KnockOut

FBI Thriller #13

by Catherine Coulter

Seven-year-old Autumn Backman needed a hero. When she saw Special Agent Dillon Savich on TV after he'd brought down bank robbers in a Georgetown bank, she knew she'd found him.

She called Savich, but she didn't use the phone...

Ethan Merriweather, sheriff of Titusville, Virginia, a small mountain town near the Titus Hitch Wilderness, goes looking for a missing little girl. Soon after he finds her, Ethan realizes that Autumn has brought him a huge problem - a relentless madman who has the ability to control others simply by looking at them. And the madman is after her and her mom.

It's a race to stop the madness, or the madness will destroy them all...

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Crime

417 pages, Hardcover

First published June 16, 2009

Reviews

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Catherine Coulter thriller featured two unusual sets of culprits to catch. A little girl named Autumn has gone to a small town with her mother to hide, then run away. She inisits someone awful is after her. When we finally learn the truth, it’s far creepier than one might imagine.

Savich, who has a penchant for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, is minding his own business at the bank, when a notorious gang of robbers come in to rob the place. They take hostages, a shootout ensues, and one of the survivors develops a grudge that means he’ll have to find her before she finds him. Another strange culprit in this one, a sixteen year old girl. Following these two mysteries across small towns was quite interesting!

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.

[Tamela · Rating 1 out of 5]

Eh . . .

Although I like the main plot concept, the sub-plot just seems pointless. I'm wondering if the bank robber angle will somehow end up dovetailing with the child-kidnapping story. In the meantime, it's just annoying.

In my opinion, the author's poorly written and disjointed style is off-putting. At one point I felt like I was trying to watch a scratched-up DVD that kept skipping, leaving out big chunks of the story. I'm particularly disenchanted with the inauthentic and cliched dialogue and find it highly distracting.

I've read Catherine Coulter in the past and don't remember her style being so sloppy. Makes me wonder if a) she's using a ghost writer or b) she's now too famous for editors to actually edit her work (something I like to call the "Patricia Cornwell Isle of Dogs Syndrome." I'm still bitter about the hours I wasted reading that travesty.)

If anyone has a Catherine Coulter book they'd like to recommend that will restore my faith in her abilities, please let me know. Otherwise, she's going on my "Don't Bother" list.

[Kathie · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a disappointment. I downloaded the audio book and was very tempted to put this on my "couldn't get through" shelf but I struggled through to the end because I could listen while driving instead of wasting precious reading time. I was not interested in the supernatural, the cult, and the completely overblown characters. The mother was far too protective, the 6-year-old way beyond her years in vocabulary and general knowledge to be believable. And who lets a six-year-old repeatedly crawl out windows and wander around at night when bad people are after them? The bank robbers were way too intense. I'm glad I'm done with it!!

[Julie (jjmachshev) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes indeedy, I do like Catherine Coulter's 'FBI' series starring agents with grit, smarts, a kicka$$ computer, humor, and the occasional 'gifts'. "Knock Out" is her latest novel set in the world of Savich and Sherlock and it is...a knock out.

This time Savich and Sherlock are working two cases at the same time. The first involves a gang of vicious bank robbers who kill security guards for no reason other than 'fun'. The second involves a special girl named Autumn, who first speaks to Savich in his sleep. Autumn is being hunted for her 'talents' by a paranormal cult group who have named themselves after a devil-worshiping 1500s cult. So which case will be important? When it comes down to it, do you rescue one small girl on the run or hunt down two indiscrimite killers?

I'm not sure which group of 'bad guys' were creepier. Both could be classified as 'nutjobs' (that's the clinical term doncha you know), but both treated the lives of others as 'cheap change'. I'm wondering if we'll see more of Autumn in a later novel (which I would LOVE to read); or quite possibly one of the characters from the cult who may have gotten away.

"Knock Out" grabbed me from page one and the action never slowed. There's no real romance or sex in Coulter's recent FBI novels, but that doesn't affect my enjoyment one bit. She almost always manages to throw me a few curveballs that I never saw coming and yet when I'm finished, I can only wonder how I didn't catch on before! Her characters are real to me and their dilemmas and reactions make me think. Smart, sexy, action mysteries. Is that a genre? If it's not, it should be and Catherine Coulter is an author that needs to be at the top of the author list for it. If you enjoy hold-your-breath action, well-plotted mystery, and a little 'woo woo'; and you have a few hours to read...grab "Knock Out" and tune out the world.

