Trial by Ice and Fire Antonio Burns is a Special Agent for the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation. He tends to live on the edge of danger as a lawman and when pursuing his hobby--mountain climbing in the extreme. His current assignment is to provide protection for Cali Morrow and find the culprit who’s stalking her. Cali just happens to be the daughter of a popular movie star who shunned her mother’s glitzy lifestyle to become a prosecutor in the Teton County Attorney’s Office. High on the suspect list is Cali’s ex-boyfriend, Wook. He and Antonio are a fistfight waiting to happen. Next on the list is a weird loner living in a hovel on state land very close to Cali’s Mom’s ranch. When they find pictures of Cali plastered all over the interior of the makeshift ‘home’, the guy crumbles and they think they’ve got their man. The next thing Antonio knows is Cali is in the hospital because the stalker attacked her. With egg on his face, Antonio seeks to regain his credibility. By this time I had figured out who the stalker is. The stalker is out to get Antonio as well…to keep him away from Cali…and puts Antonio through trials by ice and fire, both of which stretch the imagination and credibility factor quite a bit. I enjoyed the author’s first two books, The Edge of Justice and Point of Law, but this one got too carried away with the unbelievable human feats. I hope this won’t continue in the next book. |