They Kidnapped His Daughter. It’s the Biggest Mistake They’ve Ever MadeWhen a caller claiming to have abducted ten-year-old Andrea Curren refuses to provide her father with “proof of life,” Blake Curren turns the tables on the kidnappers. If the girl is not returned within twenty-four hours, Curren offers the amount demanded to anyone who can return his daughter safely, or kill the people who … safely, or kill the people who have taken her.
>>>A Race Against Time
In this page-turning mystery, two local teens find themselves caught in the murky backwaters of a deadly hunt, as a professional killer and a retired newsman race the FBI to determine what has happened to Andrea Curren.
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I really liked this book. It kept my interest throughout. The author has a great way of writing. The story was unique. It was full of twists and turns. I loved the character’s. The ending was unique and left me crying for more!! It is a great novel!
I read the Unit 1 series before this one so I had gotten a later look at two prominent characters in this story. If you haven’t read that series and like this book, I highly recommend it. I really enjoyed the meeting and development and the mystery and journey this book took.
When a caller claiming to have abducted ten-year-old Andrea Curren refuses to provide her father with proof that the girl is alive, Blake Curren enlists the aid of Michael Bond, a modern day vigilante, who is given the mission of either recovering his daughter alive or killing the people responsible for her death. What follows is a well written and suspenseful mystery/thriller with complex, interesting characters. I liked it.
Be prepared to stay with this one until you finish it! Just when you think you have it all figured out there are interesting plot twists that keep you guessing all the way to the end. Great character development with a tantalizing ending
Interesting read,page tuner that will keep you guessing and wanting to read to last page. I like the different twist to this , i can’t say to much without giving it away. It’s complex ,interesting read.
“Backwater” and Michael Bond are the latest creations of author Allen Kent. Michael is a lawyer who does not practice law; he has no office, no actual office hours, and a client list that changes from year to year. So, what does Michael do? Quite simply, Michael is a modern vigilante. He delivers crude justice by any means for clients at a hefty price, one client at a time.
“Backwater” is an example of how Michael acquires a client and how he delivers justice.
Blake Curren’s ten-year-old daughter Andie has been abducted. Curren is a well-off real estate developer and construction manager along the Mississippi River in Quincy, Illinois. A disguised voice telephones demanding 500 thousand dollars for his daughter back but provides no evidence that the girl is alive. A mutual friend brings Curren and Michael Bond together. What does Curren want from Bond? The girl back or the kidnapper dies with confirmation that this person is the abductor and killer.
Bond soon finds that circumstances around the girl’s disappearance are obscured. Other people, like a retired newsman unbeknownst to Bond, and the local FBI special agent in charge, with whom Bond finds an attraction, are also working to solve the girl’s disappearance. More loose ends and contradictions keep appearing. Finally, a 19-year-old woman who lives with her mother and works low-paying jobs appears with some identifiable ransom money. She swears to Bond that she received the money from her on-again, off-again, no-good boyfriend.
Bond keeps teasing certainties out of the swamp of unknowns. Finally, however, he ties up all the loose ends in his vigilante way—the last two open ends, which are a genuine surprise, in a most precise and intelligent manner. ”Backwater” is an outstanding mystery in which author Allen Kent pits Bond’s intelligence against a seemingly unsolvable scenario. The characters, of which there are many, are realistic though at times appear dimwitted. Kent’s writing which flows effortlessly through a complicated but enjoyable plot, should keep mystery fans enthralled.
Two items that Kent might have handled differently are his descriptions and the number of characters. Some illustrations are almost too wordy, so that at times this reader became lost in principal plot parts and sentences or paragraphs needed rereading. Perhaps characters could be listed and described in order of appearance at the front of the book? However, this is otherwise a finely crafted mystery novel. Will Kent go on to deliver more Bond adventures? I certainly hope so. “Backwater” was received as a review copy, and this is my honest review.