Pursuit

by Karen Robards

Book Overview

From the New York Times bestselling author of GuiltyWhen the First Lady dies in a fiery car crash, rookie attorney Jessica Ford is the only survivor of the tragedy. As the nation mourns, Ford has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451229525
• ISBN13: 9780451229526
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.5" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

1st in series

I was caught up in the twists & turns of who to trust & trying to figure out the "who did it". I had already read the 2nd book before I read the 1st but it was fine. I hope this series continues with more books

Another Great Robard's Novel

I loved this novel. To date, I think it's one of Ms. Robards' best books. The only thing I might have changed was perhaps a bit more to the love scene. But if you like mystery, witty repartee, and just a plain good story, then this is the one for you...Tabs

Great reading

This book was very good. For those who like Karen Robards, this is a must read. It kept your interest throughout the entire book. I could not put it down. I loaned it to a friend and she totally agreed.

Fantastic!!

This is the best Robards ever!! It never stopped...great plot...action...and very sexy! Yep, I loved it!!

Wonderful Book

This novel is very reminiscent of her earlier novels. I thoroughly enjoyed it. In these times it was more believable than it would have been 20 yrs ago. The mystery was excellent and the romance was good. This is what a Karen Robards novel should be like. Jessica Ford is a young lawyer working her way up in a dog eat dog world. She has decided she will do what it takes to get ahead at the prestigious firm where she is employed. Jessica comes from a working family and if it takes working 24 hours a day she will do it. The rest of her family is made up of gorgeous women including her mother, but Jess feels left out in the looks department she is small and wears glasses. Nevertheless, her brains and determination are better than most, and so when her boss calls late at night and asks her to pick up the first-lady and see her home in a limo, Jessica hurries out to the hotel to pick her up. Nothing goes right, the first-lady is drinking heavily and seems scared and determined to escape the surveilence of the Secret Service. The next thing she sees is a fire and feels unable to move toward it. Laying on the ground she is found by the head of Mrs. Cooper's Secret Service. The limo is totally destroyed by fire and everyone in it are dead except Jess. Jess is quarrentined from the press and almost as soon as she opens her eyes she sees a man dressed like the SS trying to inject something into her IV. She screams and rolls off the bed just as Mark Ryan runs into her room. No one believes her and she doesn't know who to trust. She remembers things that tell her the accident was no accident. But who to trust, and who to tell? Definitely not the SS. Mark Ryan is the head of the SS assigned to the first-lady, Annette Cooper. He knows she has a drug problem, so he thinks the accident was due to her wanting to score some drugs. However, little things do bother him. He trusts the SS and they have never had a traitor working for them. He knows Jess is lying when she says she doesn't remember and so he will watch her closely. Then people around Jess and the first-lady start dying and Mark wants to know, what is going on? But the more he pushes her the more Jess doesn't trust him. Mark is used to covering up for the president and his wife and is determined that whatever happened, it will not touch the President or the SS. The action is fast, the story is interesting, and I did enjoy it, very much. I recommend it highly if you enjoyed her earlier books.

Another Great Romantic Thriller

What happens if the First Lady dies in an accident - only someone suspects it wasn't an accident? Jessica Ford, a fast-rising young lawyer, is about to find out in this super romantic suspense book. She is the only survivor of the car crash in which the First Lady died, and soon someone is trying to kill her, too. She and hot Secret Service Agent Mark Ryan, who investigates, have amazing chemistry, and the story kept me on the edge of my seat. I highly recommend!