Counting on Trust

Name: Counting on Trust
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Mary Ferguson Powers
ISBN: 9780985794668

Author: Mary Ferguson Powers

Narrator: Terrance Brown

Unabridged: 25 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scribl

Published: 09/26/2019

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

In this suspense-charged, touching novel, *Counting on Trust*, information is stolen from a U.S. genetic engineering company (Omniprotein) by an employee promised payment by a Chinese general who wants to profit from selling the company’s technologies in the military region of China he commands. * To force quick payment the thief attacks fellow employees and threatens to continue until his money arrives. Will his next targets be: young lovers, computer geek Gabriel and gorgeous biologist Selena, who are discovering loving sex while trying to overcome post-traumatic effects of Selena’s girlhood rape. * company president, Eleanor, who’s determined to keep some privacy and intimacy although her job’s high profile and her husband, Charley, has just had prostate cancer surgery. * venture capitalist, John, who plans to duplicate Omniprotein’s facility in China and reunite with his ex-wife, fashion designer Ziyi, who returned to Shanghai after their only child died. The personal stories of these couples explore how privacy, intimacy and trust are changing in our social-media age. They paint a compelling portrait of our time.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy on May 19, 2020

I had some trouble getting started with this one. I don’t actually know if it was the flow of the words or maybe the subject. There are almost too many subplots here. Ones involving espionage, crime, politics, scientific research, even sex. Now that I list them it rather sounds like life doesn’t it?......more

Goodreads review by Michelle, The Book Critic on February 22, 2020

Trust is something we human beings rely on every single day. This book does a great way of portraying that theme along with it's characters and the plot. The action is intense and dramatic with emotional detailing on the sides. Counting on Trust has a great concept but I think it should have dealt m......more

Goodreads review by R.K. on March 31, 2020

Totally read this book in one sitting. Couldn't put it down. All action all the time. Fast paced in lots is detail. As I read through this I it felt like I was watching a movie. There are so many twists and turns in the story and so much action. There was not a dull moment during my entire time of rea......more

Goodreads review by C. on March 02, 2020

A very clever story line which kept me fully engrossed great characters and a very clever ending. The author writes fluently and convincingly, and all the principal characters are well developed - easy to get to know and to empathize with. I felt the plot was well-paced throughout, and the ending jus......more

Goodreads review by Christine on May 11, 2020

There were a lot of characters and action in this story, but I enjoyed it. Murder, surprises, love, loss, violence, even a few moments of tears were to be had through the story. The epilogue surprised me some, but if you like thrillers, I recommend this story. I had the opportunity to listen to an a......more