Double Take: FBI Thriller |
Catherine Coulter
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Hardcover |
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$25.95
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$17.13
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| Published by | Putnam's Sons |
| Release date | 2007-06-12 |
| ISBN | 0399154248 |
| Availability | Usually ships in 24 hours |
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It's been more than six months since her husband's brutal death, and Julia Ransom is just beginning to breathe again. She loved her husband, renowned psychic August Ransom, but the media frenzy that followed his murder sapped what little strength she had left. Now, after dinner with friends, strolling along San Francisco's Pier 39, she realizes that she's happy. Standing at the railing, she savors the sounds around her-tourists, seals on a barge-and for a moment enjoys the sheer normalcy of it all. And then it comes to an end.
Out of nowhere she's approached by a respectable-looking man who distracts her with conversation before violently attacking her and throwing her the railing. If it hadn't been for Special Agent Cheney Stone, out to stretch his legs between courses at a local restaurant, Julia would have vanished into the bay's murky depths. Not only does he save her from a watery grave, but he senses a connection between her assault and her husband's death, and sets out to serve as her protector while reopening August Ransom's murder investigation.
Meanwhile, in Maestro, Virginia, Sheriff Dixon Noble-last seen in Point Blank-still mourns his wife, Christie, who vanished hree years earlier. His life, too, is just getting back to normal when he learns of a San Francisco woman named Charlotte Pallack, whose shocking resemblance to Christie sends Dix across the country. Though he knows in his heart that she can't possibly be his wife, Dix is compelled to see her with his own eyes. Once in San Francisco, Dix and Cheney's paths inevitably cross. With the help of agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, whose San Francisco connections prove essential in unlocking the mystery behind Charlotte Pallack's identity as well as the forces behind Julia Ransom's attempted murder, Sheriff Noble and Agent Stone push deep into a complex world of psychics and poseurs. As the stakes and the body count rise, Savich, Sherlock, Dix, and Cheney fight for answers-and their lives.
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Double Take
I really like the way the auther has you on the edge of your seat/ It is hard to put the book down after you get in to the story.
New Fan of FBI Series
I haven't been able to find an author that grabs me for some time...believe me, I have been looking and have many unfinished novels on my shelf. I was waiting for a plane two weeks ago and saw her latest on the best sellers shelf and decided to look at other books by this author. Long story short...read two from the FBI series in a week and have ordered four more today. Ms. Coulter is a fabulous writer and really knows how to draw one in and keep them reading and reading. I am not a romance novel reader so hope she keeps with the FBI series. Enjoy!
FBI Thriller
I am a huge fan of Catherine Coulter, so I was not surprised to find that I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I was on the edge of my seat throughout. This would be a great story for the movies. Mary Higgins Clark has nothing on Catherine Coulter.
Don't do a double take on this book!
I haven't ever read one of Ms. Coulter's books until Double Take and I will never read another one. The dialogue is contrived and poorly written. The plot is ridiculous. It reads like a 4th grade student's mystery. There are many other mystery writers who are more worthy of a reader's time and money.
Double Take
If you've read the other 10 FBI books this one is a must. As with the others it hooks you from the start. Can hardly wait to get book 12.
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