Countdown: Amy Cornwall Is Patterson’s Greatest Character Since Lindsay Boxer

Certainly a book filled with action, not sure about the ending but then i guess we will hear from Amy again.

Yeah, Patterson gets accused of doing the same thing every book, but I like it! A follow-up to Cornwalls are Missing, Count Down can be read standalone without knowledge of the earlier novel. The characters in this novel are engrossing, and the story unfolds nicely. It's quite the story, too, pitting a couple of veteran military and intelligence types against the inevitable politics of today's age, plus an old-fashioned mindset that doesn't keep up with the times. The heroine is a great character. Excellent story and a great read.

I received 2 of these so I could check that the problem is not just with the 1st book. The printing on all the even numbered pages is at least 50% lighter than that on the odd numbered. I can still read it but it's very distracting.

James Patterson's latest collaboration - Countdown - is with Brendan DuBois. This is a follow up to Out of Sight, featuring Amy Cornwall, but can absolutely be read as a stand alone, as I did. Amy Cornwall was Army intelligence and she’s now in the CIA doing the same thing. She’s out on a what seems to be a straightforward mission. But, something is just off and - you guessed it - she’s going to follow her intuition. Well, she does and what she finds is a tangled web of deceit, treason, terrorists, and plans for a horrific outcome… Amy is a great kick butt female lead. You can’t help but be behind her all the way. She has no idea who to trust. The British agent that says he’ll help her? Her own boss wants her gone. But why? Patterson and DuBois have concocted a multi levelled plot that twists and turns many times on the way to the final pages. It really made me wonder about what does go on in the 'alphabet' agencies. Over the top you ask? Yes, it was in places, but just go with it, as it makes for a roller coaster of a read. Is there going to be another entry in this series? I think there's a chance of that, as Amy has some debts to settle...