Stolen Lives (Jade de Jong, #2)

Posted on 24 December 2018 by Jassy Mackenzie

When wealthy Pamela Jordaan hires PI Jade de Jong as a bodyguard after her husband Terrance disappears, Jade thinks keeping an eye on this anxious wife will be an easy way to earn some cash But when a determined shooter nearly kills them both and Jade finds Terrance horrifically tortured and barely alive, she realizes that she has been drawn into a wicked game At the same time, her relationship with police superintendent David Patel is on the rocks, and things only get complicated when his son is kidnapped and his wife is blackmailed It soon becomes clear that the kidnapping and the attempted killings of Pamela and her husband are tied to a human trafficking ring that stretches from Johannesburg to London. New Read [ Stolen Lives (Jade de Jong, #2) ] Author [ Jassy Mackenzie ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr After enjoying her first novel, I dove right in to try another Mackenzie police procedural Jade de Jong assumes the role of bodyguard to Pamela Jordaan, a job that seems simple enough Pamela s husband, Terence, is missing without a trace and for unknown reasons However, Jade soon discovers that there isto this job, as someone makes an attempt on Pamela s life within the first few hours Pamela s daughter, Tasmin soon goes missing as well, leaving Jade to wonder if there is a larger issu After enjoying her first novel, I dove right in to try another Mackenzie police procedural Jade de Jong assumes the role of bodyguard to Pamela...PROTAGONIST Jade de Jong, PISETTING Johannesburg, South AfricaSERIES 2 0f 2RATING 4.0Jade de Jong is a private investigator working in Johannesburg, South Africa She is hired for a job that seems almost humdrum, serving as a bodyguard for a wealthy woman, Pamela Jordaan, after her husband, Terrance, disappears Things quickly become complicated A man on a motorcycle attempts to kill Pam Then her oldest daughter goes missing, and the husband is found brutally tortured As if that s not en PROTAGONIST Jade de Jong, PISETTING Johannesburg, South AfricaSERIES 2 0f 2RATING 4.0Jade de Jong is a private investigator working in Johannesburg, South Africa She is hired for a job t...P.I Jade de Jong is hired as a bodyguard by a woman, whose husband disappears from their home As it turns out, he is the owner of strip clubs, who has been involved in human trafficking Jade and is found tortured almost to death The human smugglers are trapped in South Africa and trying to arr...Not to knock American, and British mystery and crime writers but it is so nice and refreshing to read a mystery novel set somewhere other than the UK, Ireland or the U.S As good as those mysteries are the settings seem to get over used and so when I came across and read this series last year I was exstatic I love novels set in Africa, especially South Africa so finding a mystery set in Johannesburg was a real treat for me In her second adventure, Jade deals with a broken heart, anddeath Not to knock American, and British mystery and crime writers but it is so nice and refreshing to read a ...Stolen Lives by Jassy MackenzieThis book deals with the despicable practice of human trafficking Jade De Jong is a private detective who stumbles into a human trafficking ring If you are squeamish, you probably don t want to read this book It is graphic and it details some pretty gruesome events With that said, it is a good mystery with a likeable female protagonist who survives in a Johannesburg that seems akin to the wildest days of the U.S west Jade s characterization is excellent and M Stolen Lives by Jassy MackenzieThis book deals with the despicable practice of human trafficking Jade De Jong is a private detective who stumbles into a human trafficking ring If you are squeamish, you probably don t want to read this book It is graphic and it details some pretty gruesome events With that said, it is a good mystery with a likeable female protagonist who survives in a Johannesburg that seems akin to the wildest days of the U.S west Jade s ...okay so I m pretty excited about these books I mean they re super fun reads, they are set in a place that gives them a level of interestingness that isn t as solid in books set in america there is just a lot of good good stuff happening here This one is about human trafficing which is totally interesting the other thing they have going for them is that yes the heroine does things normal people wouldn t do, but it tends to be clear why she does them I appreciate that, plus she s so muchokay so I m pretty excited about these books I mean they re super fun reads, they are set in a place that gives them a level of interestingness that isn t as solid in books set in america there is just a lot of good good stuff happening here This one is about human trafficing which is totally interesting the other thing they have ...I liked this one better than her first book and I hope the next one has the same intensity I almost gave it a five star but some of the incidents 4 of them just come together a little bit too neatly to be believable The story deals with human trafficking and the seedy world of prostitution The story is good because it is dark and the bad guys are really bad The main character, Jade, is a private investigator who is unafraid to break the law to get results Her behaviour is in direct confli I liked this one better than her first book and I hope the next one has the same intensity I almost gave it a five star but some of the incidents 4 of them just come together a little bit too neatly to be believable The story deals with human trafficking and the seedy world of prostitution The story is good because it is dark and the bad guys are really bad The main character, Jade, is a private investigator who is ...Gritty thriller about human trafficking, based in South Africa Jade de Jong falls in between Sue Grafton s Kinsey Millhone and Taylor Steven s Vanessa Michael Monroe.October 14 LondonSTOLEN LIVES opens with a raid on a brothel in London It isn t a success because Salimovic, the owner, and his female partner get away but Detective Constable Edmonds knows the raid accomplished something important she approached the bed A black girl lay there, eyes wide and terrified She was on her side, her slender arms wrapped tightly around her legs, and Edmonds saw with a jolt that she was naked She glanced around the room for something to cover her with, but there October 14 LondonSTOLEN LIVES opens with a raid on a brothel in London It isn t a success because Salimovic, the owner, and his female partner get away but Detective Constable Edmonds knows the raid accomplished something important she approached the bed A black girl lay there, eyes wide and terrified She was on her side, her slender arms wrapped tightly around her legs, and Edmonds saw with a jolt that she was naked She glanced around the room for something to cover her with, but there was nothing suitable in the small space Nothing at all Edmonds and her partner, Inspector Richards of the Human Trafficking Department in Scotland Yard, know there are few big victories in their line of work, but little victories add up and a small disruption ...A gripping novel about human trafficking in Johannesburg, South Africa Definitely a page turner, however, some of the facts didn t seem quite right Perhaps, a bitupdated research relative to obtaining passports, logistical type stuff...

English
24 December 2018

Jassy Mackenzie