Abandon [Hardcover]

Carla Neggers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2007

On what is supposed to be a quiet long weekend in New Hampshire, Deputy U.S. Marshal Mackenzie Stewart is viciously attacked at the lakefront cottage of her friend, federal judge Bernadette Peacham. Mac fends off her attacker, but he manages to escape. Everything suggests he's a deranged drifter-until FBI special agent Andrew Rook arrives. With Rook, Mac broke her own rule not to get involved with anyone in law enforcement, but she knows he isn't up from Washington, D.C., to set things straight between them. He's on a case. As the hunt for the mysterious attacker continues, the case takes an unexpected turn when Mac and Rook return to Washington and find Bernadette's ex-husband, a powerful attorney, shot to death. Then Bernadette disappears, and Mac and Rook realize the stakes are higher than either had imagined, and a master criminal with nothing left to lose is prepared to gamble everything.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 329 pages
• Publisher: Mira; Book Club edition edition (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739481991
• ISBN-13: 978-0739481998
• ASIN: B000SJMDI0
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,473,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carla Neggers is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 60 novels, including SAINT'S GATE, the first in her new Sharpe & Donovan series, and SECRETS OF THE LOST SUMMER. Her work has been translated into two dozen languages. Carla is a founding member of the New England Chapter of Romance Writers of America and has served as president of Novelists, Inc. and vice president of International Thriller Writers.

Born and raised in western Massachusetts, Carla started writing at age eleven, when she'd climb a tree with pad and pen and perch on her favorite branch to spin stores. When she isn't writing, she enjoys kayaking, hiking, cross-country skiing and traveling. Carla and her husband, Joe Jewell, live on a hilltop in Vermont, not far from picturesque Quechee Gorge.

For more information and to contact Carla, visit her Web site: www.CarlaNeggers.com. You can also find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/carlaneggers or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/carlaneggers.

Photo credit: Julie Ireland

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun and fast paced read, May 22, 2007

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Ned Wynne - See all my reviews

This review is from: Abandon (Mira Romantic Suspense) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is a hoot and moves at a brisk pace engaging the reader with good characters and an intriguing story. I felt compelled to finish it because I really wanted to find out how it ends. The settings are great and the characters believable and real. I'm always glad to find a new release by Carla Neggers and this one doesn't disappoint.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A lukewarm suspense mysteery at best, August 8, 2009

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Neal C. Reynolds (Indianapolis, Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Abandon (Mira Romantic Suspense) (Mass Market Paperback)

I can only say that this one from Neggers is okay, and that strictly for the author's fans. Jesse, the villain of the piece, spices things up a little, but McKenzie and Andrew simply lack any charm or charisma. These two pretty much waltz through the book although McKenzie does get tossed around a little. Strictly for those obsessed with the genre, but nothing special for most readers.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars exciting police procedural romantic suspense, June 10, 2007

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Abandon (Mira Romantic Suspense) (Mass Market Paperback)

The knife slasher surprised rookie Deputy U.S. Marshal Mackenzie Stewart when he lunged at her. She is fortunate to have survived. However, she believes the intended target is her close friend, federal Judge Bernadette Peacham. She vows to keep Bernadette safe while catching the escaped "pale-eyes" killer.

Mackenzie is assigned to work with FBI Agent Andrew Rook, the last person she wants to be teamed up with. They had a hot three week fling until Rook checkmated her by abruptly dumping her. Still this is no time to stand on ceremony as Mackenzie knows the first object is keeping Bernadette safe though she berates herself for still wanting the rat who abandoned ship just when it looked like they might have something passionately perfect.

This exciting police procedural romantic suspense takes about a little more than a third of the novel before the story line accelerates into the cat and mouse war between the two Feds and Pale-Eyes, but once it does, readers will not ABANDON the tale until the book is finished. Mac is a terrific protagonist while Rook has some commitment issues, but is there once his beloved is under attack. She has doubts that he will remain there as he lacks staying power. Though starting slowly and not the author's best work, fans will still enjoy Carla Neggers' fine thriller.

Harriet Klausner