Flashpoint

Coulter delivers with this exciting latest installment in her “FBI Thriller” series (following Reckoning). Tash Navarro, an eight-year-old American boy, is staying with his Uncle Rebel for the summer while his father, Archer, is on his honeymoon. While there, Tash meets 12-year-old Autumn Backman, who’s been hired to watch over him. The two explore the outdoors and quickly learn of each other’s extrasensory gifts. Meanwhile, following a terrorist attack on a church in England, Lady Elizabeth Palmer travels to the United States to assist the FBI, after multiple attempts on her life. The two stories converge with the introduction of agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, who are tasked with supporting Elizabeth while she helps the FBI. Much like Tash and Autumn, Savich possesses an extrasensory gift that allows him to communicate with Autumn from afar and provide aid when needed. Narrators Saskia Maarleveld and Pete Simonelli alternate, with Maarleveld giving voice to Sherlock and Simonelli speaking for Savich. Although the portraits of Sherlock and Savich ring true, other characterizations, particularly for British characters, seem less consistent.