Jacob Smalls, a
travel writer, is feeling down. He’s divorced and now he's lost his
very attractive travel writer girl friend, Jewel Rider. He’s always
known that Jewel is fickle and not above using her beauty and wit to
get sources to give her information.
This time she seems
to be after a story about Gus Greenbaum’s luxury hotel near the
Grand Canyon. Gus is a gangster known for bribery and intimidation.
Jacob thinks Jewel may be getting in over her head, so he follows her
to the Grand Canyon on a publicity trip to Gus’ hotel.
I found this book
difficult to get into. Jacob is not a compelling character. He seems
a bit mean following Jewel with the idea of possibly taking over her
story.
The interesting part
of the book is reading about the Grand Canyon and the environmental
challenges posed in keeping the Canyon as a beautiful, natural spot as opposed to the desire of entrepreneurs to make money on the natural
beauty.
I can’t recommend
this book highly. But if you enjoy reading about the problems of
keeping a natural location intact for everyone to enjoy, you may
like
this book.
I received this book
from Alibi and NetGalley for this review.
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