I am really enjoying the John Milton series, this one was quite a short book (288 pages) but was addictive nonetheless. John is still trying to stay off the radar and is working as a cook in a restaurant in Mexico. This is the scene for a drug lord hit whilst they are eating. They are after a journalist who is foolishly blogging about them, enter John Milton who steps in to rescue the damsel in distress. A cracking read! ( )

Several characters are introduced in the beginning: the intrepid journalist; the honest Mexican cop due to retire in five days; the bad guys who are really, really bad members of the drug cartel, and, gradually your continuing character, John Milton, now in Mexico. He’s been traveling light after leaving Britain to hide from his former employers. Throw in an MI5 operative who happens to be a Russian agent and things get complicated when Milton interferes in a cartel hit and gets fingerprinted by the local cops. And then Milton agrees to help an American mercenary deliver the cartel’s leader’s son to his enemies. Things get messy.

I’m glad I stuck with Dawson. This 2nd book in the series is so much better than the first. (There were a couple of proofing errors of content, however.) Make no mistake, this stuff is not literature, so the way the plot develops becomes key and this one is above average. ( )

Expecting a good book and I wasn't disappointed. Well written. Great job. ( )