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Backfire (FBI Thriller #16)
by
Catherine Coulter (Goodreads Author)
San Francisco Judge Ramsey Hunt, longtime friend to FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich, is presiding over the trial of Clive and Cindy Cahill – accused in a string of murders – when the proceedings take a radical turn. Federal prosecutor Mickey O'Rourke, known for his relentless style, becomes suddenly tentative in his opening statement, leading Hunt to suspect he...more
Hardcover, 400 pages
Published
July 10th 2012
by Putnam Adult
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Fans of the Sherlock and Savich series will not be disappointed with this outing. The husband and wife duo are in the cross hairs yet again. Good guys get themselves hurt, bad guys wreck havoc, and everything gets solved at the end. As always a good entertaining read that moves along nicely with action, some family bonding, and sprinkling of romance. Fans of the series will be glad to see this duo back in form!
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16 books already, and I still enjoy reading about Sherlock and Savich. Two married FBI agents, with a 5 year old son named Sean. The book starts with a threatening note, delivered to Savich at the FBI building in Washington. Someone claimed to have found it propped up against the wall, and brought it inside. The security cameras have not capture who delivered it, so the race to find out who send it to Savich, is on. “You deserve this for what you did”. Savich is very afraid they are threatening...more
I received this book in my Kindle the day it was released. I wanted to start reading it immediately but I had commitments I needed to tend to. Everytime I opened my iPad to work, I kept hearing the Kindle App call my name. With my willpower the way it is, I succumbed in 2 days.
I have been a fan of Catherine Coulter Thriller books; the FBI series mostly. I have read them all awaiting each release with excitement. Been reading them since the first book. Love them!!! I've even blogged about them (...more
I have been a fan of Catherine Coulter Thriller books; the FBI series mostly. I have read them all awaiting each release with excitement. Been reading them since the first book. Love them!!! I've even blogged about them (...more
Head of the Criminal Apprehension Unit out of Washington DC, Special Agent Dillon Savich is given a note left by a mysterious person with the confusing message, YOU DESERVE THIS FOR WHAT YOU DID. It’s soon forgotten as Savich, his wife, Special Agent Sherlock, and their 5 year-old son, Sean, rush to San Francisco after receiving a phone call from the wife of their good friend, Judge Ramsey Hunt (The Target). Ramsey had been shot.
The FBI, US Federal Marshals and local police work together to try...more
The FBI, US Federal Marshals and local police work together to try...more
Catherine Coulter has been a bestselling author for a long time now. Among her many gifts are the couple that readers know and love who work in the FBI—Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich. Since the first moment this couple was placed on paper, they have become the power couple when it comes to solving crimes.
With this newest offering, Coulter begins with a shooting. A San Francisco Judge, Ramsey Hunt (A.K.A. Judge Dredd), who is a friend of the FBI power couple, is standing outside his home overlo...more
With this newest offering, Coulter begins with a shooting. A San Francisco Judge, Ramsey Hunt (A.K.A. Judge Dredd), who is a friend of the FBI power couple, is standing outside his home overlo...more
As with the other books in the FBI series, I really like this one too. It's always fun to see the interaction of my two favorite FBI agents, Savich and Sherlock.
This book is sort of part two of an earlier FBI novel called "The Target", in which we meet the Judge and his future wife and step daughter Emma, while hiding out in a cabin. You do not have to read the first book to understand anything going on in this one. The author gives you enough back story to keep you up to date. But I would read...more
This book is sort of part two of an earlier FBI novel called "The Target", in which we meet the Judge and his future wife and step daughter Emma, while hiding out in a cabin. You do not have to read the first book to understand anything going on in this one. The author gives you enough back story to keep you up to date. But I would read...more
Wow! What a book! The action is jam packed and the book has more twists and turns than that famous street in San Francisco.
