![]() ![]() Lydia befriends Javier, a regular visitor to her bookshop who shares her taste in books. A fairly new cartel, Los Jardineros, has become dominant in Acapulco, once a peaceful tourist trap, but now its economy is in doubt as visitors stay away. ![]() The story starts out in Acapulco, where Lydia lives with Sebastián, a journalist who writes exposés on the Mexican drug cartels who hold sway over the country. I held my breath through a lot of this book, actually. The two hide out in the shower, holding their breath, and as a reader I was holding my breath too. ![]() That’s sixteen people, including Lydia’s husband, Sebastián. Picking it up I was instantly caught up in the world of Lydia and her young son Luca, as they hide from drug cartel hitmen who have gatecrashed a barbecue celebration and murdered all her family. This book came highly recommended, the back cover promising an unputdownable page-turner and in a sense it is. ![]()
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