Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Wolf in Tiger's Stripes-Victoria Gordon

Wolf in Tiger's Stripes
Victoria Gordon
Five Star, Jan 2010, $25.95
ISBN 9781594148446

Environmental journalist Judith Theresa Bryan is excited about her latest assignment in Tasmania except she must work with traitorous Derek Innes, who has stolen stories from her and others. Allegedly Australian stockman Bevan Keene claims to have spotted the extremely rare Tasmanian tiger; a species most people believe is extinct.

Bevan and two of his friends Roberta Jardine and Ted Norton lead an expedition that includes Judith, Derek and others into the remote Tarkien Wilderness. However, his hardest two missions are keeping the environmentalists and the others from killing one another and keeping his wanker from constantly saluting Judith.

Wolf in Tiger’s Stripes is a fun Tasmanian safari romance starring two likable lead characters, an odious twit, enemy combatants re the environment and the legendary tiger. The support cast is strong and not just because kick butt Roberta could make a horde of Tasmanian Devils submit as each has differing personalities. The story line with a terrific final twist is fast-paced from the onset when Judith admits to herself that the macho man turns her on and never slows down as the audience roots for “Tiger Dundee” (no crocodiles in sight) and the reporter to make it and almost as much for Derek to trip over his ego.

Harriet Klausner

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