Vendetta by Lisa Harris Series: The Nikki Boyd Files #1
Published by Revell on October 6, 2015
Genres: Fiction / Christian / Suspense
Format: Audiobook
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No one needs to push Nikki Boyd to excel on the Tennessee Missing Persons Task Force. The case of her own missing sister, still unsolved after ten years, is the driving force in her work. When a Polaroid photo of a missing girl shows up at a crime scene, Nikki quickly recognizes similarities to the past. The closer she gets to the abductor, the more she feels this case has become personal, and she is not the hunter . . . but the hunted.
With this explosive first book in The Nikki Boyd Files, award-winning author Lisa Harris takes you on a fast-paced pursuit of justice that will have you holding your breath until the heart-stopping finish.
So, here goes with some words. Hope they make sense because they are a bit jumbled in my head. I think, in my reading journey this year, I’ve gone from ‘my ancient heart’ when reading some middle grade fiction to ‘incredulous disbelief’ as my next personal tagline. I love me some good mystery, suspense, a little action, some authentic faith content in books. Romance is just meh for me, so as long as it doesn’t dominate the story, I’m golden. I mean, I’m the gal who goes to bed with some Dateline 24/7 every night. I think, maybe, I’m a stereotype 😀
Just the idea of Vendetta was enough to pull me in. But . . . then I got the audio-book, and that may have been my undoing from loving it to liking it. Don’t get me wrong, the narrator was great. The story really drew you in, but the audio felt flat, almost monotone. I didn’t get the emotional pull that the words were building for me. I got a really great story, a lot of incredulous disbelief, but I missed the emotional pull of the words that were building that story for me.
Let’s talk incredulous disbelief for a moment. This story did not end up anywhere near what I thought it would. I mean, I had played through the possible bad guys, so that didn’t really take me off the path. The who/why really did, though. Almost to the point that, in trying to do something unexpected and different, it became seriously?!? this is how we are going to play this out. It didn’t feel authentic, but then, honestly, things like this can happen almost every day, so my inauthenticity is someone else’s reality. There’s a smidge of romance that feels awkward as it barely comes up in the story, but really takes on the ending. More an anticipation of a romance and the identifying of feelings than a full-on relationship, but it’s coming. Harris really does turn a great story with a lot of anticipation for the situation she is building, and while I already have Missing queued up as an audio-book, I think I’ll finish out this series with words.
About Lisa Harris
Lisa Harris, a USA Today and CBA bestselling author, has penned over sixty novels and novellas, including Christian romantic suspense, medical thrillers, and psychological thrillers. Celebrated for crafting tight, adrenaline-fueled plots, she has sold nearly one and a half million books. Her accolades include a Christy Award for Dangerous Passage and Romantic Times Awards for Best Inspirational Suspense Novel for Blood Covenant and Vendetta.
A confessed travel junkie, Lisa has lived on four continents and spent 19 years as a missionary in southern Africa. These experiences enrich her narratives, allowing her to incorporate unique and realistic settings into her action-packed stories. Now residing in Texas with her husband, Lisa enjoys spending time with family, traveling, and experimenting with new ethnic recipes—when she’s not dreaming up her next adrenaline-fueled story.
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