Monday, August 22, 2022

Book Review - The Ambush of Widows; Jeff Abbott

 

Grand Central Publishing - 2021

Henry North lives in New Orleans and works as a cyber security expert. Adam Zhang lives in Austin and is a very wealthy venture capitalist.  The men who have little in common and don't appear to know one another have been murdered in a warehouse in Texas.  Henry's wife Kirsten thinks her husband was in New York on business so when she receives a muffled call from her husband's cell phone saying that he is dead which the authorities later confirm, she heads to Austin to deal with the aftermath of her husband's death.  In Austin she meets Flora, the other widow, this one rich unlike Kirsten,  who stands to become an even wealthier woman now that her husband is dead. With both woman a bit under suspicion they find a way to work together in an attempt to find out what was going on, what the men in their lives were hiding and who was involved in their murders.

This was an extremely well-paced story, I liked all the intricate details that quickly drew me into the story. The characters were well explored and, I even found the sections about the hitman to be ones I enjoyed.  I liked Flora and Kirsten both strong women, each who had some interesting things they had been hiding as well.   There were a few chapters set in the past which were important into Henry, Kirsten and her foster brother's background, it felt slightly odd yet, the information was important to the overall story line.  So happy I read this one and will definitely consider some of the other twenty-plus books that have been written by this author.

This book arrived in 2021 from the publisher.  Ambush of Widows was an extremely well written mystery/ thriller. The story had well rounded characters and kept me guessing to the very end and it was one of the books that I found difficult to put down as well.

Rating - 4.5/5 stars

16 comments:

  1. I'm not familiar with the author, but this sounds like a great story! Will consider it for RIP season.

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  2. This would be a great one for RIP Challenge - sold mystery/thriller. I was so impressed.

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  3. I've not read anything by this author, but he sure has written a lot of thrillers. My husband might enjoy some of his books, as would I!

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  4. I;m definitely adding hime to my TBR list. For some reason I thought I read more books by him but when I searched my blog his name didn't come up. I'm guessing it was prior to my beginning the blog mid-2008.

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  5. I love that title! I also love a good thriller. I haven't read this author before, but I'm intrigued. :)

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  6. The title was a good one! If you like a good thriller I'd try this one at some point, pretty sure you would like it.

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  7. Boy, that really sounds interesting, I think I'd like it.

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  8. This is the kind of book that men and women would like. I hope you get to try it.

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  9. 20+ books?! That's impressive. I like the idea of people who don't know each other coming together because of a tragedy.

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  10. The storyline was really good Helen and I liked so much the author created small details, and, he had a way of slowly drawing you in for more information. I was never bored.

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  11. I think he's actually an author from Austin. I know I read one of his books a few years ago and kept trying to place some of the locations! Another one for my list.

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    1. Oh Cool, I like when I find a local author. I think you would enjoy this one.

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  12. Yes, this is an author from Austin, as Iliana mentioned above. I've not ever seen him at an event, but I've wanted to. I can't recall if I've read any of his books - maybe. I know that this one has been on my radar and I hope to read it before long. I think he has used the Austin area as a setting before perhaps. Thanks for your thoughts on this one, Diane.

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  13. I love when we come across an author who knows about the area we live or lived in and as a reader you can recognize real landmarks etc. This book was so well written Kay; I think you would really like it.

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  14. I've seen a number of books by this author but never read one. This one sounds like a great read! Definitely need to add this to my TBR.

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