Red Queen

It's always fun reading a book set in a different country, but what really hooked me here was the protagonist, Antonia Scott. She's fragile, needs pills to quiet the screaming monkeys in her head, and happens to possess one of the most brillient crime-solving minds in the world.
She's teamed with a minder, a disgraced cop, tasked with keeping her on the job and out of trouble. Add a serial killer, high stakes, and a devious plot, and you have a sensational thriller that rockets the reader along to the last page.

I loved this book because Antonia Scott might just be my favorite protagonist of all time.

She’s literally the most intelligent person in the world, with an I.Q. of over 200. She’s plagued by guilt and awkward social skills, but she has more crime-solving abilities than an entire police force. She’s Sherlock Holmes on steroids, with a hyper-intelligent sense of humor!

I have to be honest, this novel blew me away. As a thriller writer believe me when I tell you it takes something extraordinary to keep me reading. Red Queen has that and more

The book revolves around its main character, Antonia Scott and a more enigmatic, prismatic woman I cannot imagine. She is such an extraordinary creation I’ll readily admit there were times while reading I wish I had created her. She is introduced to us as someone considering committing suicide, not because she’s in despair or down on her luck, but because of the very specific anomalies of… show more.