Judge Ramsey Hunt is shot at home shortly after halting a murder trial he has been presiding over. The Federal Prosecutor is missing and the defendants are sitting pretty. U.S. Federal Marshall Eve Barbieri is one of the dozens of law enforcement people called in when Judge Hunt is attacked. The FBI, SFPD, and even the CIA make an appearance. Eve has a close relationship wit...more
Judge Ramsey Hunt is shot at home shortly after halting a murder trial he has been presiding over. The Federal Prosecutor is missing and the defendants are sitting pretty. U.S. Federal Marshall Eve Barbieri is one of the dozens of law enforcement people called in when Judge Hunt is attacked. The FBI, SFPD, and even the CIA make an appearance. Eve has a close relationship wit...more
My rating: 3.5 of 5
I've been with this series since the very beginning and as it's progressed it's morphed from suspence/thriller with romance (and some smexy scenes) thrown in to pretty much just suspense/thriller. There's always still a couple that hook up, but those smexy scenes we love so much have dwindled down so now they're just alluded too and we have to use our imaginations to picture what's happening. That's ok...I don't have to have sex in every book I read, but the series has evolved...more
I've been with this series since the very beginning and as it's progressed it's morphed from suspence/thriller with romance (and some smexy scenes) thrown in to pretty much just suspense/thriller. There's always still a couple that hook up, but those smexy scenes we love so much have dwindled down so now they're just alluded too and we have to use our imaginations to picture what's happening. That's ok...I don't have to have sex in every book I read, but the series has evolved...more
Judge Ramsey Hunt is shot in the back just as he's about to go to trial on the murder case of Clive and Cindy Cahill. Also, the prosecuting attorney had been a strong advocate for aggressively pursuing the case but he seemed to change and now he's disappeared.
Hunt is a long time friend of FBI husband and wife team of Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich. They fly to San Francisco to investigate.
As they are trying to get the Cahill's to confess to murder, someone delivers a note to the FBI headquarte...more
Hunt is a long time friend of FBI husband and wife team of Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich. They fly to San Francisco to investigate.
As they are trying to get the Cahill's to confess to murder, someone delivers a note to the FBI headquarte...more
Another in the Sherlock/Savich series. This time bringing back some characters from The Target. Coulter is usually very good about not shoe-horning previous characters into this series. And she doesn't really this time. They all tie together, along with a B-romance between some new characters. A steady, but maybe not amazing, addition to the FBI Thriller series.
Judge Ramsey Hunt is standing on a balcony one night when he's shot. But why? Dillon Savich, who has just received a mysterious note, im...more
Judge Ramsey Hunt is standing on a balcony one night when he's shot. But why? Dillon Savich, who has just received a mysterious note, im...more
I came to this story not having read any of the previous books in the series and being unfamiliar with the cast of characters.
For the most part that didn't matter. There were some references to the past (events that I assume appeared in previous novels) but that didn't cause any problems with following the story; although, perhaps it would have added more depth to the recurring characters.
Overall, the characters came across okay, but none of the jumped out of the page and grabbed me and, because...more
For the most part that didn't matter. There were some references to the past (events that I assume appeared in previous novels) but that didn't cause any problems with following the story; although, perhaps it would have added more depth to the recurring characters.
Overall, the characters came across okay, but none of the jumped out of the page and grabbed me and, because...more
Fantastic book. Couldn't put it down. Quite the thriller. Maybe a new series will be spun off this --- Harry and Eve.
San Francisco Judge Ramsey Hunt, longtime friend to FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich, is presiding over the trial of Clive and Cindy Cahill – accused in a string of murders – when the proceedings take a radical turn. Federal prosecutor Mickey O'Rourke, known for his relentless style, becomes suddenly tentative in his opening statement, leading Hunt to suspect he’s been...more
San Francisco Judge Ramsey Hunt, longtime friend to FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich, is presiding over the trial of Clive and Cindy Cahill – accused in a string of murders – when the proceedings take a radical turn. Federal prosecutor Mickey O'Rourke, known for his relentless style, becomes suddenly tentative in his opening statement, leading Hunt to suspect he’s been...more
Backfire by Catherine Coulter
The federal judge, Ramsey has been shot on his lawn on Seacliff, San Francisco. Agents on the east coast have been threatened
and Savage and Sherlock are heading to the west coast as they are family. Male and female feds are a rarity but they work well together.
