Author: Lee Goldberg
Narrrator: Adam Verner
Series: Ian Ludlow Thrillers (Book 1)
Publication: Thomas & Mercer (April 1, 2018); Brilliance Audio (April 1, 2018)
Series: Ian Ludlow Thrillers (Book 1)
Publication: Thomas & Mercer (April 1, 2018); Brilliance Audio (April 1, 2018)
Length: 6 hours and 51 minutes
Description: #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Lee Goldberg hits the ground running in a breakneck thriller where truth and fiction collide for the unluckiest writer alive.
When a passenger jet crashes onto the beaches of Waikiki, bestselling thriller writer Ian Ludlow knows the horrific tragedy wasn’t an accident.
Years before, the CIA enlisted Ian to dream up terrorism scenarios to prepare the government for nightmares they couldn’t imagine. Now one of those schemes has come true, and Ian is the only person alive who knows how it was done…and who is behind the plot. That makes him too dangerous to live.
Ian goes on the run, sweeping up an innocent bystander in his plight—Margo French, a dog walker and aspiring singer. They are pursued by assassins and an all-seeing global-intelligence network that won’t stop until Ian and Margo are dead. Ian has written thrillers like this before, but this time he doesn’t know how it’s going to end—or if he will be alive to find out.
My Thoughts: The first in the Ian Ludlow series was a fast-paced thriller with more than a hint of humor. Ian Ludlow is an author. He writes thrillers starring Clint Straker, a secret agent who makes James Bond look ineffectual.
Description: #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Lee Goldberg hits the ground running in a breakneck thriller where truth and fiction collide for the unluckiest writer alive.
When a passenger jet crashes onto the beaches of Waikiki, bestselling thriller writer Ian Ludlow knows the horrific tragedy wasn’t an accident.
Years before, the CIA enlisted Ian to dream up terrorism scenarios to prepare the government for nightmares they couldn’t imagine. Now one of those schemes has come true, and Ian is the only person alive who knows how it was done…and who is behind the plot. That makes him too dangerous to live.
Ian goes on the run, sweeping up an innocent bystander in his plight—Margo French, a dog walker and aspiring singer. They are pursued by assassins and an all-seeing global-intelligence network that won’t stop until Ian and Margo are dead. Ian has written thrillers like this before, but this time he doesn’t know how it’s going to end—or if he will be alive to find out.
My Thoughts: The first in the Ian Ludlow series was a fast-paced thriller with more than a hint of humor. Ian Ludlow is an author. He writes thrillers starring Clint Straker, a secret agent who makes James Bond look ineffectual.
When Ian hears about a plane crash in Honolulu, he's surprised. After all, he was called in with a bunch of fellow authors to dream up terrorist scenarios supposedly for the CIA. This one was one of his scenarios. And when he contacts his fellow conference attendees, he finds that all of them are dead in what look like ordinary deaths. It makes him rethink a few accidents that he's had lately including the one that has given him a broken arm.
Ian is on an author tour with Margo French as his assigned driver. She's a dog walker and aspiring singer-songwriter. When he says that they need to run and hide, Margo is thinking that his character has gone to his head. At least, she thinks so until they are almost mown down by a self-driving car.
Ian uses the things he has learned doing his research for his Straker books to help them elude their pursuers. But the villain is a corporation that wants to take over the CIA and they have many more resources than Ian and Margo do. What they don't have is Ian's imagination.
Ian and Margo make their way to the California/Nevada desert where an actor Ian wrote for in his television days has decided to live. Ronnie Mancuso has mental health issues which have spawned conspiracy theories. But he's the right guy to help Ian and Margo disappear and get away from agents of the corporation.
The story is filled with action and humor. Most of the humor comes from Margo's attitude toward all the things that are happening around them. Of course, Ronnie who played a police detective who was half-man and half-plant and really believes his role added substantial humor too.
I really enjoyed this first in a series mystery and look forward to reading more.
I bought this one for my Kindle and added the audiobook. You can buy your copy here.
I bought this one for my Kindle and added the audiobook. You can buy your copy here.
Sounds like an interesting book.
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