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And Then You Die
by Iris Johansen
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Bantam (1998-09-01)
ISBN: 0553579983
EAN: 9780553579987
Dewey Decimal #: 813.54
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Release Date: 1998-09-01
SKU: 4658
Condition: Very Good
Comments: Binding: Softcover. Condition: Very Good.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
She expected sunshine and balmy breezes. What she saw was everyone's worst nightmare.
Bess Grady has heard the unmistakable sound before. She knows what it means. But not even the eerie lament of the howling dogs can prepare her for what has taken place in the small village. The seasoned photojournalist had been sent there on an easy assignment, and now she has stumbled upon something she was never meant to see. Amid chaos and fear, she joins forces with an intimidating stranger, a man whose alliances are unclear but whose methods have a way of leaving bodies in his wake. For what she has witnessed is only the first stage in a plan of terror that may kill us all. And she has no choice but to stop it—or die trying....
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Amazon.com Review
As a photojournalist, Bess Grady is far more comfortable viewing life through her camera lens than firsthand; the extra distance makes it easier to accept life's atrocities. Still recovering from an assignment on which she witnessed the massacre of an entire Croatian orphanage, Bess accepts an easy assignment from a travel magazine to photograph a small village in Mexico and brings her sister along for fun. What awaits her is worse than she ever could have imagined: everyone in the village has been killed by a deadly poison. After rescuing the only survivor, Bess and her sister split up. Bess finds herself captured by the villain who seems to have plotted the horrible destruction. Her sister has disappeared, and the only hope Bess has to save her is to trust a man she believes to be a murderer.
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Customer Reviews
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A "little" unrealistic
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-09-27
The book was a great read, no doubt about that, and it kept me interested from the very beginning to the end. Can't complain about lack of "twists and turns" either; so in general, the plot was very interesting. It's just the character of Bess Grady that started to annoy me more and more as I read through. If this story had place in real life, given the seriousness of the entire situation, it's hard to believe the CIA would give in to one woman, who - in additon - was necessary to be kept alive in order to solve the predicament. Who, in their right mind, would jeopardize the life of the only person alive who holds the key to the solution? Not to mention, the solution to a problem that threatened even the entire U.S. poputation in the event Esteban succeeded? It just does not make sense to me personally. The character of Bess Grady was way too stubborn and demanding, and in effect, the actions of the CIA were way too unrealistic if it were to be compared to a real life situation. In fact, she was so stubborn and demanding it made her character very little believable. Lastly, I have to give the author an additional star for the nice development of the romance between Bess and Kaldak. Starting out as two least likely characters to fall in love with each other, yet they overcome all their differences in a very nice transition from hate/fear to strong attraction and deep mutual understanding. Although ... it wasn't too hard to guess either that these two would eventually end up together - that's why they were put in that book ...
One last note. I think the more appropriate title for this book would be something like "On The Run" or "Chemical Warfare" ... or something of the sort, lol :o)
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Bess Is A Pain
Rating (3)
Date: 2008-04-29
I got tired of Bess in a hurry. She was so demanding and I guess
she thought she knew better than the pros. She was just a photographer
for heavens sakes.
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Crazy
Rating  (1)
Date: 2007-12-08
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have a problem with all Iris Johansen books. It's the same with this one. The story may create an interest, but the writing is so bad that at times I cringe. What is awful is that I will look at and buy another one of her books hoping that it will be worth reading.
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LOVE IT
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-03-09
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I LOVE IRIS JOHANSEN!!!! ALL OF THE BOOKS I HAVE READ OF HERS ARE GREAT!!!!! READ THEM, YOU WON'T BE DISAPOINTED!
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Entertaining read
Rating  (4)
Date: 2006-07-20
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I was in the mood for an fast entertaining read, and this book filled the bill. Actually, I read it years ago, and recently re-read it. It's suspenseful with a nice touch of romance. I am not going to argue with other posters who say the characters were not fleshed out or the plot was unbelievable. I enjoyed the story and the resourcefulness of the characters, and the constant sense of impending danger. I wasn't looking for a literary exploration of the human condition, just a fun read with likable characters and a fast-paced plot, and this is it.
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