[Laura (Kyahgirl) · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have to give this one star because I did not finish it. I got to about chapter 33 when I turned off my ipod in disgust. The first few books in the FBI thriller series were pretty good but its gone downhill to the point where I won't be picking up another one. The story was slow and too well padded to make it very interesting. It was ok at first, had the potential to be engage me. Then about where I stopped the Mom started doing the TSTL thing and all these brilliant FBI guys, sheriff and deputies became oblivious and somewhat brain dead. The end.

[Suz McDowell · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’ve read all of the “Brit in the FBI” books and loved them, but I detested this book. The “bad guy” characters were way overdone, and I got tired of Lissy’s craziness and Blessing’s sobbing. Plus, the supernatural gifts angle was so unbelievable that it annoyed me.

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Re-read.

Oh yes. This is the Blessed Backman book. Creepy! I remember bits and pieces of this one, even though it has been years since I first read it. Most of all, I remember the little girl, Autumn, and her "special" relationship with Dillon Savich. I did not forget the weird cult or feeling like I stepped into the Twilight Zone. But, I have experienced many things in my life others might scoff at, so it was not so startling to me. Cults are out there anyway, so that wasn't such a stretch. This book was certainly different from the others in this series. Still thoroughly enjoyable, however.

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was always anxious to get back to this book, and the characters were well-written. My only real complaint was the para-normal story line. I found the word "stymied" to be just silly, but the rest of the book was such a fun read, I forgive it.

[Dee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two-haiku review:

Bank robbers kill folks
Psychics kidnap little girl
Two plots, back and forth

Not fave of series
Bit too much woo-woo for me
Three-and-a-half stars

[Linda Munro · Rating 5 out of 5]

A telepathic link has been dispatched between Agent Dillon Savich and 7 year-old Autumn Backman. If that is not strange enough, she chose Savich after seeing him on the news after he thwarted a bank robbery. She felt he was a hero and her mother and she needed a hero at this moment in time.

As much as Savich wants to help the little girl, he is still hot on the trail of two of the escaped bandits.

When the same little girl becomes the target of a search for a missing child, Sherriff Ethan Merriweather will be shocked t o find the youngster hiding out at his house when he returns from the unsuccessful search. He will soon realize that this little girl is going to bring him big problems.

Her uncles and grandmother want the child, she belongs t o them as does her special powers and they will do everything possible to bring the child into their fold!

Can’t help myself, I love the wacky criminals that the FBI must bring to justice!

[Laras · Rating 2 out of 5]

The characters in this novel are the most talkative bunch I've ever encountered. They talk, and talk, and talk, and talk. They describe things and narrate the off-page events and events in the past in dialogues. They even sometimes talk in long paragraphs. Unfortunately, these dialogues are often weird and sometimes awkward. The speaker can change subject suddenly without signs: no pause, no conjunction, no author explanation that the speaker has shifted their attention. The dialogues can be "They murdered a family of three in cold blooded way. I like your hair. It's so shiny." The dialogues also fall flat and emotionless because of this. Almost there's no word or phrase used to indicate any emotions that should be felt by the speaker. It's like a bad actor saying his lines without feelings and expressions. And the last thing about the dialogues, they are weird, not natural, not like the things people in real life will say. It looks like the characters try so hard to be funny or witty or whatever, but fail.

And since they talk in weird way and seem to have no emotions, chemistry between characters is also almost nonexistent. Like, Dillon and Sherlock are married, yet when they kiss or cuddle, they feel like two strangers--or work partners at most--kissing and cuddling. Joanna doesn't feel like Autumn's mother, and Ethan and Joanna's interactions feel distant.

The story is okay, but can be better. It appears that there are two separated stories in one book, with Dillon only get involved very little in Autumn's story and only contribute little help that can be done by anyone Ethan can ask. I wonder why Autumn has to be made to contact Dillon in the first place because it turns out Dillon isn't the one to be her hero.

In conclusion, I didn't really enjoy my reading this novel. Too many dialogues can really be annoying, I found out. And bad dialogues at that, too.

[Arlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great suspense mystery with FBI team Dillion Savich and Lacey Sherlock! There are several books with these characters and they are always saving or helping someone. Usually youll hear of those characters in future books, so its nice to remember them and hear about them again. This story has two storylines that the Savich and Sherlock are following. A young Bonnie & Clyde type they are trying to capture. And then a little girl of 7 yrs old and her mom, trying to escape her in laws family that wants to take the girl from her since their son died. The little girl communicates to Savich telepathically, so that's a little unbelievable, but I like stuff like that and who am I to say it cant happen? LOL These books dont have to be read in order, because each story supports itself. But it is nice to read them in order because you learn how Savich and Sherlock met and how they became a team and all the people they are involved with. Check it out!

[Ami · Rating 2 out of 5]

So disappointing. I have read other adventures of Sherlock and Savich, and enjoyed them. I certainly don't recall them being so disjointed and incomprehensible. The diologue was ridiculously unrealistic. A macho FBI agent is NOT going to describe a child as a "precious little girl, all that dark brown hair, her blue eyes and the line of freckles across her nose; she's the image of her mother." in a simple aside during conversation over a grill. The twin plot lines had only the barest hint of connections, but neither was well fleshed out. It was as if someone had taken two partial stories and mushed them together without much care or forethought. This was given to me and I had thought to give it to my mother for Christmas but I shant waste her time with it. I'm not even sure if I'll pick up any other of Coulter's volumes, let alone this series.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

While Coulter did a pretty good job of taking two parallel plot lines and keeping them going until they finally intersect, the dialogue for the seven-year old didn't quite ring true. Granted, this is the third book of a series of which I hadn't read the prior two, but I felt like the writing was a little sketchy in parts, especially at the end. I'd read some of her earlier books, and this one didn't seem quite up to par with them. Her general plot(s) and character development were interesting, but it felt like she ran out of time writing it at the end.

[Stacey · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't know what is cheesier... the plot or the people reading this. This was my first audio book and it was bad. Like real bad. The book just dropped you in this story without any background. Little knowledge as to what actual FBI agents do and the procedure they follow. Two separate half assed stories slapped together to make a pitiful book. Don't worry. The Lincoln Memorial on the cover.... doesn't even take place in DC. Pathetic.

[Cléverton Bezerra · Rating 1 out of 5]

What the fuck? I mean, there is bad, but this is something way worse than bad. The plot, the characters, the supernatural shit, the descriptions, the action... Nothing works in this book, everything is badly conceived or written.

[Anitalia Payne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another book by Catherine Coulter that I loved very much, 5 stars from me.

Savich and Sherlock are working two cases at the same time. The first involves a gang of vicious bank robbers, who likes killing people only for “fun” Savich was in the bank as one of the customer. The second involves a 7 year old girl named Autumn who has an ability to talk with Savich through her mind. She’s being chased for her talent by a paranormal cult group. So which one that they should worked first, which one is important?

The whole book got its action, it never slowed, like watching a comple action movie along with the tense chasing scenes. Some humor dialogues also well described in some pages, so it brings the character more alive and real.

I know I’m left behind by reading this FBI thriller series, the book was being published a decade ago, but still thrilled that I still had the chance to read one of them.

If you’re looking for non-stopping-action reading, well written plot, adored law enforcement stories, this is the book.

[Astro Dune · Rating 1 out of 5]

Full blown supernatural bs, her novels were quite bland and very artificial in plot progression, but still, there were good background noise, u just put em on while working out or while doing something else, but supernatural bs, sighs.
And then there is the ignorant streak, in every novel she talks about some cop stuff, and then quite casually spreads some huge amount misinformed, she makes the justice system look like a non-functional dark age circus.

From misinformation to outright fabricated beliefs, let me give u some examples,
She mentioned in one of her older nobles, how the lawyers would simply walk in and get any criminal relised, by simply claiming insanity or some other disability, or bad childhood, I don't think she ever bothered to do proper research, or she just found one source with some bad opinions and took it as god's word, or she just made up her own opinion based on a bad experience and just went ham.
Anyone who gets involved in such things will tell u that it's not even close to this much hollywood drama, infact most criminals prefer to do jail time, and the do that by pleading guilt, they do that as a mutual understanding, explained to them by their provided lawyers, they take the jail time for the simple fact, that if they plead innocent, and the evidence points them to be guilty beyond doubt, then rather rather than some jail time, they can go down for a very very long time, it's called cutting a deal, and most criminals make it, it's so that they get less time for cooperation, and some charges even get dropped if there is no evidence, and yes it's not the best system, but it works, cause the longer the case goes on, the higer the chances of some extra evidence popping up, or the existing evidence being discredited, hence it's serves the best interest of both cops and criminals to take the deal so to say, to avoid making the situation worse.
I can give u a lot more examples with real world links but u get the point.

