The Recovery Agent

Gabriela Rose, Book 1

De: Janet Evanovich

Narrado por: Lorelei King

Number one New York Times best-selling author Janet Evanovich returns with the launch of a blockbuster new series that blends wild adventure, hugely appealing characters and pitch-perfect humor, proving once again why she’s 'the most popular mystery writer alive' (New York Times).

Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she’s hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms or missing assets of any kind. She’s reliable, cool under pressure and well-trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela’s latest job isn’t for some bamboozled billionaire; it’s for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can’t come up with a lot of money fast.

Inspired by an old family legend, Gabriela sets off for the jungles of Peru in pursuit of the Ring of Solomon and the lost treasure of Cortez. But this particular job comes with a huge problem attached to it - Gabriela’s ex-husband, Rafer. It’s Rafer who has the map that possibly points the way to the treasure and he’s not about to let Gabriela find it without him.

Rafer is as relaxed as Gabriela is driven, and he has a lifetime’s experience getting under his ex-wife’s skin. But when they aren’t bickering about old times, the two make a formidable team, and it’s going to take a team to defeat the vicious drug lord who has also been searching for the fabled ring. A drug lord who doesn’t mind leaving a large body count behind him to get it.

The Recovery Agent marks the start of an irresistible new series that will have you clamouring for more and cheering for the unstoppable Gabriela Rose.

©2022 Janet Evanovich (P)2022 Simon & Schuster, UK

Lighthearted and unserious

Not a bad story, but I couldn’t really get into this and I really tried. The narrator does a good job but the characters seemed pretty flat to me. The story was fairly predictable. Overall, I think it was the writing style that kept me at a distance. Maybe if I was a woman it may have been different, seeing as this is written from a woman’s viewpoint.