Two Nights In Lisbon

tags: mystery

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Ariel Pryce wakes up in Lisbon, alone. Her husband is gone—no warning, no note, not answering his phone.

Something is wrong. She starts with hotel security, then the police, then the American embassy, at each confronting questions she can’t fully answer: What exactly is John doing in Lisbon? Why would he drag her along on his business trip? Who would want to harm him? And why does Ariel know so little about her new—much younger—husband?

The clock is ticking. Ariel is increasingly frustrated and desperate, running out of time, and the one person in the world who can help is the one person she least wants to ask.

Not the best writing style, a mediocre and boring mystery, the 2 days felt like 20 years. I guessed early on, about a third through, what is happening and the supposed to be "twist". It isn't that hard to guess if you are paying attention and are a mystery novel junkie. The author is not very subtle by constantly reminding the readers lest they forget that Ariel Pryce used to be an actress. The author also keeps reiterating how beautiful Ariel is and how many times she has been sexually assaulted even as a child up to adulthood and as a married woman. Add a corrupt oversexed politician to the mix and you have a clichéd ho-hum MeToo story.😒

The author, Chris Pavone, is terribly offensive for portraying the Portuguese police as backward people living in the stone age. Ariel hands the policeman a USB memory stick and he asks what is it as though he has never seen one in his entire life. The same Portuguese policeman is written as a caricature with food grease on his necktie and he piles more food on it each time he eats. This scenario may be funny if the book is a slapstick comedy but it is not. It's supposed to be a serious MeToo story. 1 star rating for you!

Skip it.