Hide and Seek is an entertaining action adventure by New York best selling author Fern Michaels that is due to be released on January 2, 2008. Fortunately I was able to snag an early copy and found myself caught up in the adventure of a group of women who call themselves the sisterhood.

Having never been fortunate enough to read any other of Ms Michaels works I was delighted to find a comedic element that had me laughing for several pages causing me to overlook her perhaps predictable tale that began on a mountaintop that overlooked the Mediterranean. This beautiful mountaintop was, however, not a vacation resort but the sisterhood’s hideout from US FBI agents who were determined to arrest them for their vigilante tactics which had begun years ago when the members of the Sisterhood met to plan a mission to avenge one of their own. Since then this brave group of women have meted out their own brand of justice on many more villains who thought that they were above the law.

The current tale has them reentering the U.S., in disguise, in an attempt to abort an attempt by the rogue assistant director of the FBI, Mitch Riley, who intends to frame their allies in the U.S. for crimes that they had no part in. Mitch Riley is one of these men who is in love with himself and has no regard for the law or any of the people in his life including his wife and daughter. Part of the tale’s interest is due to his wife’s deep hatred for him and her willingness to join forces with the sisterhood to bring him down.

Like I said earlier the tale is predictable, there is no roller coaster ride of twists and turns but the tale is quite enjoyable and a relaxing change of pace for those of us who like a respite from the traditional murder mystery. Overall, a story filled with the typical cat and mouse drama that we all enjoy and fortunately for us we are glad to see the mice win despite the fact that some of what they do lies outside the auspices of the law.

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