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As a mystery weapon shoots commercial planes out of the sky, Dr. Cammy Talbot, a missle defense expert, comes to suspect that this is just the start of an ambitious campaign to shift the world's balance of power.
Bodman, a former Reagan deputy press secretary and NSC senior director, makes little use of her inside knowledge of Washington, D.C., in her second near-future political thriller to feature computer whiz Cameron "Cammy" Talbot. Scant months after Talbot managed to avert a war between India and Pakistan by deploying a technology she invented in Checkmate(2007), the White House taps her to develop an antimissile device to restore public confidence in plane travel after a series of midair explosions aboard commercial aircraft. Meanwhile, the attractive scientist's former lover, Lt. Col. Hunt Daniels, and the widowed vice president, Jayson Keller, are both pursuing Talbot. The book's romantic scenes bring the action to a screeching halt. The forces behind the air disasters make several amateurish attempts on Cammy's life, but she predictably survives to save the day. Romantic suspense readers will be more rewarded than Tom Clancy fans. (Feb.)
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Soichiro Nakade
reviewed Gambit on May 06, 2019
Gambit
MWSA Review
Gambit is the second book in Karna Small Bodman's White House National Security Series. In this installment, Dr. Cameron Talbot, a brilliant young American scientist takes on the mystery of American civilian planes being shot down with no warning on radar and no claims of responsibility from any terrorist group. The result is panic for pilots, flight attendants, and potential flyers as well as the airlines and a falling stock market. Talbot continues to struggle with lack of support from her boss who is overridden by a request from the White House to solve this problem. As usual, she has an idea. She is once again paired with Lt. Col. Daniels, who left her without explanation after a romantic interlude in India, causing her much personal stress. When her name is leaked to the media as working on a solution, someone tries repeatedly to kill her.
Relevant details from the first book are nicely woven into this story so that it can be read as a stand-alone novel. Bodman's knowledge of the White House, as a result of serving in the Reagan administration, allows her to include details of not only the buildings but also the complexities faced by any administration. The book would profit from a final proofreader as there are many typos, misspellings, and punctuation errors. However, these do not interfere significantly with this well crafted story. Â
Review by Nancy Kauffman (June 2019)
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