What Doesn't Kill You by Iris Johansen

In my humble opinion, the best books have characters you believe in. Characters you can imagine are living out these life stories somewhere. This book had 1 like that, and a bunch who just seemed fake. Have you ever met someone that seemed to be putting on a show? This is probably someone you wouldn't hang out with again, at least not by choice. Despite the great action is this story line, that feeling from the characters kind of ruined this book for me. However, the plot line was exciting.

Therefore, if you don't need characters to love a good story this is for you. You'll travel along with a CIA agent and an old Chinese apothecary as they hunt a vial that could have deadly consequences. Enjoy the high action story, then forget the characters.