Seeing Red

Seeing Red by Sandra Brown       432 pages

Kerra Bailey is a TV journalist who finally convinces Major Franklin Trapper to sit for an interview on the 25^th anniversary of a hotel bombing in which the Major saved a number of people.  She actually went through John Trapper, the Major’s estranged son, hoping he could get her in to see his father.  John is a P.I. who left the ATF some time ago after disputes with his supervisors.  He is surprised that his father does grant the interview, but he refuses to be more involved.  After the interview is over, Kerra’s crew leaves her alone with the Major for some off-camera discussion.  While she is in the bathroom, she hears shots, then escapes out the window, only to fall into a ditch as she runs.  When she wakes up in the hospital, the Major is just holding onto his life and John knows that both of them are in danger.  Thus begins a sprint to see if the two of them can uncover who is behind the assault and how it connects with the bombing of the past.  Brown always keeps the action moving and the discovery of the relationship exciting.