Review: Keane by Dale Mayer 4 of 5 stars

Keane by Dale Mayer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Having been backup on a mission, it was now the turn of Keane Lytton to lead a mission and he was joined by Lennox as a backup, although initially he feels cheated over being sent on a last-ditch rescue mission to Puget Sound as it seemed more like finding a body in a massive area. It appears that two women have gone overboard in a sailing accident but it isn’t exactly what he is expecting. Keane is nothing if not adaptable with his various skills and so he can only hope the two women are alive and doing everything they can to stay that way - especially when he hears from the local coast guard that more may be involved than just a rescue mission, so he and his partner load up and head out to search the waters around the smaller islands off the coast. They have the GPS of the missing women’s last-known location, but storms could have sent them anywhere so this is going to have to be a methodical search. Sandrine and her best friend Brenda are lost and alone - even worse Brenda is unconscious with a head wound. When Sandrine wakes up fully it becomes apparent that they are locked in a small shelter on an island. When the door is finally opened it is an armed stranger dressed in fatigues who dumps a small amount of food and tells her they are on their own. When Keane and Lennox finally finding the women was one thing but keeping them both safe is quite a completely different one, that something much harder to achieve as more is happening on the small island than any of them were expecting. Can they all get off the island safely and solve the mystery s to how they both ended up in the water? And can Keane and Sandrine find the time to explore whatever it is that is happening between them?

This was a dramatic story that contained drama, danger, betrayal and love. It was interesting to follow and get to the bottom of what happened to the girls and the motivations for those actions which were not obvious and quite surprising when the truth finally comes out. I loved the way the relationship between Keane and Sandrine slowly developed and became something so much more over time which gives them great promise for the future. Well written and easy to read, it was clear and easy to understand how the characters were feeling and thinking throughout the story. Does contain some sexual content at the end of the story.

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