Jeff Abbott - Panic (2005)
Reviewed by David J. Montgomery
Jeff Abbott is the author of several acclaimed paperback thrillers that won him legions of fans. Now he has made his hardcover debut with Panic, a compulsively readable, if flawed, thriller that will likely please those readers, along with plenty of new ones.
The story follows a young filmmaker whose quiet life is turned upside down when he discovers his mother murdered as a result of a dark past that neither she nor his father ever told him about.
That event touches off a whirlwind plot that finds the book's hero battling both the CIA and a secret cabal of murderers, thieves and spies who are somehow connected to his parent's secret lives.
Panic has some problems, including two-dimensional characters, some clunky dialogue and a weak ending, but it's nevertheless an engaging page-turner that makes for fast and enjoyable reading.
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