Enigma

Catherine Coulter

Sept 2017 · An FBI Thriller Book 21 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this eBook

From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter comes the heart-stopping twenty-first installment in the electrifying FBI Thriller series.

After Agent Dillon Savich stops a crazy man from harming a pregnant woman, the man unexpectedly falls into a coma. Doctors discover a drug in his blood they can't identify, and his only identification is a yellow wristband marked E 2. Did this John Doe escape from a mental hospital? And why was he at the pregnant woman's house? When her newborn baby is kidnapped from the hospital, Savich realizes there's a connection between the kidnapping and the unconscious John Doe. DNA tests uncover a startling fact: his cells are unlike any other—he's an Enigma.

Savich, Sherlock, and an FBI team of experts must find the kidnapped baby, uncover the link, and determine what bizarre drug was used on John Doe and, most importantly, why.

Meanwhile, Liam Hennessey, aka Manta Ray, a convicted bank robber, escapes from the Federal Marshals on his transport to a federal penitentiary. He and his "handlers" are seen going into the Daniel Boone National Forest. Savich sends Agents Cam Wittier and Jack Cabot after them.

Why break out this violent criminal? Or did the safe deposit box he stole and hid before he was captured contain something critically dangerous to somone? Wittier and Cabot are in hot pursuit. What they discover turns the case sideways.

Coulter's latest dual-plot thriller will keep you guessing as Savich, Sherlock, Cabot, and Wittier uncover surprise after surprise in this race against the clock until the shocking conclusions.

Ratings and reviews

This thriller really set in stone the definition the thriller genre for me. It’s actually the first true thriller that I’ve read and it does give a thrill to anyone who reads it. Unlike most books, it makes clear the setting, and puts thoughts in italics. The author puts a large amount of detail into the book while keeping it fairly short for a novel like it. The story was great, when they found out that the guy that they referred to at the time as “John Doe” was an enigma was really surprising, and how it connected to a baby stolen from his mother, Kara Moody was just… wow. I really was surprised by how good the ending was and I really hope that if you read it you will feel the same. I would say that teenagers or adults that are looking for a book full of action should read this book.

Loved! This is a fast paced thriller that fans of the genre will love. This is a great story and could have been pulled from tomorrow's front page. While this has a bit of science fiction, it feels disturbingly possible and kept me turning pages just as quickly as possible. Sherlock and Savich insert themselves after Savich helps a neighbor with an urgent problem. Unfortunately, Savich's being there put him right in the orbit of a cop that hates him and is out to make his life hell, through any means necessary - even at the risk of community safety. These odd circumstances seem unrelated, but with Max's help (super computer), Sherlock and Savich strive to makes sense of things and solve the crimes. Fans of the genre will love this book. While this is part of a series, this is a stand alone novel. Additionally, while it is book 21 in the series, this feels just as fresh and engaging as book 1 in the series. The author is on my must read authors' list.

It’s been a long while since I’ve read a thriller that didn’t have an ounce of romance in it. Well, technically, this does have just a tad bit of romance, but it’s a story of special agents that are working on two different cases. It is fast paced, well written, deeply intelligent without bogging the reader down with complicated details and extremely entertaining and engaging. Once I started it was hard to stop for things like work and sleep. I couldn’t read it fast enough. I enjoyed every word and the multiple epilogues were perfect! ARC provided by NetGalley Multi POV Safe and clean Possible trigger

About the author

Catherine Coulter is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eighty-four novels, including the FBI Thriller series and The Brit in the FBI international thriller series, cowritten with J.T. Ellison. Coulter lives in Sausalito, California, with her Übermensch husband and their two noble cats, Peyton and Eli. You can reach her at [e-mail] or visit Facebook.com/CatherineCoulterBooks.