Karen S. (BoysMom) - , reviewed on 2/24/2019 + 738 more book reviews

Quinn Sawyer and her boyfriend, Denis Fabian, were living their best life together. Both worked at satisfying jobs at the Boston Symphony and Conservatory, he, a visiting professor from Austria and she, the music librarian. Out for relaxing, romantic evening at a local jazz club they had just decided to return to their apartment for an intimate ending to the night when the club was bombed and Denis was killed. Quinn, responsible for funeral arrangements, hosts the memorial service and at the reception at their apartment meets the mysterious Elijah Aslan, a friend of Denis' from Austria. He is kind and comforting in their shared grief over Denis' death.

Days later she is approached by the CIA, it seems that friends of hers and Denis' had actually been undercover agents watching Denis because of his connection with this Aslan. Their team leader, a woman named Dima, wants Quinn to be open to forming a friendship with Aslan and reporting what she learns about him and his business dealings to them. He is the key lead in the CIA's search for a deadly terrorist known only as 'The Kobra.' Quinn reluctantly agrees with the goal of discovering who was responsible for Denis' death but she really never expects to see Aslan again.

However, Aslan does contact her again and, at that seemingly chance encounter, Quinn is shot in the abdomen by a sniper. Aslan and his staff whisk her away onto a private jet where she receives medical treatment, and off to recuperate at Aslan's palatial private home in Innsbruck. There she slowly becomes drawn in to Aslan's world and the lives of his employees: the beautiful and deadly Toni - Aslan's right hand, the exuberant Giant's fan, Mitchell, and the solitary and somber Noah. As she uncovers their deadly secrets, they begin to unravel hers as well.

What a great story! Hunting the Kobra, the first in a new romantic suspense series, Project Kobra, by Tracy Cooper-Posey, has so many layers and so much action and emotion going on. And the settings that include Innsbruck and Vienna are wonderfully detailed and entertaining without being tedious. One of the best books I've read so far this year!

I recommend this book without reservation to readers that like romantic suspense stories.

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