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Emma's mentor has asked her to bring in a doctor whose parents worked for the Russian government but shared secrets with Britian. At first, she can't convince him, but after an attack on the two of them, he relents.
There's only one problem - she must get him across London safely without backup. The Russians have hacked the cameras and they are searching for the two of them.
Can they make it to MI6 safely - and who will be there to greet them?
My Thoughts: I really loved this book - it's the first in a new series. I'm a sucker for spy novels. The majority of the book takes place over the course of 12 hours - getting across the city of London. Lots of action and danger kept the me turning the pages. I liked the chemistry between Emma and Michael. I'm intrigued by what will happen next and I'm quite looking forward to the second book.
Cover Thoughts: Not terrible, but not great
Source: My library
Library Recommendation: Grab this new series start for your thriller section! Highly recommended.
Charlie Thorne's living on a small island on the Galapagos Islands. She's not exactly hiding but she's certainly been laying low. When a stranger asks her for help, she realizes it's the end of her time there. The stranger wants her help decoding a message left by Charles Darwin about a great treasure.Charlie's interested in learning more, but she's not surprised when the stranger double crosses her. Luckily, Charlie always has a back-up plan. This time in the form of her CIA agent half-brother.She pushes him to help her find the treasure. What changed Charles Darwin so much during his travels?
It's time to the choose the second cold case for the show and Laurie has a number of possibilities. The day she's supposed to meet with her boss to pitch her ideas, a woman appears in her office sharing the story of her daughter Amanda Pierce.
Amanda was supposed be married, but instead she disappeared from the destination wedding without a trace. No one knew where she went. Five years have past and she hasn't reappeared. The case makes perfect sense and with her boss's permission, Laurie recreates the wedding weekend for filming.
Can her show solve another case and keep their track record?
Shy's happy to work on a cruise ship, earning much needed money until a man jumps overboard. Shy tried to save him, but it was no use.
On his next week shift, the weather turns deadly. An earthquake hits the west coast. As the ship heads to Hawaii, tsunamis endanger everyone. When they hit, the ship goes down.
Now Shy's fighting for this life as he attempts to reach land with little water, no food, and burning under the heat of the sun. Shy doesn't want to die, but if he has to die then he wants to figure out why people are so interested in the conversation he had with the man who jumped to his death.
Ren Sharpe was having an average day until she was kidnapped from her room at night and taken to the facility. Her family and friends thought she was dead, but she was held captive for four years.My Thoughts: A fantastic debut novel from Joe Shine that kept me quickly turning the pages while on the edge of my seat. I loved the action and the danger. I loved Ren - she kicked major butt, had a loyal streak a mile wide, and a snarky attitude. A fantastic thriller that pulled me in and hooked me as a reader. I hope this is the start of a series, because I don't want to say goodbye.
She trained with weapons, survival tactics, and more to be good enough. Finally she passed the training session and got her first assignment.
Ren must protect a college student, so she finds herself attending classes that don't matter just to be close to him. Then something happens. He's attacked and the no contact rule flies out the window as Ren moves to protect him. Did she act accordingly or did she just blow the entire missions?
One stormy night, Emily saw her father coming out of the woods. At first she thought it was a deer around his shoulders, but soon she came to realize that it was a girl. She was dead.My Thoughts: I really liked this thriller. I love how Emily believed in her father, even though it wasn't the popular opinion. I like how she stood up to Damon (Ashlee's girlfriend) when he was being a jerk. I like how she didn't back down, but told her understanding of that night. I liked Damon and how he tried to remember the events of that dreadful night. I loved the highlight on PTSD and how it can change your whole world. An intriguing thriller in a dark creepy setting.
Emily's dad has PTSD, which forces him to relieve his worst nightmare during combat. He has no memory of what happened that night in the woods, but he confesses to killing the girl.
Now, school's a nightmare for Emily. Her best friends has turned on her. The whole town stares at her and whispers things behind her back. She has two real friends. But Emily knows that her father couldn't have done this horrible act and she's not about to let him take the blame for it. She just needs to figure out why Ashlee was in the woods that night and who was with her. Maybe if she figure out the truth, than this nightmare can end.
About the book
Fatal attraction, primal fear, survival in the forest: From the author of the Printz Honor Book STOLEN, the highly anticipated thriller about deadly games played in the dark.
Ashlee Parker is dead, and Emily Shepherd's dad is accused of the crime.
A former soldier suffering from PTSD, he emerges from the woods carrying the girl's broken body. "Gone," he says, then retreats into silence.
What really happened that wild night? Emily knows in her bones that her father is innocent -- isn't he? Before he's convicted, she's got to find out the truth. Does Damon Hilary, Ashlee's charismatic boyfriend, have the answers? Or is he only playing games with her -- the kinds of games that can kill?
At 17, Cassie has a talent for reading people. She knows who people are and what they want by looking at them. One day, a guy comes into a dinner and leaves a card behind.My Thoughts: I'm sucker for crime dramas on TV and I love Jennifer Lynn Barnes' previous books - so clearly this book was an amazingly good read. I loved how Cassie read people. I wanted to know what she would think about me. I liked her big family, but understood her shyness around them. I felt horrible for Cassie - how she relives her nightmare over and over again. My heart breaks for what she went through. But I like her determination the help others. I liked her new housemates - the banter between them, the snark, and the potential for romance. A creepy fun read that had me guessing until the very end.
It's a card for the FBI. They want to talk with her about joining a classified program with teens. When Cassie goes to chat with them, she knows that she wants to join. Just as she knows her extended family won't be very happy to hear the news. They aren't, but she makes it clear this is her choice.
More than anything she wants to help people who have had trauma in their lives - just like her. Cassie arrives out the safe house and meets her housemates. She starts working with Dean and agents on training and then looking at cold cases.
But a current case keeps coming back to them. There's a serial killer on the loose - a killer that might have ties to Cassie's mom. Cassie will do anything to help stop the killer - but is she in over her head?
Kate's been chasing Nick for two years, through several characters. She almost had him, but he slipped away. This time, she'll do everything in her power to capture him.
But it isn't enough.
He's switched sides. Now Kate's boss wants her to work with him - taking down even bigger fish. Obviously Kate's not happy with this new arrangement.
They have to create a long con. How is she supposed to trust him? Kate's not sure she's up to the job - without killing him first..
