TailSpin (FBI Thriller, No. 12) | Catherine Coulter | Excellent FBI Thriller. I'm a Total Fan

TailSpin (FBI Thriller, No. 12) | Catherine Coulter | Catherine out does herself

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	TailSpin (FBI Thriller, No. 12) Catherine Coulter Putnam Adult, 2008 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 37 reviews view larger image
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Excellent FBI Thriller. I'm a Total Fan

The only thing I could wish for in this story was that Jackson Crowe and Rachael Abbott had not hooked up. It was too predictable and follows a pattern that the author has established in her prior books. I guess that I am rebelling against this common ploy, perhaps unfairly. Catherine Coulter is such an outstanding author that she doesn't need to dip her pen in that inkwell. She does, however, portray intimacy with a fine and restrained hand, and never debases herself or her characters with vulgar, soft porn descriptives that far too many authors seem to think necessary to sell a book. I appreciate this respect for the intelligence of the reader and the characters' integrity.

There are so many threads to follow in this excellent FBI story. Savich and Sherlock are as compelling and engaging as always. I didn't like that Sherlock got shot, however. One gets so attached to the characters that to put one in such jeopardy is emotionally wrenching. I know, I know, silly, but there you have it. The were few surprises as to who the killers of Senator Abbott were, which I would have liked to figure out myself; however, there was a surprise! surprise! very bad person that I didn't "get" until the very end. I liked that twist a lot.

One could really feel a lot of empathy toward the unfortunate Dr. Maclean and the medical course he was doomed to follow due to his disease that put him and his patients at such risk. It caused me to reflect upon aging and the brain pathologies that can destroy a person. This is one of Catherine's strongest suits as a writer. She inspires deeper, personalized reflections through the excellent content she includes in her books.

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Catherine out does herself

I have read all her fbi series and find that the new book out does the others if that is possible . She is just great

Coulter great as usual!

This book was just as great as the other in the FBI series. Wish there
were one every week! I read these in one day and can't wait for next
one.

Readers, too, will be thrown in a tailspin

"Tailspin" correctly describes the action in Catherine Coulter's latest romantic suspense novel. FBI Special Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, a married team, dive headfirst into an investigation full of question marks.

Following an attempt on his life, Dr. Timothy MacLean is put into FBI custody after having been diagnosed with frontal lobe dementia, a devastating illness that has no cure. Outward symptoms consist of the victim babbling uncontrollable scenarios --- some true, others not. MacLean has leaked private information from his patients' case files, and his stories could strike untold damage in their lives. He confides in his best friend and tennis partner, Arthur Dolan, who drives off a cliff shortly after their conversation. FBI Special Agent Jack Crowne, a family friend, pilots a small plane over the Kentucky mountains to bring MacLean back to Washington, D.C. where he can be monitored and protected. But the flight plan does not include a fiery crash in rough mountain terrain, cause unknown.

Nearby, in a clearing outside Parlow, Kentucky, Rachael Abbott witnesses the incident and rushes to aid possible survivors. She seeks sanctuary in the back country where she can sort out the elements that have put her life into a spin; she must guard her secret and hide her true identity. But her sense of duty prevails when she lifts the wounded pilot to his feet and navigates him to the nearest clinic.

TAILSPIN transfers action back and forth among the four leading characters. Although the primary plot line follows MacLean's story, Rachael's cannot be ignored. She too has been targeted for murder and is traversing the countryside headed for Slipper Hollow, to safe haven with her uncle Gillette. She is terrified that the FBI team will learn that she is the recently discovered bastard daughter of powerful U.S. Senator James Abbott.

Barely six weeks after welcoming her into his family without question, the Senator dies in a one-car accident. Alcohol findings at the crash site indicate he was driving while drunk, wrecking the car and killing himself. Shortly afterwards, Rachael is drugged, hogtied to a block of cement and thrown into a lake, but escapes due to her tremendous strength and will to live. On the run from the killers, she comes upon the plane crash scene.

Sherlock and Savich investigate MacLean's case and discover a bomb as a possible cause. MacLean is taken to the hospital in D.C.; he is hurt but will recover physically. While there, two additional murder attempts keep the FBI hopping. One of the team's members suffers a syringe attack but keeps the murderer at bay with help from a nurse. Meanwhile, Rachael is convinced that her father's sister Laurel, his brother Quincy and Laurel's sleazy husband Kostas are out to eliminate her. Before his death, the Senator had divulged a secret that haunted his last days. If it became public, the family would suffer humiliation --- a motive for his murder and that of his daughter. Jack Crowne became her guardian and discovered an emotional attachment to the girl with the unusual blond braid. Sexual attraction is tastefully worded, both in the lives of the married FBI agents and the young woman with her protector. Coulter writes these interludes with intensity yet discretion.

A klutzy local sheriff adds flair to the story. He's an actual retiree from a big city police force, much more intelligent than he first appears. Additional small-town flavor comes forth in the personalities of a diner waitress, Uncle Gillette, the local doctor and, of course, the would-be abductors who try to kill Rachael.

The reader wanders toward an attempt to interlace the two plots, making the doctor's patients wind toward the Senator's death. Dr. MacLean's predicament is powerful, and Coulter touches but briefly on the devastation that wrecks his life. She brings both stories to their logical end, with a twist that will leave the audience in a TAILSPIN.

--- Reviewed by Judy Gigstad

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FBI Thriller, NO 12

I have read the entire FBI series and eagerly awaited Tailspin. As usual Savitch and Sherlock were superb and the storyline was good. However, I thought the story drug in places and for some reason I couldn't get into Rachael's character. There were no surprises to me. I early on figured on who was after Rachael and I also guessed early on what some indicate as a surprise at the end. I liked Jackson's character but Rachael at times seemed sort of smart mouth and you had the idea she didn't need the FBI; like she was going to take on any of the bad guys. At one point Jackson is concerned about her carrying a gun and she tells him to shut up-she can probably shoot better than him. Well he was in some special forces and then FBI and that was unlikely as was her getting out of the water after she had been tied up and a cement block tied to her. Okay it's fiction and though I rolled my eyes, I'll buy that for the sake of the story. She bothered me more when she was so sarcastic.

I got a little bored with all the conversations over the same thing. There is one whole chapter with Rachael walking around Jackson's apartment describing the walls, the floors, the decor and going through everything again. I found myself skimming some of the book and in fact put it down several times which I seldom do with one of the FBI series. IT seemed like it would flow along and then drag for awhile. It's not bad and there have been others in the series I have liked better than others. IF there is a 13th book in the series I would no doubt read it. I like Savitch and Sherlock enough to keep reading.

I appreciate the fact that CC doesn't have a lot of profanity in her books and explicit sexual situations. This series is not really romance but more thrillers. The only really sexual scene was between Savich and Sherlock which was kind of cute actually.

Though this wasn't my favorite of the series, it still had its moments and if you've read the rest of the series you will want to read this one.

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