Review: "The Red Dotted Line" by Simon Gervais

This summer has been great!! Everything that I have read has been outstanding and this book continues the trend!! I was caught up in the novel from the first page. This is the story about Mike Wallace and his quest to find his father. He and his wife Lisa work for a secret organization called the International Market Stabilization Institute. This institute works to protect the citizens of the United States and also insure its financial integrity. The couple are sent to Russia to extract a scientist who wants to defect. He has knowledge of a deadly virus that will not only cripple the US economy but kill a majority of its citizens. They also obtain knowledge that Mike’s nemesis is behind this devastating plot and on top of this, he is holding Mike’s dad hostage. This all combined makes for a fast paced, page turning book that I couldn’t put down.

I loved the way the author handled the plot!! All the characters are together in the beginning of the novel and then they branch out to different areas of the world to perform their individual tasks. He keeps the plot moving by the undertaking of each one and braiding them all together in their quest to save United States and the world from the deadly virus. All are in danger and you are compelled to continue to discover if all are safe and if they are successful.

I highly recommend this book to teen readers and up. The author is very knowledgeable about his subject since it was his former line of work. He keeps it real and interesting and you won’t want to put it down. I will definitely be looking up his previous books!

I received this book for review from The Story Plant and NetGalley.