Unknown
Threat’s plotline sounded
intriguing. US Secret Service Special
Agents Luke Powell and Zack Thacker went out for an early morning run and when they
return to their vehicles suddenly, they are under fire. As they are lying on the ground looking at
their vehicles, they realize that their cars are wired with bombs. Will they survive until help comes? Who in the world is trying to kill them and
for what reason? FBI Special Agent Faith
Malone has been assigned to investigate these attacks and try and protect the remaining
US Secret Service team in Raleigh.
This fast-paced
story drew me in from the beginning. Interesting
to think about how people who risk their lives to protect others might respond
when they are targeted? I liked the
character Luke Powell and the US Secret Service team, their friendships, and their
commitment to one another.
I didn’t quite
connect with Faith Malone, she seemed more like a caricature of a tough single woman
who sacrificed her personal life for career advancement. The repeated Cherry Coke references kind of
got old. It was understandable why Faith
might be attracted to Luke who was a decent nice guy, but I didn’t understand
what he saw in her.
Faith’s sister Hope
was a very likable and refreshing character.
I would like to see her in future books of the Defend and Protect
series. It was hard to understand how the
character Special Agent Janice Estes kept her job. Was she incompetent or just plain corrupt? She wasn’t very believable.
While I liked many
of the characters, I struggled a bit with the plotline. It was very convoluted and I don’t see how a reader
would have been able to figure out the mystery.
The story ended rather abruptly and if it hadn’t been for the last
chapter summarizing whodunnit and why I don’t think I would have put the pieces
together. Not sure that the motives of
the bad guys were believable.
There wasn’t much
about the Christian faith included in the storyline. But I did appreciate that there was no profanity
or sexual immorality.
The good: likable
characters and an interesting scenario.
Not so good: the convoluted plot and ending and one of the main
characters wasn’t very likable.
Would I recommend Unknown
Threat by Lynn H. Blackburn?
If you like Lynn’s books give this book a read. This is the first book in the Defend and
Protect series and some of the characters will be carried over to future
books.
I would like to
thank Revell Publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to read
a complimentary copy of Unknown Threat by Lynn H. Blackburn. I was under no obligation to give a favorable
review.
