Adrift

Kari Sharpe Thrillers, Book 1

By: K. T. Konkoly

Narrated by: Gail Shalan

In her dramatic debut, author K.T. Konkoly delivers a bold legal thriller following a tough young lawyer who leaves her thriving practice in New York City behind when a family crisis calls her home.

Kari Sharpe never expected to return to Maine. Law school and the Navy JAG Corps pulled her out of the dead-end Maine promised for her future. But Kari’s past turns out to be hard to escape. When her last living relative spirals out of control, Kari gives up everything to save him.

Leaving her position as partner in a prestigious Manhattan law firm, Kari struggles to build a new law practice in Maine. Unfortunately, her name means nothing in Portland—nothing good. The Sharpe family curse is a shackle she can’t shake as she grapples with her brother’s addiction.

When a string of brutal murders rocks the coastal city, Kari is called upon by the navy for help. A sailor stationed on board a newly built ship at the famed Bath Iron Works shipyard is accused of murdering a local woman. The city is up in arms, demanding the sailor’s conviction. Adding fuel to the fire, her client is the son of Somali immigrants. Kari digs in for the fight of her life to prove he’s innocent…and deliver justice. Now she doesn’t know if she will ever leave Maine.

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Critic reviews

“K.T. Konkoly’s Adrift grabs you on the first page and never lets go. Coastal Maine comes alive in this compelling legal thriller with a twisty plot and captivating characters. A true page turner!”—Robert Bailey, Wall Street Journal bestselling author

“K.T. Konkoly has written a haunting thriller where nobody is safe. Layered with secrets and lies and looming danger, I couldn’t read the pages fast enough. What made this novel special? Characters so real, so raw, they stole my heart and I’m still thinking about them days after reading the last page.”—T.R. Ragan, author of Best House on the Block

“Adrift is a tsunami of a legal thriller. It hits fast, hard, and leaves the reader grasping for the next page.”—Tom Abrahams, author of Sedition and Intention

Spectacular

Good, comma narrating. worth listening to. smooth loin of story line. Berry understanding and no extreme foul language

Had to stop, not enjoyable.

I couldn't tolerate the story anymore and stopped mid way, It was getting too forced, tedious and predictable.

The mystery and woman lawyer

Love the mixture of detective, and court, the history of the main people in the story

ADRIFT IS AWESOME!

The story line kept me interested from start to finish.. The narrator is great and I enjoyed this book immensely. A legal thriller with several story lines and not overly gruesome and dark.

Good First Book

3.5 Stars for me!

There are parts that I really liked about this story and some parts drove me crazy. the h purposely puts herself into dangerous situations in an effort to say I am a woman who can do anything. it would be nice to have authors let their h's be brave in a smart way... you know, let someone know where you are or get someone to back you up.

I fid enjoy the story and will read the next book in the series.

FYI: The authors husband is also an author... and I can tell by her writing style that she helps her husband as a sounding board and a reviewer.