And then there was the latest bank thing, where she suggests that savich can get sued by civilians who were in the bank, while he stopped a bank robbery, I can't even begin to tell u how many things are wrong in that, first of all she is right, a civilian can sue any one who tried to act all macho during a robbery or any situation like that, where innocent by standers can get harmed, it's a real thing, the only problem with that is, it's extremely situational, and I mean super super situational, sure anyone can file a lawsuit, but that means jack shit, for a lawsuit to be taken seriously, let alone come in front of a judge , it needs to have the right scenario, for example, in the above scenario of the bank case, the only way any officer or even a civilian with a gun licence would be liable to suing, was if they played macho, meaning, if during the robbery they stood up and started fighting the robbers, or if they behaved in a way that lead to a shoot out or that ended up in a conflict, not cause by the robbers but due to the third party acting if their own volition, and hence causing a scenario to go from a bank robbery to a shootout, hence endangering other people, this also the reason why in almost all bank robberies and even house robbery, the robbers try not to spill a single drop of blood, cause the second they shoot, they simply made the statement that they are willing to kill, and all chances of them getting alive goes out the window, and let's get back to the scenario in the book, the robbers have already shot gaurds dead in previous heist, sure there is no way to know if they are the same robbers, but the fact that robbers killed people for sports in recent heist gives cops the ability to shoot at them, as long as no civilian gets hurt in the crossfire, second, the robbers singled out savich and the security gaurd, and were about to shoot them, savich acted in self defence and also to save the life of the gaurd, even if a person gets shot in the process, u can in no world blame in on anyone othe than the robber, the court will throw the case out by simply looking at it, and in this case no one got shot, so even the idea that he can get sued by some civilian for endangering their life, cause the cop wanted to save his life and the life of another person, well let's just say the end result is nasty.
U might be thinking why am I ranting so much in this scenario, well cause i was In one such scenario myself, and my neighbour who is s low ranking cop was there in the bank with us and one of the robbers tried to shoot him simply cause he was a cop, and the robber failed spectacularly, but one week latter one of the people who were in the bank, tried to sue the cop, for the reason that his actions could have lead to death of othe people, this dude wad quite the community hot shot, he was rich and quite powerfull, but when he tried to make a fuss sbout it, the whole situation came to light, and how the robber singled out the cops and all that, and let's just ssy that the hot shot in not a hot shot anyone, infact he sorts became the resident kickbag for the community, cause when his suit was thrown out, and very publicly I must add, he got sued by the cop, and the cop won, he sued for defamation and some other things, and the hot shot was asked the most tough question of all, in front of a camera, "do u value your life more over others, and do u think that the cop should have let the robbers kill him?", The results were nasty to say the least. Even today he gets ridiculed for such a stupid action, in the end the same cop had to save his bacon from some thugs who thought he was the perfect target, and the cops won't help him, but they did, and as they should, cause their job is one of the most dangerous one, and all they get for doing it is, how they should do it better.
And that's why when authors like here say stupid shit like this, it gets my blood boiling.

[Coleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having recently read another of Coulter's FBI thrillers, I could see a similar pattern in her writing. Two separate 'incidents' in different locations with different characters proceed back and forth in the book. There is once again no real connection except that in this book, the FBI characters, Sherlock and Savitch also are [amazingly to me] going back and forth in the book at crucial moments in the stories' action.

One of the subplots involves a group of bank robbers, and their subsequent flight and chase. The other action somewhat obscurely in my opinion relates to a child who has an ability to mentally connect with others who are not present...somewhat like mental telepathy but more long-distance. Her deceased father's relatives are attempting to kidnap her because of her special abilities.

