Book 2 in the Powell series starts off where Book 1 finished but it can be read as a standalone.
I was put off by Powell returning to Romania as I hoped the next book would be a new story. But Bill decided to continue with the problems surrounding Afina and Mara. It was a full ten per cent into Abducted before Powell had completed his business in Romania and the reader could take up Powell’s new challenge.
Surprise, surprise and yet again Powell was dealing with big money as he was not doing extra work for the National Minimum Wage. This time he was helping to recover two children who were abducted from the UK to Saudi Arabia. For this work Powell charged a staggering £1,000 a day plus expenses and the mother was happy to pay his fees!
Okay, Bill is clearly having more fun with his novel as our flash hero Powell spends money like water and enjoys some more sex along the way. I found Abducted to be a fun read and not to be taken seriously. I liked how Bill created a range of interesting characters in Saudi Arabia. I liked how all the characters had active parts to play in the recovery of the two children.
I was frustrated at how in many chapters the story returned to Brighton for an update on how Afina and Mara were getting along. This seemed unnecessary as although the reader was brought up to speed, Powell was left in the dark.
Still, Powell gets the job done and sorts a few things out in Brighton on his return in an action packed ending.
I thought Abducted was an Okay 3 star read that lacked realism but was fun to read. The inclusion of terrorism and the intelligence services improved this story from being a simple search and rescue mission to be a loosely spooks based scenario. Overall I found Abducted to be not as good as Trafficking but still worth a read.
Abducted was written in 2015 and is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook.
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