Two Nights in Lisbon

 Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone is another novel in the mystery thriller genre.

This time a newly married couple travels to Portugal to add a short vacation to the husband's business trip.  After a few days of touring around the husband gets up in the morning goes out to pick up coffee before his business meeting and never returns.  The wife, Ariel Pryce, panics immediately and goes to the police to report her missing husband.  When they do not seem to take her seriously she goes to the American Embassy to get them involved.

Once she has everyone's attention the explosive mystery is underway.  So many questions are explored in this novel; who can you trust?, how well do you know your spouse? and how do you get the assistance you need to rescue a kidnap victim in a foreign country?

The plot of this novel is intriguing. Written mostly from Ariel's point of view we hear her backstory reveal slowly as she is searching for her husband.  With the local police and the American Embassy looking into both her and her husband's backgrounds more clues are released along the way and then there is a reporter following the story looking for the story of his career uncovering facts as the story progresses. 

Also the writing style is unique and very entertaining.  Listening to the characters talk and think has a distinct rhythm to it. This writing style and the intriguing plot keeps the reader turning pages as quickly as possible to find out the ending.