If Coulter's readers enjoy her style of writing, her action plots, her FBI and other characters, then they will I believe also like this book.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Knockout,” the 13th installment in the Catherine Coulter FBI Thriller series, continuing the story of agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock. The FBI Thriller series has become a soap opera in my reading life, offering compelling characters who face the world’s most formidable adversaries. In “Knockout,” Savich and Sherlock encounter a pair of teenage killers and a cult of telepathic family members. Their mission is to locate a young family member telepathically connected to Savich. While the book explores intriguing themes, I found the “woo-woo” elements a bit excessive. Consequently, I’ve given “Knockout” a 3-star rating.

[Reba · Rating 1 out of 5]

This one was difficult to finish. A lot of big moments were retold word for word by other characters instead of playing out on the page which took me out of the story time and time again.

[Mary Kurtz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've never read this author, and I need to give her all the stars. Great suspense and strong characters.

[Lianne Burwell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Where Nora Roberts has had a lot of success writing a future cop series, Catherine Coulter has been doing the same with a contemporary FBI agent, his wife (and Max, their AI). Each book involves and FBI plot, and a second plot with new characters that always ends with a romance.

In this volume, the FBI plot deals with a teenaged psychopather and her slightly older side-kick/cousin/lover who is a little more conflicted. They, along with psycho-girl`s mother and a couple of others are bank robbers who, at the start of the book, target a bank that Agent Savich is waiting in line at. The mother is killed, the girl is injured, and the cousin gets away. He later breaks the girl out of the hospital and she is now on the revenge trail.

The other plot involves a small town sheriff trying to protect a woman and her psychic daughter from her late husband's family. The family has a cult and plans to use the girl. She contacts Savich, who has no problem accepting psychic contact from a seven year old girl.

The cult story was rather interesting, although the plot is a little under-developed in places. And the psycho plot, which was more interesting to me, disappeared for up to a hundred pages at a time.

The main problem with the book was the innevitable romance between the sheriff and the widowed mother. There was no build up at all. He respects her, and wants to protect the family, but it felt like Ms Coulter got more than two-thirds of the way through the book and realized that she needed a romance, and *ping*, they're kissing. There was no foundation set for it, and at the end of the book I was shrugging and figuring that they weren't going to last. The romance just didn't need to be shoe-horned into the book.

While I pick up the JD Robb/Nora Roberts book as soon as they come out, the Catherine Coulter FBI series is one that I don't always pick up, and I have no interest in reading them in order. Still, they are a nice time filler, usually. This one wasn't one of the better ones, though. Maybe 2 1/2 stars

[Kelsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

My Take: Overall, outstanding but I won't lie to you, the beginning was a bit slow. It might have just been the fact that I was so busy I couldn't get into it though so don't let what I said scare you away. I didn't read the other 15 books by this author in this series, I read it as a stand alone, which worked but I did at times feel like I was left out of what was happening because I might not have had all the back story but I had enough to follow along and still enjoy it. I was able to relate to the character without knowing everything about them. We were filled in with the information we would need to understand their motivations and actions.

Also, there is enough action to keep your interest. Every so often I would have a moment of disbelief at what they were going through but in the end it all made perfect sense. I found myself even wanting to protect Autumn like all the other characters in the book did; she was very lovable. I was happy to find myself being able to tell the difference between reality and fiction when in this novel it is sometimes hard to tell what is really happening and what the character's are tricking others into believing. I found their "gifts" to be somewhat believable...okay sometimes it was a stretch but I have a great imagination and that helped.

Final Thoughts: If you like action and can handle the strange telepathic...stuff that happens then this book is great for you. There are many twists and turns that keep things fresh and interesting. You might want to start with the first book in the series before reading this but you don't have to. I think that I might go back and read the previous novels. Enjoy!

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[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars*
A seven year old girl, Autumn Backman, contacts FBI Special Agent Dillon Savich after seeing a show about him on TV. She is able to communicate with Savach telepathically.

In Titusville, VA. Autumn runs away and hides in the home of Sheriff Ethan Merriweather. She tells Ethan that a man who goes by the name of Blessed is after her and her mother, Joanna and warns Ethan not to look into Blessed's eyes because he can control a person's thoughts once they do look him in the eye.

Savach had disrupted a bank robbery and killed one of the robbers. He was attempting to find the last survivor and the person who drove the get away vehicle when Autumn contacts him again, asking him to help her.

