John Parker is a Graduate-qualified English/Spanish Teacher, owner and director of CHAT ENGLISH, an English Language Centre in Avilés on the north coast of Spain . A voracious reader, he has particularly loved horror fiction for many years.
Cassie Clark is the daughter of a senior congressman, Paul Clark. She has just survived a motorcycle accident caused by a hit and run driver. Her father disappears, apparently having run off with a news reporter. But Paul was Speaker of The House and third in line to the Presidency, playing a very important part in the world of American politics. Pretty soon, Cassie comes to wonder if what she has been told is the truth about her father. And was the bike accident really an accident?
Subsequently, a terrorist attack on a dam takes place and later she is set up as being a drug pusher after a terrifying night time incident with three very dangerous men. Just coincidence? At first Cassie has a bodyguard as she is the daughter of an important politician but when security detail Cam is reassigned elsewhere, Cassie finds herself alone except for best friend Jackson as things begin to go from bad to worse for her.
Faulkner’s book is a 100-mile an hour conspiracy thriller and highly entertaining despite the fact that much of the action is really far-fetched. His writing really takes you into the scene. Some great set-pieces, like the bombing of a famous New York bridge, leave you out of breath,frantically reading and turning the pages to find out what happens next. In fact, there’s a lot of violence and horrible deaths but it adds to the thrill.
The characters are great. I really liked Carrie and her strength to carry on despite the odds against her. The same goes for Cam and Jackson who you can’t help rooting for. Cassie has an interesting but complicated love-hate relationship with her sister and an overbearing mother who is prone to depression. Perhaps the bad guys are a bit clichéd but the rapidly moving plot makes up for that. I am a big fan of Cassie and would like to see her in action again. A fast, entertaining read and one you won’t want to put down.
