Isla Lacra

Scar Island

Fiction - Thriller - General
256 Pages
Reviewed on 04/28/2012
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Reviewed by Paul Johnson for Readers' Favorite

Former Navy Seal Denver Noles lives in the Florida Keys on Isla Lacra (Scar Island) left to him by his Uncle Harry. He enjoys running his bar and minding his own business. One day one of his employees comes to him for help and things get interesting very quickly. Maria is an immigrant from Mexico whose daughter, Mariana, has been kidnapped by the largest drug cartel in Mexico. Her son Raul is also missing along with a drug shipment he was to collect. With the help of his former Seal Team members and some helpful DEA agents, Denver works to find Mariana and Raul and the rest of Maria’s family to bring them home safely. But what they don’t know is that their problems are just starting when they will end up in the middle of two powerful cartels trying to be top dog.

Like action-adventure? Then you can’t go wrong here. The author has put together a story that moves at a breakneck pace and keeps you turning pages to find out what will happen next. The characters are well-developed as is the plot. I liked the ending, leaving the reader looking forward to the next Denver Noles installment. One slight drawback for me was the author’s choice of switching between first and third person. This is a style seen more often and is acceptable if done correctly and in this case it was done very well. I did feel that some of the action sequences were just a tad tame. By spicing them up, the suspense would have been heightened. Overall, a story I enjoyed very much.