The Last Minute

April 16, 2012
In Thriller Award–finalist Abbott’s exciting if tortuous sequel to Adrenaline (2010), CIA agent Sam Capra continues to search for his infant son, Daniel, held by the cartel of evil known as Novem Soles (Nine Suns). At the behest of the cartel, Sam must kill Chinese graduate student and computer hacker Jin Ming, who holds secrets that might destroy Novem Soles. Meanwhile, the cartel snatches Taylor, the baby daughter of computer expert Leonie, and blackmails Leonie into helping Sam locate Ming. With their children’s lives at stake, the two will do anything to save Taylor and Daniel. Fights, flights, betrayals, and shifting alliances all play out against the constant threat to the children as a much battered Sam seeks an end game that will give him back his life and his son. A closing twist that violates fair play will annoy some readers. 5-city author tour. Agent: Peter Ginsberg, Curtis Brown.

Ex-CIA agent Sam Capra is forced to chase and murder a witness who knows too much about the unsavory activities, including human trafficking, of an international crime ring. The organization has abducted his newborn child as leverage to ensure the job gets done. Narrator Kevin T. Collins deftly paces Abbott's gritty descriptions of overseas brothels, sleazy owners, and the physical confrontations that ensue when the bullets start to fly. Collins further engages with convincing Russian and Moldovan accents, especially when the backstory of Sam's Òboss,Ó Mila, is brought to light. S.C. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine