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TailSpin (FBI Thriller, No. 12) | 
| Author: Catherine Coulter
Publisher: Putnam Adult
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 3059
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 0399155031
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399155031
ASIN: 0399155031
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
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From the #1 bestselling author, a stunning new novel of secrets, mayhem, and murder.
FBI Special Agent Jackson Crowne is flying his Cessna over the Appalachians, with a very important passenger: renowned psychiatrist Dr. Timothy MacLean; their destination is Washington, D.C. Upon their arrival, the FBI will protect the doctor and ascertain just who wants him dead.
But they don t make it.
In San Francisco, married FBI Special Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock take an early morning phone call from their supervisor, Jimmy Maitland. Maitland received a Mayday from Jackson in the mountains near Parlow, Kentucky, and sends Savich and Sherlock to see what s happened.
Agent Crowne is able to bring his plane down in a narrow valley and haul the unconscious Dr. MacLean from the burning wreckage before it explodes. Their crash is witnessed by Rachael Abbott, a young woman on the run after the mysterious death of her father. When Savich and Sherlock arrive on the scene, they find Jackson and Rachael in the Parlow clinic and Dr. MacLean comatose in the local hospital, prognosis unknown. What they do know frightens them: Dr. MacLean was recently diagnosed with frontal lobe dementia, and in the months prior to the crash his behavior had become erratic and alarmingly uninhibited, his ability to maintain doctor-patient confidentiality badly compromised. With a patient list made up of Washington movers and shakers, MacLean s role as a keeper of secrets is jeopardized as well. Is there someone out there so desperate that they d kill the doctor for what he knows? It is up to Jackson, Savich, and Sherlock to find out no matter the cost.
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 FBI Thriller, NO 12 July 22, 2008
A. Roberts (Wyoming)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have read the entire FBI series and eagerly awaited Tailspin. As usual Savitch and Sherlock were superb and the storyline was good. However, I thought the story drug in places and for some reason I couldn't get into Rachael's character. There were no surprises to me. I early on figured on who was after Rachael and I also guessed early on what some indicate as a surprise at the end. I liked Jackson's character but Rachael at times seemed sort of smart mouth and you had the idea she didn't need the FBI; like she was going to take on any of the bad guys. At one point Jackson is concerned about her carrying a gun and she tells him to shut up-she can probably shoot better than him. Well he was in some special forces and then FBI and that was unlikely as was her getting out of the water after she had been tied up and a cement block tied to her. Okay it's fiction and though I rolled my eyes, I'll buy that for the sake of the story. She bothered me more when she was so sarcastic.
I got a little bored with all the conversations over the same thing. There is one whole chapter with Rachael walking around Jackson's apartment describing the walls, the floors, the decor and going through everything again. I found myself skimming some of the book and in fact put it down several times which I seldom do with one of the FBI series. IT seemed like it would flow along and then drag for awhile. It's not bad and there have been others in the series I have liked better than others. IF there is a 13th book in the series I would no doubt read it. I like Savitch and Sherlock enough to keep reading.
I appreciate the fact that CC doesn't have a lot of profanity in her books and explicit sexual situations. This series is not really romance but more thrillers. The only really sexual scene was between Savich and Sherlock which was kind of cute actually.
Though this wasn't my favorite of the series, it still had its moments and if you've read the rest of the series you will want to read this one.
 exciting thriller June 28, 2008
Harriet Klausner
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
She woke up to find her hands tied to her chest and her legs locked in wieights just before theyows her into the lake. An expert swimmer, Rachel Abbott, illegitimate daughter of a powerful senator, gets free and goes on the run. She believes her father's two siblings want her dead to prevent her from revealing something that could have destroyed her dad's career; though before he died he was planning to go public. In Kentucky Appalachia on her way to a safe house to rest and think, she sees a plane make an emergency crash landing; the pilot and the passenger manage to escape just before the plane exploded.
