Checkmate (The Patrick Bowers Files #7) by Steven James -- Starting March 7th 2024

[Melanie]

In "Checkmate," critically acclaimed novelist Steven James offers the final, chilling chapter in his bestselling series, The Bowers Files.
When a clandestine FBI facility is attacked, Special Agent Patrick Bowers is drawn into the vicious, ruthless story that a killer from his past is bent on telling the world.
Clues lead to long forgotten secrets buried deep beneath uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. Now, Bowers is caught up in trying to stop one of the most deadly attacks ever planned on American soil.
Smart, tense and full of mind-bending twists and turns, "Checkmate" explodes onto the scene, bringing The Bowers Files to a climactic and unforgettable conclusion.

[Melanie]

Starting!! So excited to be refreshed on how this series ended. This is the only book in the series I haven't reread yet. 😊

[Melanie]

Chapter 59

(view spoiler)[I find it interesting how Tessa is interested in Beck and made the first move...yet it seems to have scared him off. I wonder why?? (hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

Chapter 60

(view spoiler)[Oh man. Basque is now going to go after Giovanni. (hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

Chapter 63

(view spoiler)[The nanobots!! That's what they put in Travis in Broker of Lies!!! So cool the connection here... and this was written before that one. (hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

Finished

(view spoiler)[Amazing!!!! I love how everything wrapped up. Tessa and Beck seem like a great couple and I hope we get future novels to see how that ends up.

So glad that Ralph's wife and newborn ended up okay. Scary what he had planned. (hide spoiler)]