Reckoning: An FBI Thriller

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Agents Savich and Sherlock are back in the latest installment in Catherine Coulters #1New York Timesbestselling FBI Thriller series, and this time both are enlisted to help women with traumatic pasts who are in mortal danger.

When she was twelve years old, Kirra Mandarians parents were murdered and she barely escaped with her life.Fourteen years later Kirra is a commonwealth attorney back home in Porte Franklin, Virginia, and her goal is to find out who killed her parents and why.She assumes the identity of E.N.Eliot Nessand gathers proof to bring down the man she believes was behind her parents deaths. She quickly learns that big-time criminals are very dangerous indeed and realizes she needs Dillon Savichs help. Savich brings in Special Agent Griffin Hammersmith to work with Lieutenant Jeter Thorpe, the young detective whod saved Kirra years before.

Emma Hunt, a piano prodigy and the granddaughter of powerful crime boss Mason Lord, was only six years old when she was abducted. Then, she was saved by her adoptive father, San Francisco federal judge Ramsey Hunt. Now a twelve-year-old with a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, she narrowly saves herself from a would-be kidnapper at Davies Hall in San Francisco. Worried for her safety, Emmas entire family joins her for her next performance, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.. Sherlock and officers from METRO are assigned to protect her, but things dont turn out as planned...

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Pulse-pounding terror mixed with romance makes for page-turning pleasure. Kirkus Reviews on Reckoning PropulsiveScintillating suspenseSeries fans will be riveted from the very first page. Publishers Weekly on Reckoning The twenty-sixth installment of Coulter's FBI series delivers just what the author's fans have come to expect: a story that doesnt go where we might expect it to; a supporting cast of new and exciting characters; and two familiar faces, Savich and Sherlock, who have come to feel like old friends. Library Journal on Reckoning The action never stopsCatherine Coulters F.B.I. books with Savich and Sherlock are always great reads and as they keep going, this is #26, they just get better. Fresh Fiction on Reckoning Coulter is always good, but in Vortex she uses her considerable talents to spin a complex tale of escalating stakes in a full-bore thriller that is not to be missed. Providence Journal A missing persons case kicks off bestseller Coulters nail-biting 25th FBI thrillerCoulter does her usual fine job of building suspense by shifting between the parallel narratives. This long-running thriller series shows no sign of losing steam. Publishers Weekly on Vortex If you are looking for a roller coaster, highly emotional ride then you will really want to sit down with Vortex in your handsVortexby definition is a whirling mass like a whirlpool or whirlwind and Catherine Coulter knows how to catch her readers in oneAs always with Ms. Coulters books, Vortex will captivate and fascinate. Fresh Fiction Coulter knows who her characters are, and what motivates them, and she knows what kind of adversary to put up against them [The FBI novels] are suspenseful and surprising, and they have earned their large following.Vortexwill be received enthusiastically. Booklist A new release from Catherine Coulter is always a special treat for suspense thriller fansfans who will devour Vortex[a] fast-paced, action-filled read. The Big Thrill "Intricate... Coulterexpertly weaves all the plot threads together. Fans of extravagant thrillers with a paranormal tinge will be satisfied." Publishers Weekly on Deadlock "Eerie, unsettling, and breathlessly terrifying,Paradoxis another gripping read from Catherine Coulter, who, at twenty-two books into her bestselling seriesand counting, shows no signs whatsoever of slowing down anytime soon." The Real Book Spy Seductive and menacing [Enigma] sets new standards to judge thrillers. Its a thriller most people would like to finish in one sitting. Intense and packed with the action and inventive fantasy Catherine Coulter is known for. Washington Post Book Review A breakneck plot, magnetic characters and just enough romance to make everything sizzlethat is to say, exactly what the world loves about [Coulters] best-selling FBI series. The double-barreled plot explodes in the first chapter and doesnt slow down until the breathtaking end. Huffington Post on Bombshell All the elements of a real spellbinder: glamour, romance murder, colorful characters, sinister settings and a hidden motive for revenge that goes back decades. The plot twists at every turn. Excellent. San Diego Union-Tribune on Riptide "Pulse-pounding Coulter fans will have a tough time putting this one down." Publishers Weekly on Paradox "A master of smooth, eminently readable narratives." Booklist "Catherine Coulter is one of thebona fiderock stars of the thriller genre, and her last book,Paradox, was as good as anything shes written.Labyrinthpromises to be another 'white-knuckled'thriller." The Real Book Spy One of the reasons this long-running series keeps on being so entertaining is the combination of eerie and twisted plotline and engaging characters who continue to grow. Coulter is a true master! RT Book Reviews

Author Bio

Catherine Coulter is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eighty-seven novels, including the FBI Thriller series and A Brit in the FBI international thriller series, cowritten with J.T. Ellison. Coulter lives in Sausalito, California, with her Ubermensch husband and their two noble cats, Peyton and Eli.