What do you think?
Rate this book
Shadow Council
The Shadow Council lurks everywhere …
And high ranking members have taken an interest in FBI Special Agent Megan Luchek. From the beautiful state parks of Hawaii to the chilly backwoods of Pennsylvania in winter, Megan knows how to find trouble all on her own.
Money Makes it Agent Luchek steps into high heels and deep danger when she gets assigned to investigate a bank.
Revenge Makes it Megan gets a late night summons to the hospital to speak with a gunshot victim. She knows to expect almost anything, yet he still surprises her.
Christmas Makes it Agent Luchek goes to Philadelphia for an antiterrorism conference only to face off against real terrorists.
Treachery Makes it Megan gets an unlikely ally in the desperate fight to save Dan’s family from a madman.
An agent’s job is never truly dull, but it always gets more exciting—and deadly—when the cases involve the Shadow Council.
And high ranking members have taken an interest in FBI Special Agent Megan Luchek. From the beautiful state parks of Hawaii to the chilly backwoods of Pennsylvania in winter, Megan knows how to find trouble all on her own.
Money Makes it Agent Luchek steps into high heels and deep danger when she gets assigned to investigate a bank.
Revenge Makes it Megan gets a late night summons to the hospital to speak with a gunshot victim. She knows to expect almost anything, yet he still surprises her.
Christmas Makes it Agent Luchek goes to Philadelphia for an antiterrorism conference only to face off against real terrorists.
Treachery Makes it Megan gets an unlikely ally in the desperate fight to save Dan’s family from a madman.
An agent’s job is never truly dull, but it always gets more exciting—and deadly—when the cases involve the Shadow Council.
358 pages, Paperback
Published November 24, 2018
1 person is currently reading
17 people want to read
About the author
Julie C. Gilbert
127 books298 followersJulie C. Gilbert teaches high school chemistry and writes Young Adult, science fiction, fantasy, mystery/thriller, poetry, and Christian stories.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
October 22, 2019
Wow!!! I loved this book, so glad I discovered it as I really enjoyed it. This is a box set of four books but as most of the stories continues where the last one finished it was like listening to one big excellent book, the books are sold separately and last about three hours each so this was a brilliant way of getting your hands on all of them at once and making it a much better story, otherwise I would probably be saying I wish they had been longer. I really liked the characters from the assassin to the FBI agents family, I liked them all. The stories were all different but connected and there wasn't a bad one in the bunch. A must read or listen.
Money makes it deadlier.
A husband wants to get rid of his wife but a divorce is to expensive so he turns to a fixer on the shadow council. Who comes up with the idea of staging a bank robbery then a week later disgraced she kills herself. Unfortunately for him two special agents are investigating banks undercover and happens to be at the bank at the time of the robbery.
Revenge makes it sweet.
With his plans to kill his wife up in smoke he turns to bribing in order to gain the affections of his daughter. The shadow council are not happy with his actions and call for an open day on fixers and Martin Cantrell himself. When one is partly taken out He summons FBI agent Megan to protect the girl but that is in the cross hairs of warring fractions inside the agency but it seems she already has here own guardian angel.
Christmas makes it Chaos
Christmas time is a horrible time to be away from a young family and the is exactly why Megan arranges for her partner family to join them when they get the assignment of talking at a seminar. It's a shame the terrorist didn't warn them not to come to town. Megan finds herself partnering up with an unlike ally to spread the good cheer and more importantly to stay alive but can she trust her new friend or will she find coal in her stocking this year?
Treachery makes it tense
The unlike pairing of an FBI agent and assassin is required once again when a common enemy swears revenge against the pair that saw an endld to his deadly plan last time round. This time he is going bolder by targeting loved ones and getting them to kill each other. Is this a move he will life to regret or will they turn to the dark side?
I really liked the narrator. She did an excellent job of keeping the story fun and entertaining, I would listen to her again.
Money makes it deadlier.
A husband wants to get rid of his wife but a divorce is to expensive so he turns to a fixer on the shadow council. Who comes up with the idea of staging a bank robbery then a week later disgraced she kills herself. Unfortunately for him two special agents are investigating banks undercover and happens to be at the bank at the time of the robbery.
Revenge makes it sweet.
