Shadows in the Aftermath

Lingvo: English

Eldonita je 21-a de novembro 2023 de Crowe Creations.

ISBN:: 978-1-998831-15-9

(1 recenzo)

Ruby Draker has found new strength and is ready to move on after Felix Szabo devastated the Draker estate in Nice, France. Three Drakers are dead leaving Ruby in grief and with thoughts of revenge. The Drakers are a family built of survivors; each rescued from Felix Szabo, a psychopath, who sought to murder his former agents at the CIA whom he believed betrayed him. The Drakers’ sole mission is to stop Szabo from adding more victims to his list, and although he also perished during the invasion, his legacy continues to haunt them. When the Drakers learn that Robert Draker, presumed dead since the shoot-out at Robert’s farmhouse, may be alive and at a rehab clinic in Portland, Maine, the Drakers know it could be a setup, but they have no choice but to try to find him and bring Robert home.

Shocked that Robert may be alive, the …

Ruby Draker has found new strength and is ready to move on after Felix Szabo devastated the Draker estate in Nice, France. Three Drakers are dead leaving Ruby in grief and with thoughts of revenge. The Drakers are a family built of survivors; each rescued from Felix Szabo, a psychopath, who sought to murder his former agents at the CIA whom he believed betrayed him. The Drakers’ sole mission is to stop Szabo from adding more victims to his list, and although he also perished during the invasion, his legacy continues to haunt them. When the Drakers learn that Robert Draker, presumed dead since the shoot-out at Robert’s farmhouse, may be alive and at a rehab clinic in Portland, Maine, the Drakers know it could be a setup, but they have no choice but to try to find him and bring Robert home.

Shocked that Robert may be alive, the family head from France to America to find him. It’s only when they arrive in the west that they realize finding Robert won’t be as easy as they thought. Szabo has found a way to terrorize the Draker family, even after death. His outstanding debt with a Corsican crime family means the Drakers must now find and deliver a shipment of plutonium, which will likely be used by terrorists to create a nuclear bomb, to get Robert back. As Ruby struggles with the decision to save her brother or North America, she must also evade the CIA, who are trying to stop the Drakers from delivering the plutonium.

4 eldonoj

Stephanie Jane recenzis Shadows in the Aftermath de Marianne Scott

A satisfying sense of closure to Finding Ruby Draker

3 steloj

Shadows In The Aftermath is the sequel to Finding Ruby Draker, a thriller series about a jetsetting group who, having each lost their own families, seek to redraw familial bonds with each other. Shadows In The Aftermath's timescale starts about half a year after Finding Ruby Draker's exciting climax and, while I think it would probably be best to read the two novels in the correct order, the sequel's early chapters do include a lot of detailed recaps so sense could be made of the overarching storylines that flow through both books. The Draker family is in mourning for two of the members they lost, Rosalind and Rose, although strangely an empty chair isn't being kept for Robert - almost as if they subconsciously know he might not be as dead as they had assumed!

For me, Shadows In The Aftermath didn't have such a strong narrative drive as its …

Shadows In The Aftermath is the sequel to Finding Ruby Draker, a thriller series about a jetsetting group who, having each lost their own families, seek to redraw familial bonds with each other. Shadows In The Aftermath's timescale starts about half a year after Finding Ruby Draker's exciting climax and, while I think it would probably be best to read the two novels in the correct order, the sequel's early chapters do include a lot of detailed recaps so sense could be made of the overarching storylines that flow through both books. The Draker family is in mourning for two of the members they lost, Rosalind and Rose, although strangely an empty chair isn't being kept for Robert - almost as if they subconsciously know he might not be as dead as they had assumed!

For me, Shadows In The Aftermath didn't have such a strong narrative drive as its predecessor. It is still a diverting read, but I felt the pace was slowed by too many hotel and meal diversions. There's a lot of characters traipsing around together too so, other than Ruby herself, who is our narrator, and young Roscoe, I didn't get such a strong sense of individual personalities in the dialogues or action sequences. Ruby's cerebral connection with Rosalind was a nice touch though and I appreciated seeing how Ruby understood her personal growth from her former suburban life as Kathleen. The idea of a made-up family potentially being as strong as a blood family is an interesting idea to explore, particularly within the thriller genre where emotional ties aren't generally put to the forefront of the stories. Ultimately, Shadows In The Aftermath provides a satisfying sense of closure to Finding Ruby Draker.