"exhilarating thriller"
In Port Leo, Texas the doctors have given his beloved
father, who raised Judge Whit Mosely and his five
brothers, four months to live. As such Whit wants his
mother Ellen, who abandoned the seven Mosely males decades
ago, to apologize for what she did to all of them before
his dad dies. He hires private investigator Harry Chyme
to make inquiries though his father did just that when the
trail was warm, with no success. Harry thinks out of the box tracing- Ellen to Montana where
she had run off to with a bank embezzler. Then he traces
her in Detroit where she cut a deal with the Bellini mob,
who relocated with her to Houston. As Whit confronts
Ellen, he becomes embroiled in a mob deal involving a five-
million-dollar Miami connection and double crosses that
test his moral system to the core. Will he choose to
protect the person who deserted him or will he opt to obey
his conscience. He is encouraged to do so by Claudia
Salazaar, the woman he loves. CUT AND RUN is an exhilarating thriller that runs on two
levels. First there is the mob scenario with its double
dealings in which Ellen is in the middle. Then there is
Whit's ethical dilemma even when murder influences the
equation. Thus the audience receives a powerful novel that
will add to Jeff Abbott's growing reputation for suspense. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted October 16, 2003
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