Taylor Stevens has just released the fourth book in her Vanessa Michael Monroe thriller series. Introducing The Catch.
HALLELUJAH! I’ve devoured every VMM book that’s come out – mixed-race, gender-bending, multilingual, international, thriller – seriously, what’s not to love?
Here’s the book synopsis:
Vanessa Michael Munroe, the informationist, chameleon, and hunter who has built her life on a reputation for getting things done—often dangerous and not-quite-legal things—returns.
In the wake of going head-to-head with international sex traffickers in The Doll, Munroe has retreated to Djibouti, where, while passing as a man, she finds work as an interpreter for a small, private, maritime security company. Pressed into duty at sea by her boss, Leo, Munroe discovers she is part of a gunrunning operation and she wants no part in protecting the crew or cargo. When the ship is attacked by pirates off the Somali coast, Munroe escapes and takes the unconscious captain with her to get answers. Leo’s wife, Amber Marie, the only person Munroe has cared about since she arrived in Africa, is desperate when Leo goes missing along with the rest of the hijacked crew, so Munroe agrees to try to find him for Amber Marie’s sake. She soon realizes it’s not the cargo or the ship or the crew that the hijackers were after: they want the captain. On the run, wounded, without connections or resources, and with the life of the captain as bait and bartering chip, Munroe believes that the only way to save Leo, assuming he’s still alive, is to hijack the ship back.
This sounds fascinating. How have I never heard of Taylor Stevens before?
Maybe because she’s listed as thriller? But the writing is superb, the character complex, the stories are topical, fascinating, and well-research, and the author herself has a unique back story. Worth checking out!