Publisher Description
Actress Enora Andressen is dragged into the UK’s exploding drugs scene when her son’s girlfriend is kidnapped.
Malo is in trouble again. Enora Andressen’s wayward son has received a ransom demand for the return of his girlfriend, the daughter of a wealthy Colombian business tycoon. But how far can a mother trust her son? And where does Clemmie’s disappearance fit in the murderous world of cocaine dealing?
With the help of Hayden Prentice, Malo’s natural father and himself a one-time drug baron, Enora embarks on a hunt for the truth behind the kidnapping. The journey takes her deep into the exploding world of county lines, the new business model that delivers Class A drugs into every corner of the kingdom.
Drug dealing is the new normal. The sums of money at stake are dizzying and a human life counts for nothing. As Enora Andressen is about to discover . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of British author Hurley's meandering sequel to Curtain Call, London-based actress Enora Andressen receives a hysterical call from her 18-year-old son, Malo. He tells her that his girlfriend Clemenza, the daughter of "a very wealthy Colombian business tycoon," has been kidnapped, and Malo has been told to come up with $1 million in a few days if he wants to see Clemenza again. This revelation is followed by a long, slow trek through Enora's backstory illegitimate son, disintegrating first marriage, menacingly proprietorial and mega-wealthy former lover, brain cancer surgery, and much more thus diminishing any storytelling urgency. Enora calls Hayden Prentice, "one-time drug baron" and Malo's father, who in turn calls Clemenza's father, who flies in from Bogot ready to deal with the kidnappers. Most of the action sequences are reported to Enora, whose involvement consists mainly of careening from one absurd situation to another. This is for fans of British soap opera. It won't satisfy readers looking for thrills or a convincing and sympathetic female protagonist.
