This book features a new character, Kira and her incredible dog Mack. She is drawn into a situation that puts a target on her back. The book is a mystery with a romance too. There is also plenty of suspense. I look forward to reading future books in the series. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.

This book is pretty much what we have come to expect for Iris Johansen. That statement is neither a positive or a negative, rather it is both. We have come to expect strong heroines and Kira fits the mold. We have also come to expect strong and powerful heroes and that describes Harlan. Villains in previous books have been vile and Taylor may move toward the top of that list. We have come to expect a mystery with lots of action as our heroes race around the world to stop our villain. Again, this story takes us from Paris to Colorado to the every important Summer Island and on a treasure hunt. Those elements I named above are what makes Iris Johansen books great to read. They are page turners but maybe not as much so as they once were because we have come to expect.
That leads me to the negative, we have come to expect and been granted so much that some of the latest books including this one have felt have they all followed the same formula. We have a smart woman and a powerful man who needs her to employ her special skill to disable a disgusting individual. If you are a casual reader of Iris's book, maybe you don't make this connection but I have read most of her books so I have.
Don't take the above statement wrong, this book is still worth reading. The book does grab your attention with the explosion aftermath on page 1 and it does have great characters and lots of action. It also has the whole will they or won't they vibe between Kira and Harlan. One of the best parts was the dogs and the horses. For half a moment, i really wished there was so truth to Kira's research into dog aging so my dog could live another 20 years. I remember reading once that one specific author based topics such as that on fact so i guess we will have to wait and see.
I digress when I should be saying that I recommend this book. If it feels familiar than you must be seeing the formula too, however, it is still worth the read. However, for this book to get to 5 stars, we would have needed to perhaps flip the script a bit.
Thanks to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for the opportunity to read this ARC.