Act of Betrayal

Loved this book as much as all of Buchanan's work. A fabulous read, full of suspense. I highly recommend this book.

Act of betrayal was a wonderful book. I was interested in from the word go. It took fiction to a new level. This book kept me in supense for a long time. When it was time to stop listening to it. I couldn't wait to get back to it. I love this book.

Always eager to read Edna Buchanans books as they hold your attention and you are kept in suspense throughout the novel. I always await your new novels.

This is another book review by Wolfie and Kansas, the boonie dogs from Toto, Guam. Going into the final few chapters, Edna Buchanan's "Act of Betrayal" is a better-than-average mystery novel. However, we were still skeptical at that point. From reviews we had read, we knew that the climax of the book included a hurricane. ("Hurricane" is the name that people living near the Atlantic Salt Lake have given to their typhoons.)We have been through two typhoons here on Guam, and our noncanine animal companions of primate derivation have been through eight or nine. Therefore, we did not expect a fictional account of a hurricane to create much suspense for us. We assumed the climax of "Act of Betrayal" would be the literary equivalent of a banana typhoon, a low-level typhoon that knocks over banana trees but not much else. Our assumptions were wrong. Buchanan is a good enough writer to make her description of a hurricane exciting even for typhoon veterans like us

Edna Buchanan writes about Miami as only she can. A Pulitzer prize winning former crime reporter fo the Miami Herald, she is totally familiar with her subject. This excellent crime novel mixes Cuban exile politics, missing boys and a fierce hurricane. The resulting stew is very tasty. It is all very believable since Miami is such a strange place anyway. Her heroine, Britt Montero puts herself in great jeopardy, but at the end prevails over the bad (VERY bad) guy and at the same time, learns a lot about herself. Highly recommended for mystery fans