Good Girls Die Bored

Working security at an LA stripper club should be an easy gig for Juno Hardwick after time as a marine in Afghanistan when her friend was killed, a loss that haunts Juno. But her surveillance background means she can’t take it easy and that she’s soon back with military colleagues, this time in the high-end security business. From the start, her gig as part of a team guarding journalist Maelle Ruiz—think the crack investigation skills of Ronan Farrow, with a mark on her back from uncovering corruption. Maelle won’t reveal details of exactly why she needs protection at an upcoming celebrity-packed gala, and the team leaders are also less than forthcoming. Secrecy heightens the thrills as Juno moves from one exciting chase to another and ends up in a how-can-she-escape trap as the book closes, with twists thrown in to keep readers’ heads spinning. Juno is a character with guts and flaws to spare, with the several women surrounding her in this breakneck-speed tale equally complicated and interesting. One for lovers of women-led espionage.—Henrietta Thornton