Kidnapped 15 years ago at the age of six, then rescued from her abductors at the age of 11, Kit "Kick" Lannigan has spent the past 10 years of her life intensely training to be smarter and stronger, both defensively and offensively. Dealing with all the emotional repercussions of her captivity has shaped Kick into an inimitable and compelling woman, who's become obsessed with child abductions.
The recent disappearances of two children, Adam Rice and Mia Turner, are of particular interest, especially when the mysterious John Bishop shows up in Kick's apartment requesting her expertise in locating them. Bishop tells Kick he's a former arms dealer who's now in private security for a very wealthy client. Fearing the children are in the hands of a widespread ring of child pornographers, Kick finds it impossible to decline, no matter how much she dislikes Bishop and his tactics. What transpires in their quest to save the children will test Kick and Bishop to the very limits of their abilities.
A fascinating and feisty new heroine makes her debut in ONE KICK, an electrifying first book in a new thriller series by the incomparable Chelsea Cain, famous for her Archie Sheridan/Gretchen Lowell psychological thrillers. With nail-biting suspense, surprisingly original and tricky plot twists, and terrifying evil, readers will be hooked from the first page, unable to put ONE KICK down until the final page is turned. Kick Lannigan and John Bishop are flawed, tough, yet likable, characters who are destined for more remarkable cases in the future...and I can't wait!
From the author of the critically acclaimed New York
Times bestselling Archie Sheridan/Gretchen Lowell
thrillers: The first in a nail-biting new series featuring
Kick Lannigan, a young woman whose complicated past has
given her a very special skill set.
Famously kidnapped at age six, Kick captured Americaβs
hearts when she was rescued five years later. Now 21, she
finds herself unexpectedly entangled in a missing child
case that will put her talents to the test.
Trained as a marksman, lock picker, escape artist and bomb
maker by her abductor, Kick could not return to the life of
the average young girl after her release. So, in lieu of
therapy, she mastered martial arts, boxing and knife
throwing; learned how to escape from the trunk of a car,
jimmy a pair of handcuffs and walk without making a sound β
all before she was 13.
Kick has trained herself to be safe. But then two children
go missing in three weeks, and an enigmatic and wealthy
former weapons dealer approaches her with a proposition.
John Bishop uses his fortune and contacts to track down
missing children. Not only is he convinced Kick can help
recover the two children β he wonβt take no for an answer.
With lives hanging in the balance, Kick is set to be the
crusader she has always imagined herself. Little does she
know that the answers she and Bishop seek are hidden in one
of the few places she doesnβt want to navigate β the dark
corners of her own mind.
A heart-stopping, entertaining thrill ride, ONE KICK
announces the arrival of a blistering new series by a
stunning talent in the thriller realm.
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