Review: An Investigation with Plenty of Action
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 13, 2013
What happens when you throw together an FBI agent and an ATF agent with an assassination conspiracy case? An action-packed political thriller is what.The First Lady has been shot and killed while sharing a stage with her husband during a political rally. A multi-agency task force has been set up to track down the sniper ASAP. While the head of the task force has his team chasing down leads that look a bit too pat, ATF Agent Troy Barclay sees a clue missed by the other investigators and heads off to check it out. FBI Agent Amber Neilson is considered an outcast by her boss who is also the head of the task force. Rather than be content running personal errands for her boss, she heads out with Barclay to put her training to better use.This novel has plenty of car crashes, hit men, red herrings, and shootouts to keep things interesting. While I had the who-done-it part figured out early in the book, the trail the main characters took to get to the same conclusion kept things from getting boring. There was enough humor to keep things light at other times, although I doubt anything similar would be allowed to happen in an actual professional investigative setting. I could easily see this as the basis for a movie with enough crash, bang, and boom to keep audiences on the edge of their collective seats.There was a building chemistry between the two main characters that was kept low key for most of the book. The characters worked well together as investigators who used their talents to crack the case. I hope that this relationship doesn't become too hot and heavy in future installments, since I think that it would detract from the investigations and threaten to turn them into romances instead of thrillers.Recommended.