Stolen Lives
- Authors: Jassy Mackenzie
- Series: Book 2 in the Jade de Jong series
- Type: Novel
- Genres: Mystery
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- Rating: 4.2 based on 71 reviews
- Release Date: April 19, 2011
- Print length: 288 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
When wealthy Pamela Jordaan hires PI Jade de Jong as a bodyguard after her husband Terrance disappears, Jade thinks keeping an eye on this anxious wife will be an easy way to earn some cash. But when a determined shooter nearly kills them both and Jade finds Terrance horrifically tortured and barely alive, she realizes that she has been drawn into a wicked game.
At the same time, her relationship with police superintendent David Patel is on the rocks, and things only get more complicated when his son is kidnapped and his wife is blackmailed. It soon becomes clear that the kidnapping and the attempted killings of Pamela and her husband are tied to a human trafficking ring that stretches from Johannesburg to London.
Praise for Stolen Lives
Jassy Mackenzie’s followup to Random Violence delivers on all fronts that matter: dextrous pacing, unflinching action, and stark, brave compassion in the clutch. South Africa comes alive on the page, but it’s no travel-guide version-the Jo’burg skyline and dusty shops, the embassy offices and dreary mine-dumps-even the pristine suburbs pulse with dark energy. Jade de Jong is a heroine to cherish: tough, passionate, and pocked with enough flaws to keep her interesting.
Gripping.... Stolen Lives is as thought-provoking and socially conscious as it is suspenseful.... Without preaching, this book should cause readers to care, and perhaps even get involved in fighting the sex trafficking industry. A fascinating read with a strong heart.
Jade's sophomore adventure (Random Violence, 2010) provides a crackling pace and nonstop action... Mackenzie's Johannesburg is as gritty and dangerous as noir L.A. or the drug meccas of South America.
Mackenzie offers insight into postapartheid South Africa, an area of the world unfamiliar to most U.S. mystery buffs. For those readers who like Sara Paretsky and Lynda La Plante and fans of international crime fiction.
Under Mackenzie’s deft hand, Jo’berg and Jade crackle with frenetic energy.
With danger and mayhem at every turn-and Mackenzie provides plenty of twists-Stolen Lives is a page turner of superior power. Its shocking conclusion leaves the reader breathless-and eagerly awaiting the next installment in Jade’s life.
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