Panic by Jeff Abbott

   I have to say, I don't recall ever feeling so nervous about reading. I was definitely feeling a bit of panic during the first chapter. I'm still not sure if the first chapter's pace was that fast or if it was just me feeling imaginary pressure to get it right.
   To the book. Panic is a thriller/spy novel written by Jeff Abbott. Mr. Abbott, not as funny as Mr. Costello by the by, is a new author to me. The book follows Evan Casher, a young documentary filmmaker, who receives an urgent and upsetting phone call from his mother to return home. Evan rushes for home in a hurry, leaving behind his girlfriend after telling her he loves her for the first time the night before. Arriving at his parents' home he finds that his parents have been living secret lives and that he now has to fight to survive while rescuing both his family and his girl.
   CIA, spies, double agents, international espionage and family turmoil. The writing gets better as the book develops, the secret Evan has to unravel to regain his life was better than what I was predicting it would be. It wasn't until the last 1/4 of the book that I felt like I was enjoying it, rather than reading it just to finish reading it.

Favorite quote of the book:

"Evan watched her and wondered who she really was, in the spaces between flesh and bone."

Overall Opinion:

Not written well enough to make me curious about his other books, but there was enough that was intriguing about the book to make me want to finish it.

Rating:

1 Time Read