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Takes One to Know One

June 8, 2020 by Carla Leave a Comment

Takes One to Know One by Susan Isaacs
Format: eBook
Who it’s for: Adults

After fifteen years with the FBI, Corie was ready for some stability.  Enter Josh Geller:  tall, handsome, green-eyed.  Lawyer turned federal judge, Josh was rich and yet humble.  What was not to love?  Yet meeting Josh’s daughter Eliza sealed the deal.  “Teach me how you flip open your FBI badge,” she’d said.  Eliza didn’t remember her mom, who’d died suddenly years before.  She took to Corie easily.  The three of them settled down to married life together.

Corie freelanced part-time for three publishing companies.  She previewed modern Arabic works to translate to the English market.  She also met for lunch on Wednesdays with a group of home-based entrepreneurs.  Phoebe resold on E-Bay, Iris ran the Moveable Garden, Pete marketed packaging, Marcalynn wrote Republican speeches, John did landscaping drains, and Darby retouched photographs.  Corie let the others assume that she’d always been in publishing.  There was no need to blow her cover.  This kept her open for contract work with the FBI.  Only Corie’s family and best friend, Wynne, knew of her true history.

One day, Corie noticed that Pete might be more than he seemed.  Why did Pete always scout out his surroundings?  Why was he hiding his muscular physique under baggy, nondescript clothing?  Why had he hidden and then keyed someone’s car?  Was Corie reading into things?  Could you take the girl out of the FBI but not the FBI out of the girl?

This fast-paced mystery reminded me of the Stephanie Plum series.  Like Stephanie, Corie jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.  Likewise, the characters were very distinctive, such as Corie’s melodramatic actress mother.  Yet unlike Evanovich’s books, Susan Isaac’s novel had a more serious, sophisticated tone.  Had Corie found the life she loved and, if so, was she willing to risk it all?

Find it on OverDrive/Libby!

Filed Under: Recommended for Adults Tagged With: FBI, Female Detective, Mystery, New York

Long Road to Mercy

May 22, 2020 by Carla Leave a Comment

Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci
Who it’s for: Adults
Format: eBooks, digital audiobook

FBI agent Atlee Pine didn’t mind being in a small office in a small town in Arizona.  She often lifted weights or hiked alone.  She did mind not knowing: not knowing about her twin, Mercy.  After hypnosis, Atlee remembered a man who said, “eeny, meeny, miny, moe,” pointing from Atlee to Mercy.  He had chosen Mercy.  Twenty-nine years later, Atlee only had tattoos to remind her of her twin and of her mission to find out what happened to her sister.   Had convicted serial killer Daniel James Tor kidnapped and murdered Mercy?

Meanwhile, the corpse of a donkey was found in the Grand Canyon.  The animal’s belly was cut and bore the carved initials “JK”.  In addition, a Grand Canyon visitor named Benjamin Priest was missing.  He was last seen on a mule train heading down into the Grand Canyon.  Was there a connection between the killed donkey and the missing man?  And why was an FBI higher-up telling Atlee to watch her back?

If you like a fast-paced thriller, I recommend this story.  It’s the first book in a trilogy by David Baldacci, available on ebook and audiobook on Overdrive/Libby.

 

Filed Under: Recommended for Adults Tagged With: Espionage, FBI, Grand Canyon, Patriotism

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