Blood Line: A Granger Spy Novel

Davis’s inferior thriller will leave readers scratching their heads. When intruders break into the Park City, Ga., home of Ron and Valerie Granger and hold their 16-year-old daughter, Leecy, at gunpoint, the Grangers show off their self-defense chops from their prior lives as intelligence operatives: Ron for the CIA, Valerie for the Mossad. While the parents rescue their child with ease, the repercussions of the invasion force them to flee for their lives and to reveal to Leecy the secrets of their past. Leecy’s reaction to these startling developments is unnaturally muted (“Okay, so my parents are ex spies. I can get behind that”), but that’s consistent with the lack of any psychological depth for any of the characters. Meanwhile, the town’s leaders support the local police chief after he hires a gay officer because they think the resulting controversy will be a boon to tourism. Other plot elements are just as illogical. [em](BookLife) [/em]