Andrew Bourelle puts the pedal to the metal in this riveting sports-centered action thriller with a suspenseful core and engaging characters. Shot Clock is an interesting read with a cinematic flair.
Caitlin Glass lives a somewhat active life as a cop in her small-town with a husband and kid, reminiscing about her athletic days when she used to live for the hoops. Still bittersweet about the injury that got to her, she reacquaints with a face from her past, now a basketball star, Garrett Streeter. His brother’s been kidnapped and the kidnappers want to control the spread over the games. With time running out, Caitlin steps into the murky underworld of sports to find Garrett’s brother before he slips up in the game of his life.
Andrew Bourelle springs up the narrative with intense bouts of energy, with emotional resonance interspersed in-between the action and suspense to give the story a heart as well as brain. Her motivations feel both inspiring as well as deeply humanly complex that drive the action as much as the criminal investigation. The twists hit you in the face and the non-stop pacing leaves you breathless from the ride. It’s a sight to behold, reading how Bourelle interweaves kinetic scenes of basketball between gritty shootouts and combat, instilling a sense of urgency that does justice to the race-against-time trope.
Shot Clock is one of the most engaging and fresh crime thrillers you’ll read this year and you’ll be wanting to read more of Bourelle’s stories as soon as you’re done with this one.
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