Last Shot
by Greg Hurwitz
Published by Harper Collins
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Reviewed by Jeff Foster
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to ride a rocket sled? Read a Gregg Hurwitz novel and you will know.
In his most recent novel starring U.S. Marshall Tim Rackley of Troubleshoot fame, Hurwitz spins a whirlwind yarn that uses nearly every bad guy archetype required in a thriller of this caliber.
Walker Jameson is a former First Force Recon Marine sniper and hero to the men that served with him. He has just over three months to serve on his prison sentence at California’s Terminal Island Correctional Facility when he is approached by a prison flunky who whispers three words in his ear.
That night Jameson orchestrates a spectacular escape and vanishes before any type of coordinated response can be gathered. Rackley and his team of fellow Marshalls are immediately assigned to track and recapture a deadly fugitive who has all the skills to hide and stay hidden until after Rackley retires. However, Jameson does not stay hidden for long.
As the investigation progresses, Rackley learns of the apparent suicide of Jameson’s sister, Tess, whose son suffers from incurable liver disease, is now under the care of Jameson’s ex-wife, Kaitlin. This fact exposed, Rackley surmises that the spectacular escape of Walker Jameson is intertwined with the upcoming release of a new medication, a radical new cure, of which Tess’s son was the poster boy, until he was removed from the program during the final selection process.
After interviewing Kaitlin Jameson, Rackley begins a parallel investigation of Tess Jameson’s untimely death. What they find convinces them that Jameson has escaped to engage in a death hunt, to search and destroy those that brought about her death.
As the bodies begin to pile up, the pursuit intensifies as they piece together small leads into a much bigger case that has implications leading them into the dungeons of insatiable corporate greed, double dealing and hired murder.
Hurwitz masterfully details a desperate hunt for one of his best bad guys to date–a man who will stop at nothing to right a wrong and make those responsible pay the ultimate price.
Armchair Interviews says: Light-speed read. As with all the Troubleshooter novels, the action is death defying and literally non-stop.
Author’s Web site: http://www.GreggHurwitz.net