\n<\/center>
\n<\/center>
\n<\/center>
\n<\/center>
\n<\/center>
\nABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/font>
\n
\n
![](\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/R-XJsRcfuWI\/AAAAAAAAAnU\/aOBvjinXxSQ\/s400\/Betrayed.jpeg\")
<\/a>Fires smolder endlessly below the dangerous surface of Guatemala City\u2019s municipal dump.<\/p>\nDeadlier fires seethe beneath the tenuous calm of a nation recovering from brutal civil war. Anthropologist Vicki Andrews is researching Guatemala\u2019s \u201cgarbage people\u201d when she stumbles across a human body. Curiosity turns to horror as she uncovers no stranger, but an American environmentalist\u2014Vicki\u2019s only sister, Holly.<\/p>\n
With authorities dismissing the death as another street crime, Vicki begins tracing Holly\u2019s last steps, a pilgrimage leading from slum squalor to the breathtaking and endangered cloud forests of the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere. But every unraveled thread raises more questions. What betrayal connects Holly\u2019s murder, the recent massacre of a Mayan village, and the long-ago deaths of Vicki\u2019s own parents?<\/p>\n
Nor is Vicki the only one demanding answers. Before her search reaches its startling end, the conflagration has spilled across international borders to threaten an American administration and the current war on terror. With no one turning out to be who they\u2019d seemed, who can Vicki trust and who should she fear?<\/p>\n
A politically relevant tale of international intrigue and God\u2019s redemptive beauty and hope.<\/p>\n
My Review:\u00a0<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n I just finished reading Betrayed <\/strong><\/em>this morning, leaving many things undone while I read. Jeanette Windle is a new author to me but I plan to check out her other books asap. The plot had enough twists and turns to keep me guessing the outcome. Every time I thought I had things figured out, a new development would change my mind. I would recommend B<\/strong>etrayed <\/strong><\/em>to anyone who enjoys a suspenseful well-crafted story.<\/p>\n