Blindfold Game (Abridged)

by Dana Stabenow Narrated by Beth McDonald

Overview

In Thailand, two men hire a pair of international pirates to smuggle them, a small team of mercenaries, and some equipment aboard a freighter at a Russian port. It's frighteningly easy, and the ship sails east, toward the western coast of North America.

In Washington, D.C., a CIA analyst has been hearing rumors about the sale of radioactive material and military equipment on the black market in deep Russia but can't get it confirmed.

The analyst, Hugh Rincon, originally from Alaska and more keenly aware than most in Washington of Alaska's vulnerability with its air force base and proximity to the Far East, begins to piece it all together. He can't get anyone to take him seriously, however, least of all the director of the CIA.

Then Hugh learns that his estranged wife, Sarah Lange, is second in command on the Sojourner Truth in the Bering Sea at the heart of the potential conflict. And the chase is on.

The first stand-alone thriller from the pen of Dana Stabenow, Edgar® Award-winning author of seventeen crime novels, delivers a nail-biting, action-packed read, international in scope and chillingly real.

Editorial Reviews

JUN/JUL 06 - AudioFile

Stabenow's 9/11 spin-off posits a dirty bomb attack by mercenaries who are headed to Alaska aboard a Russian fishing boat. Alaska-native Stabenow delivers a predictable plot involving married heroes Hugh Rincon, a CIA agent, and Sarah Lange, a Coast Guard commander assigned to patrol the U.S. border in the Bering Sea. Beth McDonald's narration leaves you wondering if the story would be better read by a man since most of the characters are men. Her delivery of some of the male character voices sounds inappropriately arrogant. McDonald also lacks dramatic flair. She doesn't get excited until the final scenes, which, even in the abridged version, is too long to wait. D.J.M. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine

JUN/JUL 06 - AudioFile

Stabenow's 9/11 spin-off posits a dirty bomb attack by mercenaries who are headed to Alaska aboard a Russian fishing boat. Alaska-native Stabenow delivers a predictable plot involving married heroes Hugh Rincon, a CIA agent, and Sarah Lange, a Coast Guard commander assigned to patrol the U.S. border in the Bering Sea. Beth McDonald's narration leaves you wondering if the story would be better read by a man since most of the characters are men. Her delivery of some of the male character voices sounds inappropriately arrogant. McDonald also lacks dramatic flair. She doesn't get excited until the final scenes, which, even in the abridged version, is too long to wait. D.J.M. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172222030
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	12/27/2005
Edition description:	Abridged

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