daniele Barbo. I was thrilled to receive a copy of The Abduction by Jonathan Holt, the second book in the Carnivia trilogy.
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