THE DARK TRAILFBI Profiler Special Agent Sean Kruger is called back to the FBI from his special task force when his long-time friend and current Deputy Director of the FBI, Alan Seltzer is brutally murdered during his morning bike ride. As Kruger is thrown into the investigation, he quickly finds out Alan was not the first high-profile African American to die in a suspicious manner.Now with the … suspicious manner.
Now with the loss of his friend and his pending retirement on his 57th birthday. Kruger must endure a dark trail as he rushes to find Alan’s murderer before he is forced to leave the FBI.
Filled with the trademark twists and turns of a J.C. Fields thriller, The Dark Trail will keep you glued to the pages well past your bedtime.
PRAISE FOR THE SEAN KRUGER SERIES
”The Fugitive’s Trail is a stunning first entry in The Sean Kruger Series by J.C. Fields, a page-turner that is intelligently plotted and executed with great mastery.” – Divine Zape for Readers’ Favorite
”The Cold Trail by J.C. Fields is quick to read and full of little details not to be missed, making it a fast-paced page-turner. I would highly recommend The Cold Trail to crime fans everywhere.” – K.C. Finn for Readers’ Favorite
”The Lone Wolf by J.C. Fields is a real page-turner from the first paragraph and a novel I literally could not put down until the end. The unforgettable characters have detailed backstories and distinguishable personalities. I loved the suspense and plot twists, especially the climactic end which I did not see coming at all.” – Lesley Jones for Readers’ Favorite
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An Intriguing Case
“The Dark Trail” by J. C. Fields offers an engaging, suspenseful thriller packed with unexpected twists and turns. The story begins when the FBI Deputy Director is stopped by a vehicle on his morning bicycle ride and murdered execution style. His friend and FBI Profiler Special Agent Sean Kruger is assigned to solve the case. Kruger quickly organizes a team, but worries he might not be able to find the perpetrator before his 57th birthday, the FBI mandatory retirement age.
As the team searches for suspects, they delve into the cases the Deputy Director was researching, discovering he was looking into cold cases that involved high-profile professionals. Kruger also notices that all the murders occurred in various locations in the country when universities were on breaks. Kruger pinpoints an adjunct professor who happened to be teaching at a university in each town when a victim was killed. As the team hones in on their suspect, he disappears. Similar to members of the investigation team, the prime suspect is also a highly skilled computer expert. Can Kruger and his team locate the killer before he strikes again and permanently vanishes from their reach?
The author, J.C. Fields, has created believable characters with authentic dialogue. Like the prior book I read in the Sean Kruger Series, this can be read as a standalone. I highly recommend this book to everyone who enjoys captivating, well-plotted, page-turner thrillers.
While riding his bike and thinking about a new serial killer on the loose, Deputy Director of the FBI, Alan Seltzer is forced by a vehicle off the road, then shot multiple times, execution style. “Surprise and denial were the last emotions he felt as his head struck the asphalt.” His friend, FBI Profiler Special Agent Sean Kruger is tasked with investigating the crime.
He realizes that this murder is part of a pattern of violence against Black men in position of authority. Allan’s computer files reveal that his friend, an African American lawyer for the Coca-Cola Company, Roger Johnson, was executed in Atlanta. Figuring the killer had his sights on the victim for years. Will Sean capture him before he has the chance to plan more hate crimes?
The main character is depicted as real and complex. Sean is a man protective of his family and facing the reality that his career in the FBI is almost over. “The dark trail I’ve been going down these past few months has taken its toll. I’ve come to the realization all I’ve ever wanted to be is an agent with the FBI. That’s not possible anymore.”
Five stars.
The Dark Trail by J.C. Fields is a great story even though I haven’t read any of the others in this series…but I will! This story has a lead FBI agent, nearing retirement, called to Washington to investigate the murder of his friend and senior colleague, the Assistant Director of the FBI, Alan Seltzer.
With Sean Kruger’s record with the National Security Advisor, and his friendship with the President, a position is created the President of the USA to create a new department in order that Sean could continue his pursuit of not only the Director of the FBI’s killer, but the other cases he discovers Alan Seltzer came across.
With his hand selected team, many part of his original group, they identify the individual who was responsible for Allan’s death as well as other deep rooted hate killings.
Initially Sean’s new group was part of Homeland Security, but ordered to be placed under the auspices of the FBI when two terrorist actions were discovered planned in Baltimore and San Francisco.
I enjoy the rollercoaster ride with Sean, his team and the high-tech they weave in their “feet on the ground, old school detective” approach.
This was a great page-turner and I plan to read the first five in the series!