The Assassin's Trail

The Sean Kruger Series, Book 2

By: J.C. Fields

Narrated by: Paul J McSorley

Homicide detective Ryan Clark has a problem. A prominent businessman has been assassinated by a drive-by shooting. Two weeks earlier another man, in the same industry, was shot and killed. He suspects the assassinations are related and calls an old friend with the FBI.

When FBI profiler special agent Sean Kruger arrives at the scene of the second murder, he agrees with Clark but is hesitant to get involved. After 25 years with the FBI, he is tired of the bureaucracy and politics of the job. His constant traveling has kept him away from the woman he loves and he is contemplating retiring to start a new life with her.

A week later, while home in Kansas City, the assassin strikes again. Only this time close to where he lives and suddenly the search becomes personal. With the help of JR Diminski, the computer genius from The Fugitive's Trail, Kruger identifies a suspect and travels to Alabama for the arrest.

Politics and micromanaging complicate the situation. Kruger is ordered to wait, but disobeys and proceeds with the arrest. When everything goes horribly wrong, he is suspended by the director of the FBI.

Now outside the protection of the agency, he must decide whether to walk away from his career or put his new marriage and life in danger by pursuing the assassin. An assassin whose ultimate goal is an attack in the center of the United States. An attack that will result in more innocent casualties than 9/11.

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Staying Strong

Book two in the Sean Kruger saga continues where book one left and maintains the same fast paced action and drive the author Fields is becoming noted for. I particularly enjoyed the internal conflict Kruger felt as he tried to balance his dedication to his job, the wishes and desires of his wife and his personal expectations, I am anxiously looking forward to number three.

Books are theater of the mind and the importance of the voice narrating cannot be underestimated. Mr. McSorley's abilities in this area allows him to do much more than just read the story aloud, he provides a verbal soundtrack.

Well done gentlemen.

Great story for a long car ride

Enjoyed the intrigue while driving for hours and hours.

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Great mystery story!

Held my attention throughout. Can't wait for J. C. Field's next book!

Narrator did a great job!

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Highly recommend for fans of Tom Clancy

I highly recommend this book for fans of Tom Clancy's political thrillers.

Sean Kruger has been working for the FBI and is getting ready to retire. His priorities are changing with a new wife and fatherhood. In this book he is fighting against the clock as an assassin travels the country killing key political figures and Middle Eastern religious extremists are plotting terrorist attacks. Krueger is frustrated and foiled by some inept colleagues (who are very easy to dislike!) and assisted by clever and out-of-the-box thinking friends.

The very real and scary thing about the story is that what is described could actually happen in the United States. It's chilling!

I definitely think this book is character driven. I found Sean's age and maturity to be refreshing when many political thrillers have young detectives who are impulsive and still trying to learn their way around solving crimes. This is the first book in the series that I have read but I felt like I caught on pretty quickly.

The fact that we spend an equal amount of time with the bad guys helps move the story forward by understanding their motivation and ideals. (They're angry that the US Army contractors didn't provide adequate protective equipment for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.) Spending time in their heads was an interesting psychological experience for me as a reader / listener.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review via audiobook boom.

A 5* read/listen.

I loved this book - I couldn't imagine it to be better than book 1 but it is!!.
An FBI thriller all the way this series is at the top of the genre.
Some times a narrator becomes the voice of a book series and Paul.J McSorley has done just that - I couldn't imagine anyone else as special agent Sean Kruger.

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Cannot recommend this book highly enough, if I could give it more stars I would.