Cruxys Solutions is a private insurance and security
company specializing in clients in hazardous professions. A
little over six weeks ago, James Chadwick, a drone expert,
took out a protection contract with Cruxys, which provides
assistance and safety to his family in case anything should
happen to him. Chadwick included a Code Red Clause
indicating that if Cruxys didn't hear from him every five
days using a special code, Cruxys is to assume something is
wrong. They should initiate the Code Red alert, begin a
search for his location and protect his family. Chadwick
hasn't activated his personal code in six days, so Cruxys
agents Ruth Gonzales and Andy Vaslik are assigned to
reconnoiter the situation and try to locate Chadwick.
As their investigation progresses, the FBI becomes
involved, which helps with research and gives Gonzales and
Vaslik the freedom to search for Chadwick on their own. It
soon becomes obvious this is more than a kidnapping for
ransom or a guy disappearing. When it's discovered that a
shipment of highly sophisticated drones has been
confiscated, the situation becomes even more serious.
However, the FBI does not agree that the threat is as dire
as Cruxys believes it to be. So Cruxys agents Gonzales and
Vaslik
Vaslik are on their own to not only locate Chadwick, but to
stop a terrorist attack aimed at a remote US Air Force base
and the assassination of the President. Will Gonzales and
Vaslik be able to discern the terrorists' movements in time
to stop the attack and rescue Chadwick alive?
Adrian Magson's THE BID is thrilling suspense at its
best as Magson masterfully weaves a realistic depiction of
terrorist threats and how they could be carried out.
Formulating an ingenious, complex and
ripped-from-the-headlines plot, Magson's detailed
descriptions are
believable enough to cause nightmares. I kept wondering how
the team of Gonzales and Vaslik would solve the case, since
they seem a bit incompatible. But as more of their
individual personalities and backgrounds were revealed, it
became obvious they were the best ones for the job as they
pursued elusive clues from London to New York to a starkly
remote area in Oklahoma. THE BID gave me chills as the
possibilities of its plotline became more believable with
each page I turned. The explosive conclusion had me holding
my breath with anticipation. The first book in Adrian
Magson's Cruxys Solutions Investigation series, THE
LOCKER, was a stunning psychological thriller I reviewed in
January 2016. I enjoyed THE BID even more, so I'm
anticipating continued satisfaction in the next Cruxys novel.
novel.
The prisoner who wakes up in a box miles from anywhere.
The jailer who doesn’t question his job.
The shipment of drones stolen in transit from a cargo hub.
The kidnappers planning a devastating attack on US soil.
When James Chadwick, a drone expert, disappears suddenly,
Cruxys Solutions investigators Ruth Gonzales and Andy Vaslik
are assigned to track his last movements. With few clues to
go on, the hunt moves from London to New York, gathering
speed as they close in on a horrifying plan to kill the US
President and inflict total damage on a US Air Force base.
And time is running out.
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