The judges wife, Molly has children, one who is a musical prodigy, Emma. cal and Gage are the boys.
The feds follow clues the judge has told them about. More attempts on the judges life while he's being transpor...more
The federal judge, Ramsey has been shot on his lawn on Seacliff, San Francisco. Agents on the east coast have been threatened
and Savage and Sherlock are heading to the west coast as they are family. Male and female feds are a rarity but they work well together.
The judges wife, Molly has children, one who is a musical prodigy, Emma. cal and Gage are the boys.
The feds follow clues the judge has told them about. More attempts on the judges life while he's being transpor...more
Another adventure for married FBI agents Savich and Sherlock. This one takes place in San Francisco where a judge is almost assassinated. I enjoy the collaboration and sharing of information that goes on within their work team. (Some novels make you think there is only one person who can ever catch a criminal.) The side romance was just okay for me. Too predictable and too annoyingly started with sexist comments about a ponytail. I do like Coulter manages to keep these books exciting but without...more
Perhaps the best of the series featuring Savich and Sherlock. Starts with the shooting of a federal judge in San Francisco bringing the FBI into the case. Mysterious notes show up in DC as well as in San Francisco as the killer, or potential killer, taunts the FBI and local law enforcement..."you deserve this for what you did". But, it is not clear what "this" is or who might be behind it.
As with most of the series, Backfire is a real page turner with enough twists to keep the reader guessing......more
As with most of the series, Backfire is a real page turner with enough twists to keep the reader guessing......more
Reading this book was like taking aspirin for the headache suffered after reading Obamacare Survival Guide. Here we have a straightforward FBI murder thriller beginning with the attempted murder of a judge in San Francisco along with an anonymous note threatening an FBI agent in Washington, D.C. The judge is a personal friend of the FBI agent, Dillon Savich, and his wife, Lacey Sherlock, also an FBI agent. They leave immediately for San Francisco to wreak havoc on the perp who shot their friend....more
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A single shot across country. A threatening note to FBI headquarters and soon both Sherlock and Savich are headed to the west coast to protect a friend and catch a killer who has more than one thing on their mind. What a great read that had me turning the pages faster than my eyes could read. The action was fast, fury and non-stop in a race against time before another innocent person is killed. When harm hits closer to home, revenge is on as we watch this FBI duo put an end to the havoc being cr...more
This was quite an interesting and complicated storyline. There's plenty of action and there's a twist in the who done that's really quite good. It's interesting to see how branches of the government's security teams interact and it's not always a happy cooperation. There's some light entertainment with the family life of Dillon and Sherlock and their young son. But there's also the danger of the what happens when one of the husband and wife team are hurt in the line of duty. Also we meet two cha...more
Oh. My. Goodness!! I have so many questions now! What will happen with Eve and Harry? More importantly for me though is, is Sherlock going to end up pregnant in future books? Will Savich and Sherlock both continue on as agents?! Love, Love, Love these books! They are always very well written and though I'm not an expert with knowledge on police work of any kind or working medical knowledge I don't run across any discrepancies. There are never any typos or anything of the nature and the characte...more
I like this series about FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillion Savich, who are also married to each other and have a son Sean. Dillion gets a mysterious message that he forgets about when he learns that his friend Federal Judge Hunt has been shot. He and Lacey fly to San Francisco to help with the investigation and protection of the Hunt family. They investigate the Cahills who were on trial for murder before it was suspended when the Federal prosecuter went missing. What they discover near the...more
No great shakes, but a nice continuation of the series. A fun, easy read.
