Review of Don't Look Down

Don't Look Down by Barbara Scott-Emmett
Don't Look Downopens with a scene which is only resolved at the end of the novel, giving us animmediate hook. We have to keep reading to find who, what and why.
Lauren Keane flies to Germany to visit an old friend, KattiHauer. But Katti is missing and her brother, Wolf, with whom Lauren shares apast blighted by a broken love affair, meets Lauren's flight in Katti's place.Lauren and Katti look very much alike, especially when Lauren is wearing Katti'sclothes. As a result, she is mistaken for Katti and kidnapped in her place. Laurenmust fight for her life and sanity, while also trying to find and save hermissing friend.
The plot has many layers, leaving Lauren not knowing who isfriend and who is foe. Revenge, the sex trade, drugs and people trafficking allcombine to give us a complex plot and plenty of reasons for the characters to producetwist after twist.
The story is set against a bitter winter backdrop and Scott-Emmettbrings Nuremberg and the surrounding area vividly to life. From the moment theheroine, Lauren Keane, leaves the airport on her arrival the settings areflawless. Not once did the descriptions of town and country feel intrusive,they simply added depth to the storytelling.
The characterisation is good and the hero, Wolf Hauer, isgorgeous enough for fall for, but not so overwhelmingly handsome that he doesn'tseem real. Let's put it this way, I wouldn't mind riding pillion on his bike asLauren does at the beginning of the novel.

The book was marred (very) slightly for me by guessingcorrectly early on who the mole was, but this didn't spoil my overallenjoyment of what was a very entertaining read.