In this Catherine Coulter FBI thriller, we have two narratives going on at once, with two people having multiple murder attempts against them. One, a therapist for big-wigs in Washington, has a deteriorating mental condition and is no longer always able to maintain patient confidentiality. Another, a young woman who is the secret daughter of an important man. Savich and Sherlock must protect them both while trying to uncover the motives of the killers.

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When a fellow agent's plane crashes deep in the Appalachian Mountains, married FBI agents Savich and Sherlock find the pilot and his passenger alive. But that's just the beginning of a case that plummets them into a whirlwind of vicious murder attempts, powerful suspects, political secrets, and escalating terror.

This is two separate stories which weave around each other but never together. One story is that of FBI Special Agent Jack Crowne flying Dr. Timothy McLean to Washington, DC for his protection. The plane crashes near rural, mountainous, Parlow, KY due to a bomb. This is where Jack meets Rachel Janes Abbott, who helps him away from the plane. Her story is someone has tried to kill her and she's on the run. A good read from start to finish. ( )

Fast-paced, but formulaic fun. Bring this to the beach and enjoy ( )

Readers looking for action and suspense might be interested in Tailspin, which begins with a plane crash and the daring rescue of an unconscious man from the burning aircraft, continues with a young woman being stalked by a killer, and takes the reader on the ride of his or her life before the story ends.

Catherine Coulter is probably better known for her romantic suspense novels than for anything else, yet she has come up with a winner in the FBI series. The suspense develops rapidly and though there are some threads of a romance between two of this novel's characters, the romance isn't the main focus of the novel.

Though the story drags a little in a few places and some of the scenes appear a bit contrived, the novel is still worthy of reading; one's suspension of disbelief isn't pushed too far. Something new grabs the reader's interest on almost every page. Recommended for adult readers looking for a change of pace from general fiction or a long binge of fantasy. ( )