Untouchable
by Jeffery Deaver
DESCRIPTION
For Special Agent Constant Marlowe, a quiet college town hides a nest of malice and revenge in this twisty novella by New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver.
Special Agent Constant Marlowe is passing through the charming college town of Prescott, Illinois, when a chance encounter with a terrified student stops her in her tracks. Kathleen Delaine thought she was doing the right thing when she demanded an inquiry into traumatic brain injuries among the university’s football team. But after a manosphere shock jock picks up the story on his radio show and makes it personal, the online uproar bleeds into the real world. As Constant works to identify which of the host’s fanboys is threatening Kathleen, she discovers that behind the bullying campaign lies a vast and deadly conspiracy.
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MY THOUGHTS
Untouchable is the exciting third installment in the Constant Marlow series by Jeffery Deaver. This novella has Constant on the watch for Kathleen Delaine Kathleen is a university student who notices a clear connection between football players and traumatic brain injuries. She wants answers and she wants the players protected. Instead, she runs head into something I’d never heard of before - that of a manosphere shock jock.
With a radio host highlighting Kathleen’s concerns, he also makes her a target. Now Kathleen is fighting against a concerted effort to silence her. As Constant is traveling through the small university town, she learns of Kathleen’s plight, and works to find out who is after her - even though a deadly conspiracy is at play.
This may be only a novella, but it certainly isn’t lacking the trademark fast-paced thrillers that Deaver has offered his readers. The danger is real. The excitement is nonstop, and this story also reveals real concerns for the protection against TBIs is contact sports.
Many thanks to Amazon Original Stories and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The author of 48 novels, 100 short stories and a nonfiction law book, and a lyricist of a country-western album, he’s received or been shortlisted for dozens of awards.
Deaver has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, the Strand Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Raymond Chandler Lifetime Achievement Award in Italy. He has also been awarded or shortlisted for scores of award from around the world.
His book A Maiden’s Grave was made into an HBO movie starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin and titled Dead Silence. His novel The Bone Collector was a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Lifetime aired an adaptation of his The Devil’s Teardrop. NBC television recently aired the nine-episode prime-time series, Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector. CBS TV is airing Tracker, a prime-time series based on his novel The Never Game, featuring his character Colter Shaw.
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