“The Power Couple” is a look into a modern marriage and the challenges of parenthood, sex and love.
The main players are the Unsworth : Rebecca works in counter-terrorism for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Brian is a coder for the National Security Agency they live in a suburbs of Washington DC with their two teenage children. The story brings the family to Barcelona on a well-deserved holiday but things take an unexpected and frightening turn when Kira, the daughter, does not return home from a night out at a dance club....What happened to their daughter?....and from then on we follow the couple's quest in finding their daughter. What a gripping read filled with intrigue, espionage and suspense.
The author spins his story around and brings you back in time for both parents retelling how they came together. We see Rebecca as a young woman driven by her career and wanting all on her own term and a young man settling for years as a supporting husband to an overbearing wife. No wonder resentment was brewing....Along the way the power couple come face to face with some truths about their union they have been ignoring for a long time. Eventually their suspicions of each other turn into a secret plan to end the marriage....In the final chapter the drama ends in a splash.... This portion of the narrative has quite a bit of info dump and not much of a warm tone in the voices.
No doubt this is a fast-paced and captivating thriller I enjoyed quite a bit. Written to tease and keep you focused till you reach the last word. Indeed this glob-trotting adventure is one that kept me on my toes till the very end and along the way gave heart pounding and nail- biting moments....
As for the characters they have some flaws and borders on the stereotypes but this did not annoy me too much since I gave my full attention on the development.
This is an entertaining read.
My thanks to Simon and Schuster Canada and Netgalleys for the opportunity to read this ARC
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