Adrenaline
by Jeff Abbott
(Hachette Audio 2011)
This excellent story is launched with an engaging paradox. A CIA operative, Sam Capra, is called out of a meeting in Company offices in London by his pregnant wife Lucy. As he leaves the building, he sees Lucy in a car with a scarred man who strikes her. The office is then blown up, killing all of his colleagues. The CIA believes Lucy to be a spy who has harbored by Sam.
He is imprisoned, interrogated, and tortured by the CIA. Sam maintains his confidence in Lucy as well as his own innocence. Ultimately, Sam becomes a bartender watched closely by the Company.
A skilled operative and parkour athlete (running over, through, and around impossible obstacles), Sam slips away. He gets back to Europe and picks up the trail of Lucy and the scarred man he saw strike her in the car. Jeff Abbott introduces us to a host of interesting characters as the action criss-crosses through Europe.
In the end, the central mysteries concerning the guilt or innocence of Lucy, birth and survival of baby Daniel, the identity of the scarred man, the identity of real protagonist, and so on are revealed, often with new mysteries.
Adrenaline is a well written, thoughtful, and exciting book, driven by its own dose of nerve stimulation. I will read or listen to more of Jeff Abbott. There is plenty of riveting action, with the violence presented in an inoffensive manner. Romance runs through the story in Sam’s devotion and faith in Lucy, and anticipation of his son Daniel.
We listened to the audio version of this book. It lasted almost 15 hours. We drive about 12 hours back and forth to Rosemary Beach in Panhandle Florida from Dallas. We listened to Adrenaline in two installments, never missing a beat after a few weeks. The story is so well written that we both felt as if we were watching a movie, fully immersed in the action. The ability to write in a manner that is so engaging and revealing, even when the words are being ready by a talented actor, is quite amazing.
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