Dangerous Wind (Carol Golden Book 3)

Dangerous Wind: A Carol Golden Novel

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She loves to solve puzzles, even when they involve murder. Drake and Melody are teamed up to run a race along the California Coast for a prize of a million dollars—in when a million is worth something. Neither knows the other is in the race before it starts. They once did undercover work together in England, but this information is supposed to be top secret. The nine other pairs of runners entered in the race are world-class marathoners, including a winner of the Boston Marathon. But Drake and Melody also receive threats calculated to keep them from dropping out. The stakes increase when startling events produce fatalities and impact the race, leading them to ask whether the Cold War with the USSR is about to heat up.

Suspense takes a thrill ride. The suspense crackles amid some of the most scenic spots in the western United States, including Lake Tahoe, Reno, Crater Lake, Seattle, and in Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Parks, as well as the redwood trees and rocky cliffs of the northern California coast. Within two weeks after starting his senior year of high school in the s, Gary Blanchard finds himself kicked out of one school and attending another—the school where his cousin, Ralph, mysteriously died six months before.

Did Ralph fall from the auditorium balcony, or was he pushed? Had he found a diamond necklace, talked about by cousins newly arrived from England, that was supposedly stolen from Dutch royalty by a common ancestor and lost for generations? What about the principal with an abnormal liking for boys? Tony Schmidt and Shahla Lawton don't know what they're getting into when they sign up as volunteer listeners. But when Shahla's best friend is murdered, it's too late for them to back out.

They suspect that one of the hotline's inappropriate callers may be the murderer, and they know more about them than the police do. Karl Patterson deals in baseball cards and may be a compulsive gambler, so he's surprised when his father, Richard, CEO of a software company, engages him to check up on the activities of his second in command. It doesn't hurt that Richard assigns his executive assistant, Arrow, an exotic and ambitious young woman, to help Karl, but none of them expects to get involved in murder. Alan splits his time between writing and walking, another passion. Alan lives with his wife, Bonny, on a hill in Southern California.

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When did you first start writing? At about the time I could first hold a pencil. What's the story behind your latest book? She is a code breaker and game player, and is called on to figure out a game that a serial killer is playing. April 20, by Alan Cook. Bonny Cook left teaching in and entered the business world as a programmer. She also traveled to all seven continents and had many adventures along the way.

The knowledge she gained will be useful for anybody working in business today. Carol Golden by Alan Cook. Forget to Remember Price: Hit that Blot Price: Good to the Last Death Price: Dancing with Bulls Price: Gary Blanchard by Alan Cook. Honeymoon for Three Price: Lillian Morgan by Alan Cook.

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Catch a Falling Knife Price: Your Move by Alan Cook Series: In the 7th Carol Golden novel Carol is asked to help find a serial killer who likes to play games. Carol Golden is asked to help Peter Griffenham recover a chunk of money he's lost in a scam, but he doesn't want to go to the police, and by the time she gets involved the prime suspect, a dazzling redhead named Amy, has disappeared along with the money. At Kobo, we try to ensure that published reviews do not contain rude or profane language, spoilers, or any of our reviewer's personal information.

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Ratings and Reviews 3 12 star ratings 3 reviews. Yes No Thanks for your feedback! I don't know of any other book that takes place on all 7 continents.

Carol Golden doesn't let the fact that she was initially abducted prevent her from attempting to find out who is behind the attempt to find an ex-boyfriend she doesn't remember because of her amnesia. If you like travel combined with suspense, this may be the book for you. I tried several times to continue reading this book but found it of no interest to me whatsoever.

Just couldnt get into it. In Dangerous Wind by Alan Cook, investigator Carol Golden is kidnapped and ends up on a whirlwind journey that takes her across the seven continents and into some prickly, yet highly entertaining, predicaments. Carol, who also goes by the names Cynthia and Iako, has quite the checkered past, further complicated by amnesia, a fierce independence and a low tolerance for nonsense.

By the way, the code-breaking scenes are terrific. Carol is thrown into many bewildering situations where she has to make judgments on old lovers, newly encountered spies, and even assassins. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem?

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In the third Carol Golden novel, Carol is abducted from Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she lives with her grandmother and is thrown into an adventure that will take her to all seven continents. While In the third Carol Golden novel, Carol is abducted from Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she lives with her grandmother and is thrown into an adventure that will take her to all seven continents. While Carol is hunting for the bad guys she has to sort out the truth and figure out who they really are.

Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Dangerous Wind , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. May 05, Mark Fine rated it it was amazing. A thrilling global hunt by an alluring woman, suffering amnesia, forced into a mission to track down a former lover she can no longer recall!

These are the riddles that make Dangerous Wind such an intriguing read. From the security of my chair I raced pell-mell alongside our heroine, across seven continents, in pursuit of a master mathematician--the alleged villain bent on destroying the Western financial system.

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Reflecting true life, nothing is quite as black and white as first thought. And as A thrilling global hunt by an alluring woman, suffering amnesia, forced into a mission to track down a former lover she can no longer recall! And as author Alan Cook's intriguing story unfolds we witness allegiances change, and in the process motives of the principal characters become better defined; but he is also ringing a cautionary bell about the overreach of big government, the hazards to the world economy by "to big to fail" banking institutions, and the slippery slope spiral of restricted freedoms.

Hence, in the spirit of "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down" Mr. Cook succeeds in informing us as he simultaneously so ably entertains us. Mar 07, Michael Hartnett rated it it was amazing. In Dangerous Wind by Alan Cook, investigator Carol Golden is kidnapped and ends up on a whirlwind journey that takes her across the seven continents and into some prickly, yet highly entertaining, predicaments. Carol, who also goes by the names Cynthia and Iako, has quite the checkered past, further complicated by amnesia, a fierce independence and a low tolerance for nonsense.

By t In Dangerous Wind by Alan Cook, investigator Carol Golden is kidnapped and ends up on a whirlwind journey that takes her across the seven continents and into some prickly, yet highly entertaining, predicaments. By the way, the code-breaking scenes are terrific. Carol is thrown into many bewildering situations where she has to make judgments on old lovers, newly encountered spies, and even assassins.

Simply put, Dangerous Wind is a tremendously enjoyable read. One of the great pleasures of this novel is the wonderful globetrotting, described in loving detail. The list of locales has numerous Grand Tour destinations and include many surprises as I read, I kept a running tally, but felt I would be spoiling some of the fun by revealing. What is so impressive about all of these plot movements is that they seem to be orchestrated not by Cook but by the charismatic, yet morally ambiguous, antihero of the novel, Eric Nordahl.

The layers of relationships give the novel gravity even as it drives toward a rousing and satisfying climax. The ancillary commentaries about financial institutions and governmental controls ground the novel. Dangerous Wind is a smart, entertaining read, and it receives my highest recommendation.

Oct 11, Gloria Feit rated it it was amazing.

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