With his plans to kill his wife up in smoke he turns to bribing in order to gain the affections of his daughter. The shadow council are not happy with his actions and call for an open day on fixers and Martin Cantrell himself. When one is partly taken out He summons FBI agent Megan to protect the girl but that is in the cross hairs of warring fractions inside the agency but it seems she already has here own guardian angel.
Christmas makes it Chaos
Christmas time is a horrible time to be away from a young family and the is exactly why Megan arranges for her partner family to join them when they get the assignment of talking at a seminar. It's a shame the terrorist didn't warn them not to come to town. Megan finds herself partnering up with an unlike ally to spread the good cheer and more importantly to stay alive but can she trust her new friend or will she find coal in her stocking this year?
Treachery makes it tense
The unlike pairing of an FBI agent and assassin is required once again when a common enemy swears revenge against the pair that saw an endld to his deadly plan last time round. This time he is going bolder by targeting loved ones and getting them to kill each other. Is this a move he will life to regret or will they turn to the dark side?
I really liked the narrator. She did an excellent job of keeping the story fun and entertaining, I would listen to her again.
May 5, 2020
I received this book for free. I am voluntarily posting a review and any opinions expressed herein are my own.
This book contains four separate stories - although each one basically begins on the heels of the ending of the previous story. The first story establishes the Shadow Council and how FBI agent Megan Luchek and her partner stumble into them while investigating bank fraud. The remaining three stories continue to ratchet up the tension as Megan becomes like a dog with bone while continuing to look into the Shadow Council and keeping herself alive from an unrelenting assassin. There is a lot of plotting and puzzling to put together the pieces coupled with some great action. Very entertaining read.
The narrator, Liz Brand, does a wonderful job - distinguishing the characters and moving the action along. Very enjoyable.
This book contains four separate stories - although each one basically begins on the heels of the ending of the previous story. The first story establishes the Shadow Council and how FBI agent Megan Luchek and her partner stumble into them while investigating bank fraud. The remaining three stories continue to ratchet up the tension as Megan becomes like a dog with bone while continuing to look into the Shadow Council and keeping herself alive from an unrelenting assassin. There is a lot of plotting and puzzling to put together the pieces coupled with some great action. Very entertaining read.
The narrator, Liz Brand, does a wonderful job - distinguishing the characters and moving the action along. Very enjoyable.
November 21, 2019
Good story and it has action throughout. Likeable characters, as well as a share of shady ones. You enjoyed it and the narrator who told the story did a really good job of keeping your interest. So when you get a chance pick up a copy and enjoy.
December 20, 2021
I loved this book. The action and adventure levels were high and kept me reading long into the night.
August 18, 2016
The Shadow Council is a secret but powerful organization that lives in the shadows. Its mission is supposed to be to keep order, but its members are more interested in power than in order. And they are willing to do whatever it takes to maintain their power.
FBI Special Agent Marcella Scott and her partner Matthew Rogers encounter the Shadow Council and one of its assassins, Cassandra Mirren, in a series of interrelated episodes. I appreciate that each of the three novellas in this omnibus collection is a stand-alone story. Although there are loose threads left in each to be tied up in future installments in the series, there is a satisfying ending to each story. I could have stopped reading after any novella and still have enjoyed a good read--but I enjoyed the stories so much, I didn't want to stop.
The character development of Cassandra and the development of her working relationship with Marcella are particularly interesting. They start out as foes and end up, perhaps not as friends, but at least as collaborators.
I received the book for free in exchange for this honest, unbiased review.
FBI Special Agent Marcella Scott and her partner Matthew Rogers encounter the Shadow Council and one of its assassins, Cassandra Mirren, in a series of interrelated episodes. I appreciate that each of the three novellas in this omnibus collection is a stand-alone story. Although there are loose threads left in each to be tied up in future installments in the series, there is a satisfying ending to each story. I could have stopped reading after any novella and still have enjoyed a good read--but I enjoyed the stories so much, I didn't want to stop.
The character development of Cassandra and the development of her working relationship with Marcella are particularly interesting. They start out as foes and end up, perhaps not as friends, but at least as collaborators.
I received the book for free in exchange for this honest, unbiased review.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews