Review: 29 Seconds by T.M. Logan

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Summary

From T.M. Logan, the bestselling author of Lies, comes 29 Seconds, a sensational new thriller that explores what happens when a split second thought of revenge takes on a life of its own.

“Give me one name. One person. And I will make them disappear.”

Sarah is a young professor struggling to prove herself in a workplace controlled by the charming and manipulative Alan Hawthorne. A renowned scholar and television host, Hawthorne rakes in million-dollar grants for the university where Sarah works—so his inappropriate treatment of female colleagues behind closed doors has gone unchallenged for years. And Sarah is his newest target.

When Hawthorne's advances become threatening, Sarah is left with nowhere to turn. Until the night she witnesses an attempted kidnapping of a young child on her drive home, and impulsively jumps in to intervene. The child’s father turns out to be a successful businessman with dangerous connections—and her act of bravery has put this powerful man in her debt. He gives Sarah a burner phone and an unbelievable offer. A once-in-a-lifetime deal that can make all her problems disappear.

No consequences. No traces. All it takes is a 29-second phone call.

Because everyone has a name to give. Don’t they?

Review

29 seconds. Three conditions. One deal with the Devil. I don’t even know where to start with this book but once it hit midway, there was no putting it down.

I’m curious to know other reader thoughts on Sarah. Here is a woman who is intelligent, strong and trying to succeed in academia. She has a boss who is truly the catalyst for the me too movement. He is untouchable, powerful, a bully and feels entitled to make advances and propositions threatening her and all the other women jobs. Caught in a bad situation and tired of the harassment she decides it’s time to take matters into her own hands but weighs out the war with the consequences.

Upon a chance interaction, Sarah finds herself putting her maternal instincts in drive when she saw a young girl in danger and saved her life. Unbeknown to her, the person she saved was connected to organized crime and in his world, all debts must be repaid. Sarah, not thinking too much about it, rather than just doing what she thought was right, found herself at a crossroads with a proposal that could put someone’s fate in her hands. This stranger gave her the offer of a lifetime. If she gave him one name, they would disappear and her debt repaid. If she decides to go to the point of no return, there’s no turning back and whatever happens will.

Now this hits the midway part of the book that brought such angst and tension. From this point on the book becomes so addicting that it becomes impossible to put down. I struggle with my perception of Sarah because who she showed herself to be contradicts how she handles her decision she makes. Some make say she becomes weak because she knew what she signed up for and the consequences of dealing with her that decision. I’ll let you decide. I wasn’t expecting that ending which gave me such a nice surprise.

Overall, this was fantastic. The beginning was like warming up a car but once it hit the second part it took off and become an instant page turner. The twists kept coming and you’ll not want to put it down. Put this one on the list.