Charlotte Alton is an elegant socialite. But behind the
locked doors of her sleek, high-security apartment in London's Docklands, she
becomes Karla. Karla's business is information. Specifically, making it
disappear. She's the unseen figure who, for a commanding price, will cover a
criminal's tracks. A perfectionist, she's only made one slip in her
career—several years ago she revealed her face to a man named Simon Johanssen,
an ex-special forces sniper turned killer-for-hire. After a mob hit went
horrifically wrong, Johanssen needed to disappear, and Karla helped him. He
became a regular client, and then, one day, she stepped out of the shadows for
reasons unclear to even herself. Now, after a long absence, Johanssen has
resurfaced with a job, and he needs Karla's help again. The job is to take out
an inmate—a woman—inside an experimental prison colony. But there's no record
the target ever existed. That's not the only problem: the criminal boss from
whom Johanssen has been hiding is incarcerated there. That doesn't stop him.
It's Karla's job to get him out alive, and to do that she must uncover the
truth. Who is this woman? Who wants her dead? Is the job a trap for Johanssen
or for her? But every door she opens is a false one, and she's getting
desperate to protect a man—a killer—to whom she's inexplicably drawn.
My Thoughts…
Who doesn’t love a good mystery? Murder, suspense, mayhem, and the unknown
all make The Distance a great read. I
stayed up late reading and when I wasn’t reading I was thinking about what
might happen next.
I guessed, changed my guess, and then changed it again and
still got it all wrong. I love when
that happens. Figuring out an ending
before I get there almost always annoys me, The Distance did not annoy me. There is a strong woman character, Karla and
Charlotte, that knows people, gets things done, and gets it done
intensely. There is a strong male
character, but I wouldn’t call him an alpha male, Simon Johanssen. He has a strong sense of right and wrong,
although I believe the lines blur for him often. And then there is a whole cast of characters
that are shady and untrustworthy.
Sometimes I was confused on who was to be trusted and who was not to be
trusted.
If you are looking for a book full of twists and turns that
will keep you on your toes, reading at all hours, this is the book for you.
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