Checkmate

Name: Checkmate
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Steven James
ISBN: 9781490636412

Author: Steven James

Series: Bowers Files #7

Narrator: Richard Ferrone

Unabridged: 14 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/02/2014

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

In Checkmate, critically acclaimed novelist Steven James offers the final, chilling chapter in his bestselling series, The Bowers Files. When a clandestine FBI facility is attacked, Special Agent Patrick Bowers is drawn into the vicious, ruthless story that a killer from his past is bent on telling the world. Clues lead to long forgotten secrets buried deep beneath uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. Now, Bowers is caught up in trying to stop one of the most deadly attacks ever planned on American soil. Smart, tense and full of mind-bending twists and turns, Checkmate explodes onto the scene, bringing The Bowers Files to a climactic and unforgettable conclusion.

About Steven James

Steven James is the critically acclaimed, national bestselling author of sixteen novels. His work has been optioned by ABC Studios and praised by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, the New York Journal of Books, and many others. His pulse-pounding, award-winning thrillers are known for their intricate storylines and insightful explorations of good and evil. When he’s not working on his next book, he’s either teaching master classes on writing throughout the country, trail running, or sneaking off to catch a matinee.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ron on November 20, 2020

Here is a great quote from the book: "Integrity has no private life" This is the end of The Bowers Files, but not the beginning. Because James wrote prequels, 4 of them, as he was writing the books with chess pieces names. So I have read the 6 books beginning with The Pawn and ending with Checkmate.......more

Goodreads review by Kimberly on July 26, 2024

Perfect ending. The characters I've come to know didn't disappoint. They were real, quirky, passionate, inspiring, thought-provoking, and more. The plot! It twisted and turned, but when you looked back, the clues were there. All the pieces that nagged at you, some you guessed, many you didn't, fall......more

Goodreads review by Linda on March 06, 2015

The Patrick Bowers books have been among my very favorite series. It's been a fun adventure, not only figuring out all the bad guys, but the sheer pleasure of watching the relationship of Patrick and Tessa expand and change over the course of this series. For those who haven't read this one ... go ge......more

Goodreads review by Terri ♥ (aka Mrs. Christian Grey) on January 06, 2018

Well, that was disappointing. This is no spoiler as it happens in the first chapter of the book. So this sets the stage for disappointment. Why would FBI agents congregate outside after getting a text from a low level agent. They are just sitting ducks. None of them bother to ask why the others are t......more

Goodreads review by J.S. on November 09, 2017

Steven James scares me. But in a good way, I guess. [shivers]......more