Double Take: An FBI Thriller, Book 11

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Sandra Burr, Phil Gigante

Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are joined by one of their own and a Virginia sheriff in an extraordinary case that immerses them in the world of psychic visions, mind benders, and communications with the dead

It's been more than six months since her husband's brutal death, and Julia Ransom is just beginning to breathe again. She loved her husband, renowned psychic August Ransom, but the media frenzy that followed his murder sapped what little strength she had left. Now, after dinner with friends, strolling along San Francisco's Pier 39, she realizes that she's happy. Standing at the railing, she savors the sounds around her-tourists, seals on a barge-and for a moment enjoys the sheer normalcy of it all. And then it comes to an end.

Out of nowhere she's approached by a respectable-looking man who distracts her with conversation before violently attacking her and throwing her the railing. If it hadn't been for Special Agent Cheney Stone, out to stretch his legs between courses at a local restaurant, Julia would have vanished into the bay's murky depths. Not only does he save her from a watery grave, but he senses a connection between her assault and her husband's death, and sets out to serve as her protector while reopening August Ransom's murder investigation.

Meanwhile, in Maestro, Virginia, Sheriff Dixon Noble-last seen in Point Blank-still mourns his wife, Christie, who vanished hree years earlier. His life, too, is just getting back to normal when he learns of a San Francisco woman named Charlotte Pallack, whose shocking resemblance to Christie sends Dix across the country. Though he knows in his heart that she can't possibly be his wife, Dix is compelled to see her with his own eyes. Once in San Francisco, Dix and Cheney's paths inevitably cross. With the help of agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, whose San Francisco connections prove essential in unlocking the mystery behind Charlotte Pallack's identity as well as the forces behind Julia Ransom's attempted murder, Sheriff Noble and Agent Stone push deep into a complex world of psychics and poseurs. As the stakes and the body count rise, Savich, Sherlock, Dix, and Cheney fight for answers-and their lives.

©2007 Catherine Coulter (P)2007 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Credible characters and a fascinating look at the world of psychics and thieves help make this one of Coulter's best." ( Publishers Weekly)
"The use of two narrators allows for well-paced dialogue. Phil Gigantes' cool intonation helps to clarify the narrative....Sandra Burr handles the womens voices with a light touch." ( AudioFile)

very good book!

This is one of my favorites in the series. Excellent characters as usual, and great story lines. The layers flow together very nicely!

Love the interwoven stories

Coulter is a master at weaving stories together.Always intriguing how the stories border on the paranormal yet remain realistic. My only disappointment is when the female narrator makes some female characters so unlike 80 year olds, i.e. Ruth and Catherine, when they’re less than half that in age.

Excellent

This book is very entertaining with great characters and suspense! Two story lines are well woven together. It includes Savich and Sherlock, Dix and Ruth, and Cheney and Julia. The narration is excellent! Very enjoyable!

Great Book

As always Catherine Coulter did a wonderful job with her writing. The book grabbed my attention from the start and held it all the way through. I feel like I know her characters... Dillon and Sherlock and the other FBI agents. Thouroughly enjoyed the book!

Unstoppable Fun.

Amazing whodunnit with overlapping stories. I was caught up in the action, suspense and adventure from start to finish.
It was also great to see how all the previous characters continue to grow and move on with the various challenges in their life and relationships.
Catherine Coulter has an amazingly creative mind.
Loved every minute of it! Never a dull moment, moving from one clue to another.

Having Phil Gigante as one of the narrators was pure super icing on the cake. The duo Sandra Burr and Phil Gigante did a superb job, of bring all the characters to life.

All the books can be read as standalone, no cliffhanger, but they are recurring characters throughout the series.

Narrator distracts

The bouncing of male to female narrator is so distracting. I have listened to all the previous books with Sandra Burr narrating. She is fantastic. I don’t think I can finish this book or the rest of the series now.
How disappointing!! Yes I am done!

Great, great, great series

This book like all the books in the series (except book 4) was great, it moves quickly and is very entertaining. I love the characters that Catherine Coulter creates, they are likable and fun. The stories don't go too deeply in depth of all the characters, but she gives you enough back story to get to know them. The stories are not too predictable at all, although she has a style of writing that she uses for most of these books (again except book 4), it works and makes for fun mystery stories with romance but not too heavy on the romance.

Performance Lacking

Have listened to other books written by Coulter and was very disappointed by the reading. It felt simply just read not performed. The man read too fast and really had no inflection that signaled danger or pauses to create tension or anticipation. He just plowed right through it. The female was a little better but it was definitely not as enjoyable to listen to as others that the reader/performers actually acted out the various parts and created excitement through pause or tempo.

Loved this story

Loved this story!! Sherlock and Savage do it again. Another great read, looking forward to the next one!!

Intense "reading"

Catherin Coulter is truly a magnficent writer to "read". The story line is great - the book keeps you in suspense right to the end.

When the book ends you want to almost carry on reading about them.

From an audible experience, this was wonderful, the characters are great, the voices fenominal - i'd really want to listen to them all again!

Thank you, this book has kept me listening to the disgust of my family whom I have ignored because I've had to "finish this book"