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Power Play
Author:
Coulter, Catherine
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Series:
FBI thrillers, #18
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Class:
Fiction
Age: Adult
Language: English
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LC: PS3553.O
Print Run: 600000
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ISBN-13: 9780399157349
LCCN: 2014015439
Imprint: Putnam Publishing
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Pub Date: 07/08/2014
Availability: Out of Print Confirmed
List: $26.95
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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404 pages ; 25 cm.
H 9.29",
W 6.39",
D 1.49",
1.6375 lbs.
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LC Series:
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An FBI thriller
An FBI thriller ;
FBI thrillers.
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Brodart's Blockbuster List
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Adult
Brodart's TOP Adult Titles
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New York Times Bestsellers List
New York Times Bestsellers: Adult Fiction
Publishers Weekly Bestsellers
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TIPS Subjects:
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Suspense/Thriller
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BISAC Subjects: |
FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
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LC Subjects:
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FICTION / Suspense
Savich, Dillon (Fictitious character), Fiction
Sherlock, Lacey (Fictitious character), Fiction
Sherlock, Lacey, (Fictitious character), Fiction
Suspense fiction
United States., Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
Mystery fiction
Savich, Dillon (Fictional character), Fiction
Sherlock, Lacey (Fictional character), Fiction
United States., Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fiction
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| Brodart's TOP Adult Titles | 02/01/2014 |
| United States Ambassador Natalie Black races to clear her name upon being accused of her fiance's death, while psychopath Blessed Blackman escapes from an Atlanta mental institution to make Sherlock pay for her role in the operation that brought down Blackman's mother's cult. FBI thrillers series, 400pp., 600K, Auth res: Sausalito, CA |
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| Journal Reviews |
| Booklist | 07/01/2014 |
| Natalie Black, U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, is in trouble in more ways than one. She's back at home after a smear campaign blamed her for the death of her British fiance, making her an embarrassment to the president and the secretary of state, both old college friends. And someone is out to kill her. When threats extend to Natalie's daughter, Perry, FBI Special Agent Davis Sullivan goes on guard, with the concurrence of FBI Criminal Apprehension Unit head Dillon Savich, but to the consternation of Perry's would-be fiance, Day Abbott, son of the secretary of state. Meanwhile, Savich and his wife, FBI Agent Lacey Sherlock, are being hunted by a hypnotic psychopathic escapee from a mental hospital who vows to kill them for revenge. With these strong, almost recklessly brave characters, levels of suspense, danger, and adrenaline rise, and a decades-old secret is revealed. Coulter's eighteenth FBI suspense thriller features her trademark brisk style and short chapters, plus a measure of compassion and an eminently satisfying epilogue. Coulter is at the top of her game here. Leber, Michele. 416p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2014. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 07/01/2014 |
| Elite Washingtonians are bedeviled by scandals and murder attempts. Natalie Black's fiance, George McCallum, Viscount Lockenby, was killed in a car accident that the British tabloids are intimating was suicide after Natalie supposedly threw him over. Because her reputation as U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's must be sterling, her longtime friend Secretary of State Arliss Abbott wants her to resign. But President Thornton Gilbert, also a college friend, continues to back her. When a drug addict tries to steal her car, Natalie fights back with the help of FBI Special Agent Davis Sullivan, who's one of the few people who believe her accounts of attempts to kill her in both England and Washington. Meanwhile, Sullivan's boss, Dillon Savich, and his wife, Lacey Sherlock, have major problems of their own when Blessed Backman, a killer they apprehended, escapes from a mental hospital vowing vengeance. Given Backman's ability to hypnotize most people instantly, his chances seem disconcertingly good. Sullivan finds himself guarding Natalie's daughter, Perry, a sportswriter who's getting threatening messages, perhaps because of her mother's problems. Sullivan certainly enjoys guarding Perry's body, but her longtime friend Day Abbott, who wants to marry her, is much less happy, especially when he's questioned after an attack on them. The special agents must race the clock to halt the murderous attacks before Natalie loses her job or her life. Coulter (The Final Cut, 2013, etc.) introduces new characters to her FBI series, reinforces old ones and provides plenty for them all to do. But the result, however action-packed, is less thrilling than her best. 400pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2014. |
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| Library Journal Prepub Alert | 01/13/2014 |
| Natalie Black, the U.S. ambassador to the Court of St. James, is being blamed for the death of her fiance, George McCallum, Viscount Lockenby. And it looks as if someone is trying to kill her, too. 400p. LJ Prepub Alert Online Review. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2014. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 06/02/2014 |
| Early in bestseller Coulter's smooth, if minimally suspenseful, 18th FBI thriller (after 2013's Bombshell), Special Agent Davis Sullivan helps thwart a carjacker who's trying to steal a vehicle from the parking lot of a Washington, D.C., shopping mall. The car's owner turns out to be Natalie Black, the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, where an unknown enemy has been targeting her (e.g., a Mercedes tried to run her Jaguar off a motorway). Sullivan agrees to protect Natalie, but later switches to guarding her sportswriter daughter, Perry, after someone wrecks her motorcycle. A private security firm takes over Natalie's security. Meanwhile, psychopath Blessed Blackman escapes from an Atlanta mental institution and goes after married FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock. Blackman and Savich are old foes, but the reason for the attacks on Natalie and Perry remains unclear until the end. The attraction between Sullivan and Perry adds spice. Agent: Robert Gottlieb, Trident Media Group. (July). 416p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2014. |
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