White King – Juan Gomez-Jurado

White King is the third entry in a trilogy (so far) about Antonia Scott, her partner Jon Guitterez and their boss, “Mentor.” Antonia is part of the Red Queen program, an international group of geniuses serving the government in matters of high crime and espionage. We know from the beginning that she believes a man dubbed, “Mr. White” was responsible for attacking and putting her husband into a coma. Now, along with another enemy, first name Sandra, White is back in the picture. They have kidnapped Jon and done harm to him before returning the very shaken man to assist Antonia in solving several crimes in short set periods of time, as assigned by the White King. This fast paced, sophisticated set of novels have all been fantastic reads with many twists and surprises. This is so true of White King that I can tell you no more. In a series of violent, graphic scenes flashbacks, taking steps to protect Antonia’s and Jon’s families and so forth. Gomez-Jurado again writes an exceptional novel. At the conclusion, it seemed the books might go on, but this was originally published in Spanish in 2020 and is just now being published in English in the USA in 2025. So, I fear the series is over. I hope I’m wrong but I highly recommend it. This series MUST be read in order.