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The Last Minute
Written by Jeff Abbott
Narrated by Kevin T. Collins
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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WINNER OF AN INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS AWARD!
Sam Capra must commit an impossible assassination--or he will lose the only person in the world who matters to him . . .
Sam Capra has one reason to live: to rescue his baby son from the people who abducted him. An ex-CIA agent, Sam now owns bars around the world as cover for his real mission-working undercover for a secret network as mysterious as it is powerful, while using his skills to find his child.
Now the kidnappers have offered a deadly deal: they'll surrender Sam's child...if Sam finds and murders the one man who can expose them. Teaming up with a desperate young mother whose daughter is also missing, Sam tracks his prey-and his son-across the country in a dangerous race against time, and must unravel a deadly conspiracy if he's to rescue the only person in the world that matters to him.
Sam Capra must commit an impossible assassination--or he will lose the only person in the world who matters to him . . .
Sam Capra has one reason to live: to rescue his baby son from the people who abducted him. An ex-CIA agent, Sam now owns bars around the world as cover for his real mission-working undercover for a secret network as mysterious as it is powerful, while using his skills to find his child.
Now the kidnappers have offered a deadly deal: they'll surrender Sam's child...if Sam finds and murders the one man who can expose them. Teaming up with a desperate young mother whose daughter is also missing, Sam tracks his prey-and his son-across the country in a dangerous race against time, and must unravel a deadly conspiracy if he's to rescue the only person in the world that matters to him.
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Jeff Abbott
Jeff Abbott is the acclaimed author of nine novels, including Fear, Panic, and A Kiss Gone Bad. Nominated for three Edgar and two Anthony Awards, he lives in Austin, Texas, with his family.
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Reviews for The Last Minute
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Honestly, this was the first book I have read in a while because I just haven't had the time to read books. I am actually in Germany for vacation and went into the english section of the store and found this. The summary on the back isn't...that appetizing, at first I thought "Oh, is this supposed to be an original?" because I had felt the writing world had just been recycling ideas. But I started to read the first couple pages and got hooked (leading to buying it). So I thought that this book was a 4/5. It was great because it had many twists and turns that I couldn't believe! The character development was great even though you don't get to see one much (Mila). The flow worked well and kept having me anticipate more so I never got bored. And there was just enough action and mystery that you don't want to put it down (though it can get tiring...) The slight downside was that at one point I feel like the author....played it too far. I didn't mind it that much but I didn't care for that part of the story (the second time they "get together" ) and one action scene was a slight over the top butttttttttt, from the character's view I can see it happening :) Hope you enjoy the book! :D
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Better even than the first book, which is unusual, but there was better character development and there was less introspection, more action and show versus tell. Still some holes in character motivation but Enjoyable.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5this book was enjoyable, it had smart writing, a lot of action, but as others have said it went on probably longer than necessary. it does leave me wanting more so I look forward to the next books in the series.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Main character is Sam Capra He with the help of his colleague Mila and another lady called Leonie need to find a young hacker called Jack Mings they have been told to kill him in order for the baddies called Nine Suns to release Sam's infant son. Sam's wife is in a coma from a previous mission. Its a race against time for Sam to save the day. He manages to kill the baddies and rescue his son.nb I liked the story of how Mila got involved in the assassin from humble beginning's in Moldova to rescuing her sister from an Israeli brothel.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm now committed to the whole Sam Capra series (although, due to library availability, I've been reading them out of order). Fun, engaging, quick-moving thriller.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5For a book called 'The Last Minute', it's a very long one indeed. Crazy long for what it is. And what it is isn't much. A very slight story. Pretty one dimensional. Some by the numbers CIA people - and you're never going to believe this, but one of them may be a renegade CIA person, told you you wouldn't believe me. There are not one, but two cut out and keep shadowy, global secret organisations. One good, the other pantomime villain bad.
There's also, for some reason best known to the author (and I can only presume his agent had to take a phone call when the author showed him/her this section of the book) a story within a story. One which is actually reasonably interesting. However, it would fit here, in context, if it was a lot, lot shorter. As it is presented here, it just drags the story of the rest of the book out to breaking point. And beyond. A few lines, presented differently, would have put over what he wanted to say about this particular character's motives and why we could (if you're that way inclined) sympathise with them. But I can't see the point of it, as it is here. By the time I’d finished that section, I’d pretty much forgotten what the main story was supposed to be about!
Anyway. The preamble tells you it's about an ex-CIA Man. There are a hell of a lot of them, ex-CIA people, almost enough to start their own CIA, judging by the number that pop up in books I read. Maybe I should go back to the first Century AD (and stay there), there surely can't be many ex-CIA Roman soldiers, or ancient Britons, surely. Erm, yeah,well... and he's had his newborn baby kidnapped, even before he's set eyes or arms on it. His wife was a traitor and must have had the baby somewhere he didn't know about, before she somehow got into a coma...I don't really recall. Anyway, my sympathy was shown the window at this point, as I can't stand kids. Never have done. Don't have any of my own - luckily for some unborn child somewhere - and never will have. So, he's on his own with the worrying and the running and the fighting and the "I'll do anything to get my son back!" Yeah, ok, apart from that then, it is good in parts, but those parts are too widely spread to build up tension or feelings of caring if he gets the kid back or not.
Then there's the ending. And I've always suspected films or books where the baddie at the end feels the need to explain everything to the hero he's about to hideously murder (surely baddies in books and films have realised by now, that why they’re doing the explaining, help for their victim is on the way?). It's basically an admission by the director or writer that he/she has failed with the story at that point. If they think it needs a full explanation. It's distracting and boring because you know the hero is going to get out of the situation because it's the end of the book and if the signs haven't been good enough or clear enough already, for you to figure out what's been going, you don't care. In most cases, it's the final nail in the coffin.
In short - interesting in parts, a reasonable diversion, but too formulaic.