Before It's Too Late

By: Sara Driscoll

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

In this powerful K-9 crime thriller, FBI Special Agent Meg Jennings and her trusted search-and-rescue Labrador, Hawk, must race against the clock before a diabolical killer strikes again.

Somewhere in the Washington, DC, area, a woman lies helpless in a box. Beneath the earth. Barely breathing. Buried alive. In Quantico, the FBI receives a coded message from the woman's abductor. He wants to play a game with them: decipher the clues, find the grave, save the girl. The FBI's top cryptanalysts crack the code, and Special Agent Meg Jennings and her K-9 partner, Hawk, scramble to the scene of the crime. Cryptic clues lead them astray, and by the time they solve the puzzle, it's too late.

But the killer's game is far from over. Soon another message arrives. Another victim is taken, and the deadly pattern is repeated - again and again. Each kidnapping triggers another desperate race against time, each with the possibility of another senseless death. That's when Meg decides to try something drastic. Break the Bureau's protocol. Bring in her brilliant sister, Cara, a genius at word games, to decipher the kidnapper's twisted clues. Meg knows she's risking her career to do it, but she's determined not to let one more person die under her and Hawk's watch. If the plan fails, it could bite them in the end.

And if it leads to the killer, it could bury them forever.

Author bio: Sara Driscoll is the pen name of Jen J. Danna and Ann Vanderlaan, authors of the Abbott and Lowell Forensic Mysteries. Jen is an infectious disease researcher at a cutting edge Canadian university near Toronto but loves to spend her free time writing the thrilling and mysterious. Ann lives in central Texas with five rescued pit bulls, including Kane, now a certified therapy dog. She also trains with Kane for competitive nose work.

©2017 Sara Driscoll (P)2017 Recorded Books

Another great story

My second Sara Driscoll book. Loved it ! Great story with Hawk starring as the smart canine he is assisting with the FBI investigation

love the series

I listened to her first book and while it isn't necessary to read the first book in the series, it does help. The story let's you in on Meg and her dog Hawk and how she goes up against a killer who is kidnapping women who look like her. He leaves clues and challenges her and her team to find them. The tidbits of history the author put at the front of each chapter was fantastic and it gave you more information on why the killer picked the site and method. Am looking forward to her next book

loved it.

love the little historical details. I am in the area the books take place so it's fun to hear about the history. the story is engaging and I really like the characters.

Mystery and Suspense!

Enjoyed the book and the complications in the storyline! The intrigue, romance and intertwining sub stories were enjoyable.

Great Story!

Another great story and performance. I’m enjoying the characters and can’t wait to read the next story.

Exciting

This book is very exciting and keeps you on edge the whole time. Well written with lots of details. You are invested from the start.

Too . . . Too

Good performance but the story was predictable and in-real. If I was your boss and you failed to provide information on an ongoing case, not only would I have fired you, I would have had you arrested.

Another phenomenal story.

Absolute winner. Full of suspense, some funny lines a really great read. Again could not stop listening.
narrator did a great job. On too book 3 I go. Can't wait to start.

Interesting Plot

Good plot with lots of twists and turns. I'm not normally a stickler for proper procedure in a fiction book (it's the author's right to take liberties), but a little more attention paid to the FBI side of the story would be appreciated. She has the search & rescue side down pat. Had I been Meg's boss, she'd have been fired in this book. Overall, though, I did enjoy the book. The narrator does an awesome job with both male and female voices.

Love this story

I’m officially addicted and moving to book 3 as soon as I’m done typing. These books are so good, intense and keep you wanting to listen while cheering the characters on. So glad I found these!