To the Lions

A Novel

By: Holly Watt

Narrated by: Katharine Lee McEwan

An international thriller featuring a female journalist who stumbles upon a dark conspiracy, and her determination to follow the clues, no matter how far that takes her.

Casey Benedict, star reporter at the Post, has infiltrated the lives and exposed the lies of countless politicians and power players. Using her network of contacts, and her ability to slip into whatever identity suits the situation, Casey is always on the search for the next big story, no matter how much danger this might place her in, or what the cost might be, emotionally.

Tipped off by an overheard conversation at an exclusive London nightclub, she begins to investigate the apparent suicide of a wealthy young British man whose death has left his fiancée and family devastated. The young man's death, however, is only the tipping point of a much more sinister and dangerous scandal involving the world's most powerful leaders and magnates—men who are gathering in northern Africa for an extreme and secret hunt. With fellow reporter Miranda and combat veteran Ed by her side, Casey's determined hunt for the truth will take her from the glitz of St. Tropez to the deserts of Libya and on to the very darkest corners of the human mind.

Good reporting, information, and suspense

Everything good about this book was frequently made a little preposterous by the actions of the characters who regularly made unjustifiable choices. Toward the end I found myself yelling at the main character. Nevertheless a pretty enjoyable listen.

Potenial, but No

I was rather excited about this, but it turned out to be a pretty serious let down. The premise of the story is great. But it's ruined by seriously awful, intensely annoying writing. Very self consciously hip, which quickly becomes very, very irritating. Then, every time some plot momentum builds up, it's totally zapped by long achingly pretentious meanderings on the state of the world, war, journalism etc etc. The result is - the story barely had a chance to happen. Add completely unrealistic, and not especially compelling main characters who are also cliches , some really bad time line mistakes and weirdly robotic narration and - well, don't waste the credit. There are waaaay better listens in this genre.