amazon review:

From “one of the bonafide rock stars of the thriller genre” (The Real Book Spy) comes another tour de force in the #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series following agents Savich and Sherlock as they stumble into a bizarre case that’s more complicated and twisted than any they’ve ever encountered.

On a Tuesday afternoon, Agent Sherlock is driving in downtown Washington when her Volvo is suddenly T-boned at an intersection. As her car spins out of control, a man’s body slams against her windshield and then—blackness. When she finally regains consciousness in the hospital, she’s told about the accident and the man she struck. No one knows yet who he is or where he is because he ran away. From DNA, they discover his name is Justice Cummings and he’s a CIA analyst at Langley…and he’s still missing.

Meanwhile, in the small town of Gaffer’s Ridge, Virginia, Special Agent Griffin Hammersmith rescues a kidnapped woman claiming her captor had probably murdered three missing teenage girls. However, the man she accuses is the local sheriff’s nephew and a member of a very powerful family, reputed to have psychic powers. When the sheriff arrests Griffin and the rescued woman, Carson DaSilva, he calls Savich for help. Together they have to weave their way through a labyrinth of lies to find the truth of a terrible secret.

“If there’s one thing that readers can count on in a Coulter novel it is that she always delivers amazingly eerie and complex thrillers” (RT Book Reviews), and Labyrinth is no different. With white-knuckled pacing and shocking twists and turns, this is another electrifying novel that will sink its teeth in you.

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I received this book from Simon & Schuster Gallery Books through a Goodreads giveaway. When I put it on my wishlist I did not realize it was #23 in a series. Usually I like to read a series in order, but during the pandemic I have not been so picky. Good thing, because this book was fine as a stand alone. I've never read Catherine Coulter before and was expecting a straight forward FBI thriller, but when they started talking about "the shine" I did a double take - is this a Stephen King book? So the whole paranormal thing was unexpected, but I still enjoyed the book. It's a fast paced, exciting read. Good escape for a plane ride or pandemic reading. I'd definitely give another book in the series a try. (I imagine the characters are even more endearing if you've read others in the series.) Yes, it is a little cheesy.

This is the first book I've released with my new QR code labels. Let's see how it goes!

In the Little Free Library on Seeley Ave. It's hot outside - read a good book inside with air conditioning!

If there’s one thing that readers can count on in a Coulter novel it is that she always delivers amazingly eerie and complex thrillers” (RT Book Reviews), and Labyrinth is no different. With white-knuckled pacing and shocking twists and turns, this is another electrifying novel that will sink its teeth in you.

This book was given to a friend.