If you love thriller series, you'll love the latest installment in Catherine Coulter's FBI series featuring Savich and Sherlock. In this installment, things get intense for the couple. It started with a warning in the note. When Judge Ramsey gets shot down, we're thrown into a world of the U.S. Marshals. We're introduced to Harry Christoff and Eve Barbieri, two new characters into the mix. They work together to figure out who's targetting them, when one could've been a warning to Savich himself....more
Good story with great plot twists if you like suspense novels. The two lead FBI agents, a husband and wife team, Savich and Sherlock, are not well developed or very imteresting. The secondary characters, like Eve and Harry, are more flawed and interesting characters. The same is true for the Cahill characters. The story is based on unraveling death threats and attempts to kill those close to Agent Savich and a federal judge for their "sins." This is one in a series of books based on the husband...more
When you pick up Catherine Coulter book you know from the start it is gonna be good. All of her books are outstanding!!
This one brings in not only the FBI, but the US Marshalls,, Federal prosector a judge and whole lot more going on.
It starts out at the Judges house- then from there you have alot of the action happening at the hospital.
I am not going to give away much more - but I will say this- If you are a fan of Catherine Coulter's this a very must read book!!! I would even say- put thi...more
This one brings in not only the FBI, but the US Marshalls,, Federal prosector a judge and whole lot more going on.
It starts out at the Judges house- then from there you have alot of the action happening at the hospital.
I am not going to give away much more - but I will say this- If you are a fan of Catherine Coulter's this a very must read book!!! I would even say- put thi...more
This continuing storyline of Sherlock and Savage was just what I needed. I read it almost in one sitting. I love the interaction between Sherlock and Savage. You always meet new characters and there is almost always romance waiting on the sidelines for some new characters. Love the setting with the Golden Gate bridge in the background. This book made me feel I was standing just behind the characters as the story went along. I did not want to finish this because I know it will be a while for the...more
I enjoy Catherine Coulter FBI series and have read most more than once. This is definitely a read more than once book. The action is continuous and all the returning character remain true to form. The story revolves around two plot lines that merge and diverge with skill and as a reader I never felt tricked or betrayed by the author. I kind of wish I could meet Sean, Dillon and Sherlock son as he sounds like cutie! I would clear off my schedule before starting this book because I really did not...more
#16 in Coulter's FBI series. Popular FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich fly to the aid of Judge Ramsey Hunt after he is shot at home. We are also reintroduced to Emma ,talented pianist daughter of Molly and Ramsey, and the Ramsey's 2 year old twins. As always, Savich and Sherlock are there to put the puzzle together and track the source of the problems. With typical Coulter twists the solution is not simple and new intriguing characters are introduced. If you are a fan of this series yo...more
This is the lastest in Coulter's FBI Thriller series, featuring Savach and Sherlock. What is life like for an FBI agent, his subordinate wife and young son? It's definitely not all fairy tales and happily ever afters.
Once again, Coulter has twisted two independent crime sprees into a singular action, making her readers feel that even FBI agents are not infallible. Add to that the stress of 'having your partner's back' truly mean 'HAVING' your partner's back and being human takes on an entirely n...more
Once again, Coulter has twisted two independent crime sprees into a singular action, making her readers feel that even FBI agents are not infallible. Add to that the stress of 'having your partner's back' truly mean 'HAVING' your partner's back and being human takes on an entirely n...more
Backfire is an heart-stopping race against time to save those targeted by a very controlled and precise killer. FBI Agents Savage and Sherlock are once again heading to San Fransisco with their little boy Sean. . . As always Catherine Coulter is a superb author. Her characters are complex, intelligent and heroic. This series is one of the most gripping as well as entertaining ones I have ever happened upon. Those readers who enjoy thrilling and intricate stories that keep you on the edge of your...more
Returning (in these novels) are married FBI agents Savich and Sherlock trying to fine the person who shot a favorite judge while on his balcony at sea side. And then tried again at the hospital where he was being treated. New in this story is a start-up of a romance between a pony-tailed booted Fed. Marshall and one of the FBI agents.
The suspense grows while the mystery deepens--are there two assassins?? Even the judge's grand-daughter and S & S 's son are threatened. Is it an ex-con or is i...more
The suspense grows while the mystery deepens--are there two assassins?? Even the judge's grand-daughter and S & S 's son are threatened. Is it an ex-con or is i...more
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