She's suspicious of their intentions, but follows their instructions by kidnapping and torturing Daniel Beach. This former agent - whom I will call Alex for simplicity's sake - gets called in by her boss for one last case one which she hopes will enable her to return to her former life and stop running. It's about a former agent (and professional torturer) who's on the run after the agency made an attempt on her life. Would I find myself amazed as I typed out a positive review about how far she has come? Would I be rolling my eyes as I ranted about how terrible and offensive this was? Honestly, though, this book isn't as exciting as either of those options.įor all Twilight's faults, most people would agree that it's a thrilling premise for a lot of teen girls - a hot vampire who will love you forever, oh my! But The Chemist is just not very good. I was genuinely curious about how Meyer would move from paranormal YA to an adult Spy Thriller. Look, I gave it a fair chance, I swear I did. And she shows once again why she's one of the world's bestselling authors. In this tautly plotted novel, Meyer creates a fierce and fascinating new heroine with a very specialized skill set. As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of. Resolving to meet the threat head-on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival. To her horror, the information she acquires only makes her situation more dangerous. But it means taking one last job for her ex-employers. When her former handler offers her a way out, she realizes it's her only chance to erase the giant target on her back.
They've killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning.
An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. government, but very few people ever knew that. In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life.
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