On the Line

 On the Line

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       March 28, 2023

 

Author  Fern Michael

Distributor:      Amazon
ISBN:                 978-1496737144
Publisher:         Kensington
Release Date:   March 2023  

   Website:   https://www.amazon.com/

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Two separate stores intertwine in this latest mystery from Fern Michel, On The Line.

When celebrity Chef Mateo Castillo wakes up on hospital he is confused as to why. How did he get there and what happened? When his Doctor, Haematologist Arian Ardell tells him he appears to have been poisoned it simply does not make sense.

When he returns to the hospital only days later, once again in a terrible state, he is forced to come to terms with the fact something is far from right. Why would someone want to poison him, even though he is an up and coming star of the ‘Foodie Cult’. It is indeed a cutthroat world of the Celebrity Chef, but no one would go as far as to try and poison him, or would they.

As he tries to find out what or why, the secret his family have kept hidden for more than thirty years has to be told, which takes the storyline into the dangerous and destructive world of the Columbian Drug cartels.

Mateo and the delightful Adrian are determined to find out what or who is behind the attempted poisoning. Does the past history of the family have any relevance or is the cause and the killer, closer to hand?

The historic detail is fascinating as Michael goes into great detail about the Columbia of thirty or so years ago, which is little different to today, but the escape over the border is or has been somewhat simplified. The storyline throughout the book is good, but sadly somewhat messy. There are two good books in On the Line, which would have been better as stand-alone titles.

So saying, On The Line is a good read for an afternoon in and for younger readers, the history of the Columbia Cartels will make interesting reading.

Crime, Fiction