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The Deadline Clock: Colter Shaw, Book 3.5 by Jeffery Deaver, Jeffery Deaver
4.0
Colter Runs Against the Clock
Review of the Penguin Audio audiobook edition (December 6/15*, 2022) released after the G.P. Putnam's Sons eBook (September 27, 2022).
Colter Shaw arrives in a Maine coastal town where a victim has been kidnapped. The ransom deadline is set 12 hours later on the same day and no further negotiation or communication is possible. Non-payment will result in death for the victim. A previous incident had a successful resolution when the ransom was paid, but the current family (with a husband on the verge of bankruptcy) is not able to raise the $250K ransom. The kidnapper mistakenly thought the business was profitable.
The small town local police force are cooperative and provide Shaw the background information on the earlier case. He proceeds to also re-interview the previous victim and obtains some further clues. The hunt begins to narrow down to a possible series of locations, but then there is a setback. With only a few hours remaining to the deadline, will Colter Shaw bring the case to a successful conclusion?
This one requires a suspension of belief that the police would cooperate with someone who might otherwise be thought of as a vigilante. It is also somewhat unbelievable that when the police couldn't solve the current or the earlier case, that Shaw could be successful in only a few hours. An explanation is provided in the size of the police force and a detective distracted by a personal situation.
The short story case concludes with Shaw getting a tip that leads him directly on to the events of [b:Hunting Time|60621123|Hunting Time (Colter Shaw #4)|Jeffery Deaver|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1652287737l/60621123._SY75_.jpg|95555571] (Colter Shaw novel #4 - November 22, 2022).
This time I listened to the audiobook edition and the narration by [a:Kaleo Griffith|5359198|Kaleo Griffith|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] in all voices was excellent.
Footnote
* There are conflicting publication dates: Amazon/Audible list December 6, 2022 but Goodreads says December 15, 2022. Likely it is the former which is correct. Audible does make the mistake of saying this is Colter Shaw #0.25 which it isn't as the plot timeline definitely places it just before #4.
Trivia and possible PSA
I don't know if this anecdote about the smell of chocolate
Review of the Penguin Audio audiobook edition (December 6/15*, 2022) released after the G.P. Putnam's Sons eBook (September 27, 2022).
The offer was brief: $25K for information leading to the rescue of Ellie Kohl and the arrest of her kidnapper.
Colter Shaw arrives in a Maine coastal town where a victim has been kidnapped. The ransom deadline is set 12 hours later on the same day and no further negotiation or communication is possible. Non-payment will result in death for the victim. A previous incident had a successful resolution when the ransom was paid, but the current family (with a husband on the verge of bankruptcy) is not able to raise the $250K ransom. The kidnapper mistakenly thought the business was profitable.
The small town local police force are cooperative and provide Shaw the background information on the earlier case. He proceeds to also re-interview the previous victim and obtains some further clues. The hunt begins to narrow down to a possible series of locations, but then there is a setback. With only a few hours remaining to the deadline, will Colter Shaw bring the case to a successful conclusion?
This one requires a suspension of belief that the police would cooperate with someone who might otherwise be thought of as a vigilante. It is also somewhat unbelievable that when the police couldn't solve the current or the earlier case, that Shaw could be successful in only a few hours. An explanation is provided in the size of the police force and a detective distracted by a personal situation.
The short story case concludes with Shaw getting a tip that leads him directly on to the events of [b:Hunting Time|60621123|Hunting Time (Colter Shaw #4)|Jeffery Deaver|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1652287737l/60621123._SY75_.jpg|95555571] (Colter Shaw novel #4 - November 22, 2022).
This time I listened to the audiobook edition and the narration by [a:Kaleo Griffith|5359198|Kaleo Griffith|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] in all voices was excellent.
Footnote
* There are conflicting publication dates: Amazon/Audible list December 6, 2022 but Goodreads says December 15, 2022. Likely it is the former which is correct. Audible does make the mistake of saying this is Colter Shaw #0.25 which it isn't as the plot timeline definitely places it just before #4.
Trivia and possible PSA
I don't know if this anecdote about the smell of chocolate