Trust Me [Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Jeff Abbott (Author), Luke Daniels (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 23, 2009

Luke Dantry tells people he has a job on the cutting edge of the war on terror — only he knows it’s nowhere near as adrenaline-filled as he makes it sound. Luke’s nightly task working for his stepfather’s Washington think tank: Go undercover from the anonymous safety of his computer and seek out a wide spectrum of extremists who vent and organize online — a group he comes to call the “Night Road.” Now and then he encounters someone who may have the capability to make good on his threats, but Luke figures that the vast majority of his targets are simply frustrated malcontents. When Luke is kidnapped at gunpoint and left for dead in an isolated cabin deep in the woods, he realizes his work has made him a target, and that the Night Road is far more organized than he thought — and much closer to home than he could have ever imagined. After a daring escape, with both the Night Road and the police on his heels, he must quickly decipher a complex, murderous, and global web of connections that takes him to Chicago, New York, and Paris. The final questions extend deep into his own past, and Luke alone may hold the key to stopping the Night Road before their horrifying plans turn America — and the world — into a battlefield forever.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Luke Dantry, while working as an intern for his stepfather's think-tank in Austin, Tex., stumbles on a group of home-grown terrorists known as the Night Road (because of their nocturnal Internet chatter) in this furiously paced if less than compelling thriller from Abbott (Collision). The Night Road has held several warmup activities—plane crashes, train derailments, chemical explosions—and is now gearing up for Hellfire, the code name for a secret mission that's supposed to be the mother of all terrorist acts. As Dantry scrambles from city to city (Houston, Chicago, New York) to thwart Hellfire and bring its planners to justice, the story strikes a number of false notes—convenient plot twists, hard-to-swallow dialogue and a main character who all too easily goes from wimpy grad student to brawny crime fighter over the course of just a few days. Still, Abbott has an instinctive feel for how to draw adrenaline from words on a page. (July)
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"There is no question: Jeff Abbott is the new name in suspense." Harlan Coben" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed; Library edition (July 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1441800662
• ISBN-13: 978-1441800664
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Jeff Abbott is the international-bestselling, award-winning author of ten mystery and suspense novels. Jeff is a native Texan and graduated from Rice University with a degree in History and English, and worked as a creative director at an advertising agency before writing full-time. He lives in Austin with his wife and two sons. You can visit his website at www.jeffabbott.com and follow him on Twitter @JeffAbbott.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars fairly typical, August 24, 2009

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Richard Peel (Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trust Me (Hardcover)

I am not a regular reader of crime/thrillers in the commercial fiction genre, but have recently been reading a number of them. As with most others, if you aren't used to reading much purely commercial fiction, it is surprising how poor the writing is. Occasionally one can tell that the author sat and pondered the possibilities, and carefully chose his words, but not often. The language is just too common; street language, basically, which I suppose largely defines the difference between literary and commercial fiction. It's like reading a TV cop show. (Why didn't the editor encourage Abbott not to begin two sentences in a row with "but"?)

The first two reviewers don't seem to have paid attention to the book. Luke isn't a low-life, nor is he a "lonely braggart" by any means. He is duped by his stepfather and drawn into a real mess, which then has this psychology student fighting off terrorists like a pro in order to save himself and a woman he has become attached to, and to clear up some mysteries from his own past.

Like watching a TV show with a similar plot, one can get hooked and want to continue to find out what happens, but as another reviewer mentioned, the plot will induce a lot of "oh, right" comments from readers, with unreal and unbelievable occurrences left and right. Abbott tries to sound like a well-researched writer with book recommendations for readers interested in terrorism, but make no mistake: this is not a book that presents a real-life picture of global terrorism, nor is it filled with details that hint at a researched effort, unless you consider name-dropping a pistol ("Glock 9") or the US State Department ("State") to count. Abbott's terrorists don't behave with much professionalism or secrecy, and come off rather as a bunch of unorganized goons.

I read the book, but wish I had audio-booked it as a jogging companion instead.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Limp Story Line, December 19, 2009

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jackzvt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trust Me (Hardcover)

I have about 70 more pages to go and I quit and I should have quit reading earlier. "Trust Me" gave me no thrills at all and I found it to be rather lame nd weak. Here we have the hero, Luke a 24 year old just out of college and suddenly he becomes a pivotal character wanted by all factions because of his Night Road ventures. Namely going into domestic terrorist chatroom and chatting it with all the baddies. Then Luke gets kidnapped and Lukes adventure begins. There are a plethora of characters populating the story like his step father, his mother, his dead father, his living father, some domestic terrorists out to catch or kill him. And Luke evades them all like some new James Bond.

Implausible? The domestic terrorists are going to unleash 140 bombs throughout the US and this kid is going to stop them? Give me a break.

I give it 3 stars just because he finished it. Not a very good story otherwise and one to miss.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars TRUST ME, IT'S FORGETTABLE, December 10, 2010

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Barry McCanna (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trust Me (Hardcover)

I began reading this yesterday, and persevered into the evening, but it didn't improve. The plot is elementary, and the characters are not credible. So it's joined the other unfinished novels, because as I get older I'm becoming more picky.