Spin, Patricia Cornwell
Spin, Patricia Cornwell
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Spin

Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: January LaVoy

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/12/2021

Synopsis

A USA Today bestseller.Captain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance in this new thriller from international bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister—as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and only Calli can redirect its course.Aided by cutting-edge technologies, the NASA investigator and scientist turned Space Force pilot sets out on a frantic search for the missing link between the sabotaged rocket launch and her predetermined destiny…a search that someone else seems very interested in stopping.From NASA to the Chase family farm, to the White House to distant orbits of space, Calli plays a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek with a cunning and ruthless adversary. One wrong move will unleash cataclysmic consequences reaching far beyond the boundaries of Earth.This heart-pounding Captain Chase thriller from Patricia Cornwell will leave readers desperate for more.

About Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell is a Miami born, contemporary crime novelist. Her books usually feature the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, who is a medical examiner. After a way sad childhood, Cornwall graduated from Davidson College with a degree in English. She wrote a biography of a family friend entitled, “A Time for Remembering”, then renamed “Ruth, A Portrait: The Story of Ruth Bell Graham” in 1983. After working in a Virginia medical examiners for six years, she wrote the first installment of her “Scarpetta” series entitled “Postmortem”. Her six year job was valuable in including a lot of forensic science details in her “Scarpetta” series. Her novels are considered to have influenced the creation of the TV series on forensics such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cold Case. In the same vein Cornwell made a brief appearance on the Criminal Minds episode “True Genius”, as herself.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 15, 2021

This second book in the 'Captain Chase' series opens soon after the dramatic conclusion of the first novel Quantum. The stories should be read in order. ***** Captain Calli Chase and her identical twin sister Carme are savants who have an interest in aerospace science and aspire to be astronauts. Both......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on January 26, 2021

FLIR MOBE PEQUOD BS SIS PEEPS SPIES AIR PONG ART Do you know what these acronyms stand for? I sure hope so, because these are just the ones I remember off the top of my head. This book needs an index for all the damn acronyms. I honestly think Patricia Cornwell spent more time thinking up clever acronyms than......more

Goodreads review by Sheryll on January 13, 2021

A fun diversion I’ve enjoyed P Cornwall books in the past and generally find a fairly substantial plot — with this series the emphasis on NASA and science is a welcome shift, but the plot feels like it’s still waiting to warm up and get rolling. Even at the end, I was waiting for something of substa......more

Goodreads review by Liz on January 22, 2021

Blinded me with Science Patricia Cornwell's two years spent in learning space and law enforcement tech speak and behaviors definitely paid off. Unfortunately, in my opinion, the technical jargon and numerous acronyms distracted me so much from the plot, that I think I kind of missed both it and any c......more

Goodreads review by Liz on March 27, 2021

Quantum, the first novel in this series, really appealed to me with its geeky science and intriguing characters and if anything I liked Spin even more as these aspects come into sharper focus. The rambly nature of the prose which in recent Scarpetta books didnt really work for that character, works b......more

Quotes

“[Narrator January] LaVoy draws out the personality differences between twin sisters Calli and Carme as they embark on a covert assignment, with complementary accents and energy.” —AudioFile Magazine“Move over, Bourne and Bond—the espionage game has a new player and Calli Chase is here to finally bring the genre into the twenty-first century.” —Mystery & Suspense Magazine

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