"A thrilling tense tale"
Partner in the most prestigious law firm in DC, John
Davenport tells associate attorney Jessica Ford to get
FLOTUS out of the Harrington Hotel bar and into the
waiting limousine. While wondering where the Secret
Service is, Jessica gets Annette Cooper to cooperate and
enter the limousine. Not long afterward, the limousine is in an accident.
FLOTUS, Secret Service Agent Will Prescott and the
chauffeur are dead; Jessica survives. While the world is
shocked, President David Cooper grieves the death of his
wife obtaining emotional support from the First Father.
At the hospital, someone tries to kill Jessica, who knows
the crash was not an accident. Everyone tells her she
hallucinated, but Mark has proof something happened and
believes someone wants Jess dead. Although her memory of
the accident is incomplete; when she learns of Prescott's
death in the crash, she knows he was not in the vehicle
with them. She distrusts everyone except her family; not
even Mark whom she has been attracted to from seeing him
with FLOTUS at her boss' office. Soon afterward as
someone tries to kill Jess again, John dies of a heart
attack and his secretary in a car accident. Jess has no
one to help her except perhaps Mark, whom in spite of her
attraction she has doubts about his agenda. PURSUIT is a fast-paced romantic suspense political
thriller that fans of Karen Robards, especially conspiracy
buffs (particularly those who believe the Clintons killed
Vincent Foster), will appreciate. Jess is a terrific lead
character who fears not only she has no one to help her,
but that she is bringing danger to her family and that the
killer has gotten away with murder. Mark needs to know
the truth starting with how FLOTUS left "18 Acres" (White
House) without at least an agent at her side. His mission
changes to protect Jess whom he is falling in love with
although their attraction is a distraction. Though over
the top of the Washington Monument Karen Robards provides
a thrilling tense tale. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted March 29, 2009
SummaryNew York Times-bestselling author Karen Robards
weaves a complex tale of a political conspiracy at the
highest level of government, with a steamy love affair
between protector and prey.
When rookie lawyer Jessica Ford gets the call from her boss,
John Davenport, the senior partner at the illustrious law
firm for which she works, she can tell he is well on his way
to being drunk. He needs Jess to meet First Lady Annette
Cooper, for whom Davenport is a personal lawyer, at a
Washington, D.C., hotel. Jess is thrilled: this high-profile
assignment must mean that she’s earned her
boss’s trust and she’s on her way to bigger
things. But unfortunately, bigger isn’t always better.
Jess doesn’t remember much—only that in the
course of the late-night meeting with Annette Cooper, she
ended up in the backseat of a car, speeding off into the
darkness. All Jess knows is that the car crashed en route,
and the other three passengers were killed, including the
First Lady. Badly injured, Jess is the only survivor of what
is trumpeted around the world as a tragic accident.
Although she has no memory about the events leading up to
the accident, Jess is still bothered by one question: Was it
really an accident? The Secret Service agent on the case,
Mark Ryan, gets the feeling that Jess is hiding something.
As his suspicions grow, Jess’s world starts falling
apart. First, she is brutally attacked in the hospital,
barely escaping with her life. Then her boss dies under
questionable circumstances. In fact, everyone who might
possibly know the details about the First Lady’s last
few hours starts turning up dead. And then Jess understands:
If she remembers that night, she’ll be dead too.
Terrified and certain that the First Lady’s death was
no accident, Jess has only Mark Ryan to turn to...
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