Book Review: Power Couple

Book Review: Power Couple by Alex Berenson
(Simon & Schuster) Feb 2021

Reviewed by Bonnie Tollefson

Bonnie Tollefson

Alex Berenson is the author of 12 fast paced books in the John Wells series but Power Couple is one of his stand-alones. Brian and Rebecca Unsworth are in Europe on a trip to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. Rebecca is a lawyer turned FBI agent working the Russian counterintelligence desk. While her career has stationed her in Alabama and Texas, she now works in Washington DC. Brian in the meantime was at first a stay at home dad then had various computer related jobs before he ends up in DC on a crack team for the National Security Agency. Traveling with them in Europe are Kira, their 19 year old first born, and her younger brother, Tony. One evening in Paris, Kira and Tony meet a good looking French graduate student named Jacques. Kira is attracted but unfortunately, the family is leaving for Spain the next day. Jacques offers to follow them to Spain and meet Kira in a famous bar he knows of. Jacques is not what he seems and things go downhill for Kira. No spoilers here, but this story has more twists and turns than a curvy mountain road and somebody ends up dead. It is available in large print at the RVM Library as are two of the John Wells series.