...The plot of The Body Market is easy to see as plausible with two older teens stretching their wings beyond what is prudent and having it backfire in a big way. When Leine tries to discover what happened, it makes for a fast-paced story ...the more it developed, the more I wondered how it could ever come to a happy resolution. 5 stars.
I have a passion for thrillers but too often I read what I expect to be a top thriller only to be disappointed by characters, or the ending. Not so for D.V. Berkom. Now this is an author who knows how to write! I have enjoyed all the books in the Leine Basso series but this is undoubtedly her best.
Leine is a heck of a heroine—no-nonsense, gutsy, savvy and intelligent. Unlike some female lead characters, this one is credible and is one that you, as a reader, like—hugely.
The plot is gripping and is what thrillers are all about—intrigue, twists and turns, nail-biting moments. You will find them all in this book which shows that D.V. Berkom has what it takes to write top thrillers.
Often you read reviews that say, “I could not out this book down.” Yes, that applied to me.
The Body Market is fast-paced, reveals a gentler side to Leine, and is all-in-all a heck of a read.
...I have said it before and I say it again this is a character I would love to see on big screen...
If Leine Basso had her own TV series, an episode a day wouldn't be enough for me. I just can't get enough of her.
In this, the third in the Leine Basso, (retired assassin extraordinaire), adventures, Leine has to find two young people, Elise and Josh, missing after night out in Mexico. Was it a carjacking that went wrong or something more sinister? `Keep away or else' is like a red rag to a bull with someone like Leine, and she's determined to get to the truth. Undeterred by Elise's parents' reticence, a rather unscrupulous informant, injury and a shedload of Mexican undesirables, our very courageous, plucky and fearless heroine does her best to get to the bottom of the youngsters' disppearance, supported as always by her detective boyfriend.
Suffice it to say, Berkom has done it again. She manages to inch your derrière right onto the edge of your seat and keep it there from page one through to the very end as Leine uncovers the awful truth.
Berkom has conceived an addictive heroine: smart, beautiful, compassionate, brave (if a little headstrong!), but hasn't made her too perfect to be incredible. She's made mistakes in her past but learns from them. Berkom has an unmatched ability to paint a scene to a T, no matter if it's fast-paced action or in the bedroom.
This book has a little bonus extra short story at the end. Don't, whatever you do, pass it over. It's priceless.
To say I'm looking forward to the next book is an understatement. I need Leine Basso in my reading life!
When the daughter of a high powered Beverly Hills couple goes missing after a party in Tijuana, the family hires former assassin Leine Basso to find her. When the girl’s boyfriend is found murdered and mutilated in his car, and a local cartel threatens Leine if she doesn’t back off the investigation, she realizes that she’s dealing with more than a simple carjacking gone awry.
In The Body Market, D.V. Berkom takes Leine and the reader into the dark, dangerous world of human trafficking. I’ve read several of the Leine Basso thrillers, but this one sets the standard for adventure thrillers, and is in my humble view the best yet. Biting dialogue and gritty descriptions are hallmarks of Berkom’s fiction, and she writes action scenes that are as brilliant as freshly spilt blood.
Leine Basso is one tough cookie, capable of inflicting pain or withstanding it, but in The Body Market, the psychic pain she has to endure as she rescues a young girl from a fate worse than death is almost unbearable. This story deals with a subject that is not for the squeamish or faint of heart, in Berkom’s inimitable style. It’s a definite keeper
