Catherine Coulter Point Blank

Point Blank

Catherine Coulter

Putnam, Sept 2005, $25.95, 432 pp.

ISBN 0399153225

FBI agents Dillon Savich, his wife Lacey Sherlock and their friend Dane Carver are staking out Hooter's Motel in Pumis City, Maryland hoping to rescue the kidnapped Pinky before he is killed. His captors Moses Grace and the teenage psychopath Claudia want Savich and Sherlock dead because he was involved in the killing of someone Moses loved. The criminals set a trap for the agents and when they enter the motel they see a bomb and luckily are able to escape.

The Feds next go to Maestro, Virginia to see fellow agent Ruth Warnecki who was on a treasure hunt in Wrinkle's Cave looking for Confederate gold. Suddenly she becomes dizzy and blacks out coming to when she is rescued by Sheriff Dixon Noble. When the four agents and the sheriff return to the cave they find the body of a dead student from nearby Stanislaus College, the Julliard of the south. Shortly after that grizzly discovery, Savich and Sherlock pursue a new lead on Moses and Claudia while two men break into the sheriff's house where Ruth is in an attempt to kill her. If the agents working the two cases solve them without being killed it will be a miracle.

Fans of Tami Hoag, Iris Johansen, and Kay Hooper will want to read Catherine Coulter's latest suspense thriller. The love between Savich and Sherlock is stronger than ever while Ruth and Noble realizes they feel a strong emotional connection to one another. There is enough romance in this crime thriller to satisfy fans of that genre and of course it will appeal to readers who favor works of psychological suspense. Ms. Coulter once again delivers a work brimming with action, chase scenes and terrific characterizations.

Harriet Klausner