#WrongPlaceWrongTime #NetGalley

Greg and Marena Walker are enjoying their vacation and soaking up some rays. After snorkeling in a quiet unknown cove, they witness a murder, and are definately in the wrong place at the wrong time. A crazy man on a mission of his own, wants to drop off an item, for a large amount of money, he also wants to find the couple who witnessed him shooting a man. The chase cntinues from Florida to a small town in Idaho through a snow storm, You will be turning pages to find out what happens next.

Wrong place, wrong time - wrong description. The book I downloaded via NetGalley as 'Wrong Place, Wrong Time' by E. James Harrison dealt with law enforcement, drug and other "stuff" dealers running from the Caribbean to mainland USA. An innocent couple on holiday, the Walkers, went snorkelling for a day, were marooned for a night thanks to an engine failure and hence got caught up in wrong-doings. They saw an exchange of a suitcase, their boatman was murdered and they ran for their lives. Reporting to the local police was a stereotypical mistake as one of them was on the take. The Walkers escaped back to the USA where Homeland Security gave them a grilling although finally let them go but then used them as bait to catch the bad guys. These comprised a group of Asians with a very nasty and efficient go-between, Vaughn, who essentially moved 'goods' around very efficiently, ruthlessly and for a lot of money but with no conscience and no concerns other than payment. Given that the law now had a very good description of him, thanks to the Walkers, much of the book deals with the chase across from Florida to Utah in his attempts to remove them. Being winter there is also a lot of snow and descriptions of driving in it which, to my mind, went over the top at times and repetitive descriptions of it did not add to the story. The chasing also got a little, almost, farcical at times with the law/the Walkers/Vaughan/the Asians just missing each other by minutes, always choosing the same slightly sleazy Motel as each other. Still, while it was not the murder of a local radio personality that I was expecting, it was a reasonably exciting read, a bit gory at times though. It brought out the naivety of some people, the ruthlessness of others (both sides of the law) and tenacity of yet others. People and places were well characterised. Thanks to NetGalley and Covenant Communications for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.