JC Ryan (1)

Rex Dalton and his best friend, Digger, the former military dog, are looking forward to a trouble-free holiday on the idyllic islands of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean. Swimming, playing on the beach, fishing, and hikes. Nothing but the laid-back lifestyle for the two of them.

Then Digger introduces Rex to a beautiful French girl, not once, but twice. Soon, Rex and the girl become good friends. Then she disappears, and Rex is accused of having something to do with it.

Thus, begins a series of dramatic and life-threatening events with international repercussions with Rex, Digger and the French girl in the center of it.… (mere)

They're decent, but it's basically the same story over and over. There's something to be found (in most cases archeological or technical). The Rosslers are always involved in some way in the finding. There's a group that opposes them (either in trying to block them from finding information or in trying to ferret out information that they can use for nefarious purposes). By book 4, I was ready to be done.

I wish there had been more puzzles that the reader could help solve (more on the lines of "The DaVinci Code") rather than just reading along. The author took a while to develop the characters into people I cared about. I didn't like that Daniel and Sarah slept together before being married.… (mere)