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TailSpin (FBI Thriller, Bk 12)
Author: Catherine Coulter

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Publisher: Putnam Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9780399155031 - ISBN-10: 0399155031
Publication Date: 6/24/2008
Pages: 416

Book Description:
FBI Special Agent Jackson Crowne is flying his Cessna over the Appalachians, with a very important passenger: renowned psychiatrist Dr. Timothy MacLean; their destination is Washington, D.C. Upon their arrival, the FBI will protect the doctor-and ascertain just who wants him dead.

But they don't make it.

In San Francisco, married FBI Special Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock take an early morning phone call from their supervisor, Jimmy Maitland. Maitland received a Mayday from Jackson in the mountains near Parlow, Kentucky, and sends Savich and Sherlock to see what's happened.

Agent Crowne is able to bring his plane down in a narrow valley and haul the unconscious Dr. MacLean from the burning wreckage before it explodes. Their crash is witnessed by Rachael Abbott, a young woman on the run after the mysterious death of her father. When Savich and Sherlock arrive on the scene, they find Jackson and Rachael in the Parlow clinic and Dr. MacLean comatose in the local hospital, prognosis unknown. What they do know frightens them: Dr. MacLean was recently diagnosed with frontal lobe dementia, and in the months prior to the crash his behavior had become erratic and alarmingly uninhibited, his ability to maintain doctor-patient confidentiality badly compromised. With a patient list made up of Washington movers and shakers, MacLean's role as a keeper of secrets is jeopardized as well. Is there someone out there so desperate that they'd kill the doctor for what he knows? It is up to Jackson, Savich, and Sherlock to find out-no matter the cost.

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(J) wrote on 7/12/2008...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

I've always enjoyed this Savich/Sherlock FBI series. The book prior to this one was not that great and I'm disappointed to say this one was only slightly better.

There are 2 plots going on which was great; however, the ending was a letdown. It seemed like the stories were moving along interestingly and then they just ended. I felt like the author was writing away and then all the sudden got tired and stopped.

I'd say the first three-quarters of this book is great...but the last quarter, I'd be stretching to give it 1 star.

Mary G. (BookLady) wrote on 8/28/2009...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

My first Coulter book and my last. First chapter was interesting but it went downhill from there. I was so bored!!! I like some romance in my reading and there was 0 romance in this book. The characters were shallow and the storyline silly. But that's my opinion. I read a lot of the reviews and some people love this writer, so different strokes for different folks, I guess. I like Nora Roberts, Carla Neggars, Susan Wiggs, etc. Coulter is totally NOT that type of writer.

Barbara F. (blueheronmom) wrote on 2/9/2009...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

I have avidly followed Catherine Coulter's FBI series, and have totally enjoyed it. This book, a relatively new one in the series, did not move as fast as the others. The premise was a little weak but I still enjoyed it.

Shawna D. (SAD) wrote on 1/9/2009...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Was this a thriller or romance, missed the mark on both counts. The characters weren't very likeable, at times I was hoping some would get knocked off. Alot of meaning less banter that had no bearing whatsoever on the story. Could have skipped alot of chapters and still 'got' the story. Guess I don't really like this author, I've given her several tries, can't win them all I guess.

Melanie H. (MELNELYNN) wrote on 10/12/2008...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

She woke up to find her hands tied to her chest and her legs locked in wieights just before theyows her into the lake. An expert swimmer, Rachel Abbott, illegitimate daughter of a powerful senator, gets free and goes on the run. She believes her father's two siblings want her dead to prevent her from revealing something that could have destroyed her dad's career; though before he died he was planning to go public. In Kentucky Appalachia on her way to a safe house to rest and think, she sees a plane make an emergency crash landing; the pilot and the passenger manage to escape just before the plane exploded.

The pilot is FBI Agent Jackson Crowne who was flying his friend psychiatrist Dr Timothy MacLean to Washington, D.C. in order for the agency to protect him from an unknown adversary. Dr. Maclean suffers from frontal lobe dementia, which has led him to break confidentiality about three patients. Even at the hospital there are attempts on the psychiatrist's life just as there are on Rachel's. Happily married Savich and Sherlock are sent to learn what happened to Maclean and then hearing her story, take Racheal under their wing. Soon they too are in danger from killers wanting Timothy and Rachel silenced.

Catherine Coulter is one of the best authors of exciting thrillers writing today. The several subplots running throughout her novels that eventually tie together is a work of art. In the case of TAILSPIN, Savich and Sherlock heat up the pages while a romance between Rachel and Jack blossoms. Readers already care about SS, but will also like JR. and his evolving romance with Rachael. Fans of the series will relish the protagonists and their cronies as they struggle to stay alive against cunning professional killers.

Kathleen K. wrote on 8/27/2009...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Catherin Coulter has created another FBI Thriller that is a page turner. The guessing game was a little hard to decifer, and the fake suicide fooled me, him pulling off the attempted murder stunts on the doctor character, very good book, enjoyed all the almost wiffed shootouts at the FBI characters. If you like suspense, mystery, Catherine Coulter can bring you entertainment for sure.

Debra M. wrote on 1/11/2009...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Another great read from Catherine Coulter. Easy, fast, and drama...with just a touch of romance.

Frances H. (Dimples2212) wrote on 9/30/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Another FBI book from Ms. Coulter. Enter Sherlock and Savich (the married FBI special agents). They agree to help Agent Jack Crowne's new love interest (Rachael) find out who killed her father, after she sees and helps rescue Jack from a plane crash. The story centers around Rachel's deceased father, his disfunctional family and greed. It's a good story, but I was disappointed that the author didn't fully develop the romance between Jack and Rachael. Also, there are many characters in the story. Some of them seem superficial since they aren't developed and too many are thrown at the reader in the beginning of the book. (It's hard to keep them straight!) Despite this, the book was still enjoyable.


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Rosalyn L. wrote on 8/19/2009...


This was another classic example of the work that Coulter does. Good read.

Holly H D. (hdurrence) - Glennville, GA wrote on 7/21/2009...


I loved this book. It kept me interested until the end.

SUE T. (SUMARI) wrote on 4/16/2009...


Fast read entertaining not too complex


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