Carter Blake finds people who don’t want anyone to find them. For the last six years he has been one of those people. The reason why, revolves around Blake’s last days in the secret organization known as Winterlong. During those last days an American Senator was assassinated and Blake became the prime suspect. In those final days the Blake contacted his girlfriend Carol Langford and told her that for her safety she needed to go into hiding, too. When she finally decided on that course of action, she sent Blake a four-word note – “ Don’t Look for Me” and for six years he hasn’t!
That ends though when a young husband and wife abruptly leaves their Las Vegas home. Their neighbor who had befriended the wife worries that the wife is in danger. After searching their house,she finds a journal left behind by the wife. She discovers an email address to be contacted in case of an emergency in the journal. The email belongs to Carter Blake!
Soon Blake is off to Las Vegas to find and rescue Carol. However, Blake is not the only on looking for Carol. Trenton Gage is a hitman. Like Blake, Gage is very good at finding people who don’t want to be found. Gage is also on Carol’s trail. The ultimate question is – Who will find her first?? The secondary question is – “Will Blake like what he finds?”
Bottom line
Don’t Look for Me, like the books before it in this wonderful series, was a page turner for me. There were lots of twists and turn throughout the books. They kept the final outcome in doubt to the final pages of the book.
I enjoy a series where the plots are not just the main character chasing a new criminal, or solving a new case, but are based on something that occurred in a previous book. In this case the story revolves around Carol’s going off the grid, which happened six years ago.
The best example of the above are the best of C.J . Box where have their roots in previous books.
Another thing I like is the character development of characters over time. Mason Cross certainly develops Carter Blake in Don’t Look for Me. Cross writes this in a Note to Readers at the beginning of the book
… in the past, Blake has been a coldly efficient professional, doing what he does and no getting invested in his targets, in this book he’s emotionally involved, big time. The myster in Don’t Look for Me isn’t a whodunnit. It’s the characters themselves – Blake learns more than he bargained for about his former love , Carol and even about himself. I had a lot of fun taking Blake out of his comfort zone and putting him in situations he’s ill-equipped to handle.
And that’s just the way I like it!!! Keep’em coming Mr. Cross!!!
EKK Rating 4/5. Goodreads Rating: 4.04/5
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Book 15 of 2018
