Snakepit: Jake and Jouma series (Jake & Jouma 4)
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A Wilbur Smith for the 21st Century, this is the fourth African-set crime thriller by UK author Nick Brownlee, featuring the crime-busting duo Jake and Jouma
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It's been a hell of a year - and for Detective Inspector Daniel Jouma and his friend, ex-policeman Jake Moore, a fishing trip together represents some long-overdue down time. As usual, trouble is not far behind; and when the two men are kidnapped at sea by a gang of murderous Somalis they find themselves held hostage on board a ship run by notorious pirate Omar Abdulle. To stay alive they must pool all their accumulated expertise first to catch a killer - and then to survive on the run in Somalia itself, a lawless land of cut-throats and bandits known as the Snakepit of Africa. As the hunters close in on their prey Jake and Jouma embark on a terrifying race for their lives- one in which the stakes are quite simply a matter of life or death.
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The fourth book in the Jake and Jouma series sees our two protaganists separated and that, I'm afraid, is where the rot starts to sink in. Jake and Jouma are two very different personalities and they rub off well against each other. By separating them, Nick Brownlee was running two parallel stories,neither of which had the potency and buzz of the earlier books in the series. Jake's shipmate Harry features quite heavily in the story but is like a loose cog without Jake to keep him in check.
The plot is quite hard boiled and the action is often brutal. You could argue that this is no surprise being that the action takes place in a largely lawless country, but it doesn't jibe with the earlier books and, to my mind, is a step backwards for the author.
Next time round, I hope Mr Brownlee keeps his two protagonists without spitting distance of each other. They are shadows of their former selves when separated.
The plot is quite hard boiled and the action is often brutal. You could argue that this is no surprise being that the action takes place in a largely lawless country, but it doesn't jibe with the earlier books and, to my mind, is a step backwards for the author.
Next time round, I hope Mr Brownlee keeps his two protagonists without spitting distance of each other. They are shadows of their former selves when separated.
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