Hostile Ground

2.5 stars

I enjoyed the first half of this book, but it went downhill when everyone began making extremely stupid decisions. I'm no undercover cop, but it didn't seem believable to me that Mahir wouldn't ask his superiors about whether Ridley was an undercover agent, or keep them updated about what the hell was going on. His excuses for not doing so were flimsy at best. I also thought he assumed Ridley was undercover way too easily based on entirely too little evidence. Then to bring him to his real home where his innocent nephew was staying?!?! Plus he didn't notice a teenager following him back to Seattle? How did he get this job if he was that incompetent??

I lost track of how many plot holes I came across, and that's not something I typically notice so these were gaping. It had such a promising beginning, but unfortunately turned into a bit of a disappointment for me.

P.S. Why the hell was Mahir still thinking of David as Ridley in the epilogue? Did he still not know his real last name?? Evidently the reader never will.