Ricochet [Paperback]

P.M.Terrell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 2006

The night before Sheila Carpenter begins her career as an FBI Agent a bomb is detonated sending Sheilas best friend to the hospital in a fight for her life. Then Sheila discovers clues her mother left in the days before her parents deaths leading Sheila to believe their deaths were not accidental. Now Sheila is on the trail of her mothers killers while the bombers are closing in on Sheila. Shes swept into the dark underbelly of illegal immigration, identity theft, and terrorism. And now shes on a collision course with terrorists intent on sending the United States into chaos. And for Sheila, now its personal.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Paralee Press (August 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0978563204
• ISBN-13: 978-0978563202
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,298,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars I highly recommend it, March 5, 2007

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Reader Views "Reviews, by readers, for readers" (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ricochet (Paperback)

Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (3/07)

This book had me hooked from the very first sentence. P.M. Terrell is a master storyteller. In "Ricochet" the author uses her real-life experience in computers and software to weave a diabolical story including terrorism, murder, espionage and illegal immigration. It is fast moving from the very beginning to the end.

The story begins when Sheila Carpenter is in the wrong place at the wrong time. She and her "shopaholic" best friend, Margaret, decide to go the mall the day before Sheila is due to start the FBI academy. While they are waiting for food, Sheila notices a person acting and dressing strangely right before everything goes black in a huge explosion. When Sheila comes to, she finds she is buried in the rubble and having trouble breathing due to the fire. After she is rescued, she seems to be relatively uninjured but quickly finds out that Margaret did not fare so well and is in a coma. Unfortunately for Sheila, a reporter catches her and she tells the reporter that she will never forget what the face of the terrorist looks like. This begins a chain of bizarre events that will put Sheila's life in danger.

Looking for comfort, Sheila, feeling out of sorts by the strange events that are unfolding, goes through a box of pictures that her Great Aunt Jo put together for her after her parents untimely death two years before. She begins to see some pictures that she does not recognize and on the back of one them her mom had written "the beginning of the trail." Sheila begins to realize that her parents' accidental death may not have been that at all.

As Sheila and her FBI instructor, Steve Moran, work with the FBI to solve what has happened; it all begins to tie back to her mother's trail and trip that she had taken shortly before her death. Sheila has to solve the case before the people that are trying to kill her catch up with her or more lives are taken through another terrorist attack. The story leads us directly into the world of illegal aliens, some honest, hard-working people just trying to find a better life here and some not.

"Ricochet" is a great book from beginning to end. I highly recommend it for people who enjoy fast action, suspense and mystery. I look forward to reading more books by this acclaimed author.

Book received free of charge.

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrell does it again!, September 14, 2006

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Queen Jaw Jaw "The Queen of Experiences, www.... (AL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ricochet (Paperback)

What happens when you're at the wrong place, at the wrong time? Murder, mayhem, and a trail that is so full of high-voltage action there's no time to catch your breath. Ride with Shelia Carpenter, FBI Academy student, and her mentor, Steve Moran, as they ricochet from State to State uncovering America's worst nightmare; one of murder, identity theft, and terrorism.

Shelia, the sole witness to attempted mass murder, accidentally discovers a cryptic note left by her Mother and against all odds, begins to unravel the complex story of what really caused her parents death never suspecting that ultimately, all would lead back to this trail of terrorism. Stay with Shelia as her final test becomes ... to stay alive.
---Georgia Richardson,<a href="http://www.queenjawjaw.com" target="_blank">Queen Jaw Jaw</a>

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5.0 out of 5 stars Terrorist and Intrigue, November 27, 2006

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S. C. Kilkenny "Shannon206" (bolinas, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ricochet (Paperback)

A griping and suspenseful story with a no-nonsense protagonist that sometimes bites off more than she can chew. With the back-up of her fellow FBI agent and Quantico teacher, her trail leads them to illegal trafficking for contraband and people, terrorist plots and more thrilling discoveries about her parents untimely and unusual deaths. Strap yourself in for a wild ride.