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Flashpoint hooked me from the get-go. I went in cold, never having read the previous books in the series, and still felt right at home. Catherine Coulter wastes no time. The danger is real, the stakes are high, and the characters have that lively spark that keeps you leaning in, waiting to see what they’ll try next.
Elizabeth Palmer is trying to rebuild her life after surviving a bombing, but someone clearly didn’t get the memo. Attempts on her life start piling up, and MI5 steps in before she can take a breath. Meanwhile, we follow Autumn Backman and Tash Navarro, two kids pulled into trouble through their strange “gift.” This angle felt like we suddenly switched from FBI thriller to X-Files, and it didn’t work for me.
The rest of the story has plenty of intrigue on its own—financial crimes, missing parents, international agencies chasing loose threads. Those parts land. They’re sharp, tense, and tightly written.
This was my first taste of the series, and I’m definitely checking out more. Coulter sure knows how to write a thriller.
** Thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for a complimentary review copy. Opinions are my own.