Luke Dantry, a young man with the double tragedy of having both his mother and father killed in accidents when he was younger, is working for his stepfather at a job with a Washington D.C. think tank involving investigation, on line, of possible terrorists whose verbal anger might explode into physical action against the United States. He assumes that his identity is kept secret due to working only on computer.
Suddenly he is kidnapped, taken to a remote cabin and left there to die. Freeing himself, he realizes that the terrorists he has been tracking are more organized and dangerous than previously thought. Pushed into a situation where he must help himself or be killed he finds that there is not only one organization but two pitted against each other and which of them are the bad guys is not readily apparent.
In investigating the groups, Luke’s past comes up and becomes a motivating factor in the events. He teams up with a girl that he had dated, and who had been kidnapped when her current boyfriend was killed by one of the groups in opposition. The two cooperate in trying to solve what becomes their mutual problem and does supply some romantic interest.
Jeff Abbott has the ability to keep his readers involved with the plots and characters he writes about. Trust Me is a bit too simplified in terms of events and motivations of the characters involved, but is, like most Abbott books, one that will provide a satisfying read with a logical plot and ending.
12/13 Paul Lane
Trust Me by Jeff Abbott. Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (December 17, 2013). ISBN 978-1455552627. 480p.
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