The pilot is FBI Agent Jackson Crowne who was flying his friend psychiatrist Dr Timothy MacLean to Washington, D.C. in order for the agency to protect him from an unknown adversary. Dr. Maclean suffers from frontal lobe dementia, which has led him to break confidentiality about three patients. Even at the hospital there are attempts on the psychiatrist's life just as there are on Rachel's. Happily married Savich and Sherlock are sent to learn what happened to Maclean and then hearing her story, take Racheal under their wing. Soon they too are in danger from killers wanting Timothy and Rachel silenced.
Catherine Coulter is one of the best authors of exciting thrillers writing today. The several subplots running throughout her novels that eventually tie together is a work of art. In the case of TAILSPIN, Savich and Sherlock heat up the pages while a romance between Rachel and Jack blossoms. Readers already care about SS, but will also like JR. and his evolving romance with Rachael. Fans of the series will relish the protagonists and their cronies as they struggle to stay alive against cunning professional killers.
Harriet Klausner
Excellent FBI Thriller. I'm a Total Fan July 12, 2008
K. N. Nelson (California, USA)
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
The only thing I could wish for in this story was that Jackson Crowe and Rachael Abbott had not hooked up. It was too predictable and follows a pattern that the author has established in her prior books. I guess that I am rebelling against this common ploy, perhaps unfairly. Catherine Coulter is such an outstanding author that she doesn't need to dip her pen in that inkwell. She does, however, portray intimacy with a fine and restrained hand, and never debases herself or her characters with vulgar, soft porn descriptives that far too many authors seem to think necessary to sell a book. I appreciate this respect for the intelligence of the reader and the characters' integrity.
There are so many threads to follow in this excellent FBI story. Savich and Sherlock are as compelling and engaging as always. I didn't like that Sherlock got shot, however. One gets so attached to the characters that to put one in such jeopardy is emotionally wrenching. I know, I know, silly, but there you have it. The were few surprises as to who the killers of Senator Abbott were, which I would have liked to figure out myself; however, there was a surprise! surprise! very bad person that I didn't "get" until the very end. I liked that twist a lot.
One could really feel a lot of empathy toward the unfortunate Dr. Maclean and the medical course he was doomed to follow due to his disease that put him and his patients at such risk. It caused me to reflect upon aging and the brain pathologies that can destroy a person. This is one of Catherine's strongest suits as a writer. She inspires deeper, personalized reflections through the excellent content she includes in her books.
 Boring and Disappointing June 26, 2008
Avid Reader (Bedford, Texas USA)
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
I loved the first books in this series but this one had no suspense and was just boring. Don't waste your money.
 Excellent Plot and Character Development June 27, 2008
Valerie Jones (Southern California)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Dr. Timothy MacLean is a psychologist to all the movers and shakers in Washington, but when he is diagnosed with frontal lobe dementia and starts leaking confidential information about his patients someone tries to run him and keep him quiet permanently. After the second attempt on his life, FBI Special Agent Jack Crowne steps in and attempts to fly Dr. MacLean to safety. During the flight, a bomb goes off and sends Agent Crowne and Dr. MacLean to a fiery crash in Parlow, Kentucky. Luckily for both men, Rachael Abbott is there to witness the crash and assist both men in the rescue. Rachael has just discovered that she is the illegitimate daughter of a Senator, who she believes was murdered. Agent Crowe soon learns that Rachael is running away from people who are attempting to murder her as well. With Dr. McLean in a coma from the crash and Agent Crowe determined to protect Rachael from ferocious murderers he enlists the help of Agents Savich and Sherlock. With conspiracy theories, political secrets, dysfunctional families and assassins on the lose Catherine Coulter provides an excellent plot weaved with suspense, mystery and romance. Tailspin is a great addition to Coulter's FBI series. Written with superb attention to detail and excellent character dialogue Coulter returns after a long absence at the top of her game. The return of our favorite Agents Savich and Sherlock coupled with new highly likeable characters and villains, readers with definitely get their monies worth. High praises for Tailspin. Valerie Jones [...]
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