"Countdown" by James Patterson & Brendan Dubois-Lady protagonist thriller!
This book is published by Century in 2023 and it has 480 pages.
Emy Cornwall has joined CIA to avoid dishonorable discharge from army when she killed several Mexican drug cartel members to save her husband and daughter. She is on a mission in Lebanon in collaboration with British special services when she realizes that the British team has another secret mission planned without CIA knowledge. Amy bring Amy joints in uninvited and against orders. A terror plot is in the offing.
Why does Amy join? Why does she go against the others? What is the terror plot? Who is the mastermind?
Apparently a Saudi businessman, bastard child of a prince, Rishad Hussein, is going to be killed. He is an American asset.
The story takes us from Lebenon to France to England to America. MI6 and CIA are at loggerheads. Amy and Jeremy become persona non grata. It's up to them to stop the terrorists. Count down begins.
The terror plot appears to be too complicated. There are too many variables for the success of it. Author has realized it and shows the villain thinking that he will use a simple and direct plot next time.
The story is a typical thriller. However, author introduces a twist at the end to make it interesting. The story also ends at a turn where a sequel is imminent. But the author has stopped at such a point where several possibilities open up for the sequel. He can use the same villain, same protagonists, a different villain, new protagonist etc. This basically tells us that the author is undecided about how he wants to take the story forwarded.
Why did I read this book? James Paterson.
What I didn't like? Deaths of Tom and Denise.
What did I like? The twist.
It's an OK read.
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