Collateral Damage
-
-
5.0 • 1 Rating
-
-
- $12.99
-
- $12.99
Publisher Description
Ali Reynolds and High Noon Enterprises face the dangerous consequences of one man’s desperate search for revenge in this unputdownable thriller from J.A. Jance, the New York Times bestselling author who “has been delivering must-read books for a long time” (The Real Book Spy).
After spending twenty years behind bars, Frank Muñoz, a disgraced former cop, is out on parole and focused on just one thing: revenge. The wife who abandoned him after his arrest, the mistress who ratted him out for abetting a money-laundering scheme, the detectives who presided over his case all those years ago—they all have targets on their backs.
For Ali Reynolds, the first Christmas without her father is riddled with grief and uncertainty. And with her husband and founding partner of High Noon Enterprises, B. Simpson, preoccupied by an upcoming New Year’s trip to London, she is ready for a break. But when Stu Ramey barges into her home with grave news about a serious—and suspicious—accident on the highway to Phoenix involving B.’s car, things reach a breaking point.
At the hospital, a groggy, post-op B. insists that Ali take his place at a ransomware conference in London, as troubles brimming around High Noon come to light. But questions remain: Who would go to such lengths to cut the tech company from the picture? And what if Ali and the rest of the team are also in danger?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In bestseller Jance's uneven 17th Ali Reynolds mystery (after 2021's Unfinished Business), disgraced ex-cop Frank Muñoz, recently released from prison, is hell-bent on taking revenge on his wife, his girlfriend, and the police detectives who got him arrested for a money-laundering scheme 20 years earlier. Meanwhile, Ali's husband, B. Simpson, founder of the cybersecurity company High Noon Enterprises, is on his way to the Phoenix, Ariz., airport for a ransomware conference in London, along with his driver, ex-cop Hal Holden, when they're run off the freeway. Both B. and Hal are seriously injured in what appears to be an accident, but the reader knows that Hal was one of the detectives who helped put Frank behind bars. Not knowing of this connection, B. and Ali wonder whether someone is trying to prevent High Noon from being represented at the conference. Ali flies to London in B.'s place, and when she returns home, she sets out to unravel what's going on. She eventually uncovers a complex plot that threatens those closest to her. Well-defined characters make up only in part for lengthy backstories that slow the action. This is not the place to start for newcomers.
