Secrets, Lies and Betrayals by Lynn Wood Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Political ISBN: 9798990302914 Print Length: 349 pages Reviewed by Erin Britton A globe-trotting, tense, and twist-laden political thriller, Ly…  | By IndieBookView on August 23, 2024 | Secrets, Lies and Betrayals by Lynn Wood Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Political ISBN: 9798990302914 Print Length: 349 pages Reviewed by Erin Britton A globe-trotting, tense, and twist-laden political thriller, Lynn Wood's Secrets, Lies and Betrayals is so cannily contemporary that it could almost be "ripped from the headlines" stuff. Triggered by the fracturing of the fragile hope of peace in the Middle East and then ramped up by a particularly contentious US presidential election, the story whizzes along at breakneck speed as heroes and villains collide and regular folks duck and hope for the best. Still, the story begins on a deceptively hopeful note "as the often fitful, stumbling, one-step forward, two-steps back process towards a meaningful peace was negotiated, arm-twisted, backtracked, sidestepped until finally an agreement was reached both sides could live with and their respective governments reluctantly assented to." The architect of the promised peace, Senator Mac McMillan, is in Tel Aviv to witness the signing of the historic treaty by the presidents of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. It is an auspicious but not uncontentious occasion. | | | |
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