FAR GONE starts with a bang when Austin police detective
Andrea Finch has to confront an 18 year old thug while
having dinner with the man she is currently dating. When
things quickly begin to go disastrously wrong, Andrea is
forced to shoot the young man to save the hostages he is
holding. Killing the youth puts her on administrative
leave while her actions are evaluated. While on her forced
leave, Andrea receives a phone call from her younger
brother asking for money. She soon discovers that Gavin
has dropped out of college and taken up with a militant
anti-government group currently holed up at a ranch near a
west Texas border town.
Andrea drops everything, including her mandated hearings
about the shooting, to rush off to confront her brother
about his actions. Gavin is very knowledgeable about
computers, and she is determined to get him out of trouble
and back into college. When Andrea arrives, she finds a
home-grown terrorist group using her brother to set up
their computer system. Unable to get access to her
brother, she is forced to stake out the ranch to try to
find a way to reach her brother. What she finds is that
Gavin is being held in thrall to a home-grown terrorist
named Shay Hardin, who has an anti-American terrorist
agenda. Gavin thinks he's doing something noble, and
doesn't want to leave with his sister.
FBI special agent Jon North and his partner is also staking
out the ranch. He believes the menacing leader of the
group is not only planning a large scale terror attack; but
that the man is behind a political murder six years
previously. Unfortunately, Jon also believes Gavin to be
part of the plot, leaving Andrea reluctantly forced to work
with him while she tries to reach her brother and prove his
innocence. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game with
Hardin, the sinister mastermind of several terror plots and
crimes; a villain who is fully aware he is being watched
but thinks he is too smart to ever be caught. North is
desperate to nail Hardin before the FBI pulls the plug on
his case to move the agents to what they consider a more
important case.
FAR GONE is a romantic suspense story that could be ripped
from current headlines. Laura Griffin, well known for her
popular Tracers series; has plotted an engrossing and
believable tale of terror plots in the United States. FAR
GONE is hopefully the beginning of a new series for
Griffin, as there are a couple of FBI agents who look to
have their own story. While there is some element of
the Tracer series, such as a couple characters and
mention of the Delphi Institute; this story stands
completely on its own. FAR GONE is suspense at its best,
and for any reader not familiar with Laura Griffin's work,
a very good place to start reading her excellent stories.
To save her only brother, Andrea Finch must face down a
criminal mastermind, the FBI, and her own demons in this
thrilling novel from the author of the bestselling Tracers
series.
Police detective Andrea Finch is a rising star in her
department until a split-second decision derails her career.
Disgraced and disillusioned, she’s on leave from her job
when she gets an urgent call from her younger brother. She’d
prefer to ignore his latest plea for cash, but this time
instinct tells her something is very wrong. Andrea’s search
for answers takes her to a dusty Texas border town where
danger lurks in plain sight and nothing is quite what it
seems.
FBI agent Jon North is working undercover in west Texas
investigating an unsolved murder that may be linked to a
broader plot. But when the evidence points to Andrea’s
brother, Jon finds that persuading the stubborn cop to help
will be harder than cracking his toughest case.
Andrea must find a way to do what’s right while protecting
her only sibling. As the clock ticks down on a deadly plot,
Andrea and Jon race to confront a heartless killer who will
stop at nothing to deliver a final, terrifying message.
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