‘Reckoning,’ book 26 in Catherine Coulter’s FBI Series

Released in 2022

I’ve read all, or almost all, of the books in this series which began in 1996 with The Cove. She co-authored three books with J. T. Ellison in a Brit in the FBI series. All of these novels move quickly, feature snappy dialogue, and have characters whose histories have grown deeper (like, for example, the characters in James Patterson’s Alex Cross books) as the series progresses. The action focuses on husband and wife agents Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, and for those who wonder, somebody finally said, “No shit, Sherlock,” just to get that slang out of the way. I haven’t read any of Coulter’s romance series, so can’t speak to them.

From the Publisher

“Agents Savich and Sherlock are back in the latest installment in Catherine Coulter’s #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series, and this time both are enlisted to help women with traumatic pasts who are in mortal danger.

“When she was twelve years old, Kirra Mandarian’s parents were murdered and she barely escaped with her life. Fourteen years later Kirra is a commonwealth attorney back home in Porte Franklin, Virginia, and her goal is to find out who killed her parents and why. She assumes the identity of E.N.—Eliot Ness—and gathers proof to bring down the man she believes was behind her parents’ deaths. She quickly learns that big-time criminals are very dangerous indeed and realizes she needs Dillon Savich’s help. Savich brings in Special Agent Griffin Hammersmith to work with Lieutenant Jeter Thorpe, the young detective who’d saved Kirra years before.

Coulter

“Emma Hunt, a piano prodigy and the granddaughter of powerful crime boss Mason Lord, was only six years old when she was abducted. Then, she was saved by her adoptive father, San Francisco federal judge Ramsey Hunt. Now a twelve-year-old with a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, she narrowly saves herself from a would-be kidnapper at Davies Hall in San Francisco. Worried for her safety, Emma’s entire family joins her for her next performance, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.. Sherlock and officers from METRO are assigned to protect her, but things don’t turn out as planned…”

From the Reviews

Kirkus: “Pulse-pounding terror mixed with romance makes for page-turning pleasure.”

Publishers Weekly: “Scintillating suspense surrounds the dual mysteries as the stakes rise for Savich and Sherlock and those they’re seeking to protect. Series fans will be riveted from the very first page.”

Library Journal: “The twenty-sixth installment of Coulter’s FBI series delivers just what the author’s fans have come to expect: a story that doesn’t go where we might expect it to; a supporting cast of new and exciting characters; and two familiar faces, Savich and Sherlock, who have come to feel like old friends.”

–Malcolm

Malcolm R. Campbell is the author of the Florida Folk Magic novels which you can buy at a savings in one Kindle volume