Burning debris littering the ground . . . smoke pluming in the acrid air . . . this is just the beginning if he fails.
Seven years ago, operative Luke Gallagher vanished to become part of an elite team set on capturing a deadly terrorist. When Luke returns to face those he left behind, their help becomes his only hope of stopping his target’s latest threat of an attack that would shake America to its core.
Private investigator Kate Maxwell never stopped loving or looking for Luke after he disappeared. But she also never imagined he left her or his life by choice. Now he’s back, and together they must unravel a twisting thread of secrets, lies, and betrayal, all while on the brink of a biological disaster.
Will they and their love survive, or will Luke and Kate become the terrorist’s next mark?
Dead Drift is my favorite book in the Chesapeake Valor series! Pettrey writes scene after scene of mayhem and destruction as Luke tries both to protect Kate and find the bad guy. The action never stops and will keep you turning pages as fast as you can from the first to the very last!
Pettrey has kept readers hanging several times in this series as she wrote cliffhanger endings into the books, but this one was quite different. While those high-suspense endings were perfect for the other books, as the last in the series, this one was calmer, with details wrapped up and major issues resolved. I really liked the conclusion that Pettrey brought to the series. Each character seemed to have the perfect ending for him or her and you’re left feeling that although the action isn’t over, there’s a peace that has been missing up to this point.
Luke, especially, was missing that peace. As a presumed-dead CIA operative, he has more stress and tasks on his plate than I could imagine. Pettrey writes him as a super hunky, Jason Bourne-type – a guy who’s smart, attractive, and with deadly self-defense skills. He was tormented with the choices that he’d made as he tried to serve his country and the opportunities that he’d lost, and I really enjoyed his journey to resolving that part of his life and moving into a new one.
Pettrey’s writing keeps getting better and better – with more action, deeper lessons, and more deadly suspense. I can’t wait for her next series to begin!
I received a free copy of Dead Drift from the author. All opinions are my own.