The reader learns that Blessed is Autumn's uncle who with his thought control ability wants to take Autumn back to the Virginia homestead where the family can benefit from her ability.

When Savich attempts to help Autumn, the two bank robbers cvome to his home to take revenge on his family. FBI were watching Savich's house and the two barely escape.

"Knock Out" is a fun read. The action never stops and the reader is caught up in the excitement. The author states that she is influenced by Agatha Christie and Michael Connelly among others but in this tale where many people have extra sensory ability, it seems that Stephen King and his novel, "Firestarter" is also an influence.

Hop aboard for the ride. You'll enjoy it.

[Catherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't like this book as well as I normally like Catherine Coulter's books. The story was good once I got into it, but the premise took some time to accept. I used this to fulfill one of the tasks for my reading challenge, which was to read a book and "cast" the movie. Here is my cast:

Sherlock: Marcia Cross

Savich: Matthew Fox

Lissy: Jessica Stroup (Silver, 90210)

Victor: Stanislav Ianevski (Viktor Krum, Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire)

Ethan: Michael Weatherly (Tony DiNozzo, NCIS)

Joanna: Angie Harmon

Autumn: Miranda Carabello (Marie Dubois, Medium)

Ox: Owain Yeoman (Rigsby, The Mentalist)

Blessed: Michael Emmerson (Ben Linus, Lost)

Shepherd: Kathryn Joosten (Mrs. Landingham, The West Wing)

Kjell: George Harris (Kinsey Shacklebolt, Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix)

Master: Gregory Itzin (President Charles Logan, 24)

Father: Christopher Walken

Buzz Riley: Cheech Marin (thinking of his days as Joe on Nash Bridges)

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the 13th installment of the FBI thriller series by Catherine Coulter, it's really a knockout of a story--in two ways than one. It all started, when there's a bank robbery in action and the ensuing aftermath. Two young robbers are out for blood, seeking revenge, and want Dillon Savich dead. They wreck havoc everywhere they went, while they're on the run and hiding out. Meanwhile, young Autumn Backman needs Dillon's help with a sticky family situation down South. With her peculiar psychic ability, she connects him via her telepathy. Back and forth, they help Sheriff Ethan Merriweather with Autumn's uncles who wants her for their own sick cult. They give everyone a knockout of their own with their psychic power and stymie them to do what they want by looking into their eyes. He fights the Backman family with a dose of his own medicine of her own with Lacey Sherlock, before their lives were on the line. Lots of action, drama, high-intense suspense throughout this thriller to give you a knockout punch of your own. TKO!

[Melinda · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had high hopes for this book, while the scenes were intense, I found that the mixing of 2 separate storylines with Special Agent Dillon Savich in the middle kind of took away from both stories. I feel that the book should have focused on one storyline instead of overlapping two storylines. The characters and attention got stretched pretty thing pretty quickly, especially near the climax.

I do enjoy reading what Savich does to try and solve these cases. Both cases are vastly different and dangerous to those associated and connected to the cases. I do enjoy reading about Autumn but some of it just seems too far fetched to be believable, especially the cult story background....it felt incomplete and soft in some places.

Book was decent for part of it but then the story got so messy and rushed half way through towards the end.

[fifs · Rating 1 out of 5]

So... This sucks. I deeply identify with a lot of reviewers that gave one star to this book. And only to stress what has already been said: poorly-written characters, a boring and precditable supernatural plot and a sub-plot absolutely useless.

There is no character development at all.
The bad guys are just bad. Oh, why? Because THEY. JUST. ARE.

The "good guys" are the typical stereotype of the american hero: ethical, prince-like, strong and often making stupid decisions. They never misconduct.

They have no motifs, they never question their actions. In resume, these characters have no humanity and I couldn't get involved with them in any moment of the book.

In general, I would say that this book is poorly written and full of clichés and I could only finish it because it required me zero thinking to read it.

[Barbara ★ · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was great. I haven't read a Savich and Sherlock novel in years. The opening chapter was exciting and drew me right in to the bank robbery as if I had a front row seat. However, the book is not only about the bank robbery. There are two main themes: Sherlock and Savich are actively looking for the bank robber that got away; and Autumn has a band of crazy psychics after her and she is telepathically feeding Savich information in hopes that he can save her. This book is action through and through, from page one all the way to the end.