The Best Bad Dream, Robert Ward
The Best Bad Dream, Robert Ward
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The Best Bad Dream

Author: Robert Ward

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 7 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/03/2012


Synopsis

FBI Agents Jack Harper and Oscar Hidalgo are burned out from too many cases so they schedule a two-week vacation. Jack plans to hang out with his son, Kevin, then go fishing in Baja: surf, sun, and son . . . a great combination. 
 
Then Jack gets a phone call from his snitch and on-again-off-again girlfriend, the sexy and unpredictable car thief, Michelle Wu. Her sister, Jennifer, has been kidnapped. Frantic, terrified that Jennifer will be killed, Michelle begs Jack to come to Santa Fe at once. This is the last thing Jack wants to do but he owes Michelle big time: She once saved his life. Michelle is pretty sure a biker named Lucky Avila had something to do with Jennifer’s disappearance. She also admits she did a little business with Lucky, who might be angry at her. Jack goes out to see Lucky, hoping for a simple end to the case, but he should have known better. Anything in which Michelle Wu is involved is bound to be complex, dark, and wild. Soon Jack is up to his neck with bikers, Mexican gangs, and a giant pet Razorback hog named Ole Big, who may offer a major clue to finding the missing girl.
 
Meanwhile, the innocent Jennifer Wu is trapped in a cell by a man wearing a black rubber suit and a terrifying mask. While Jack is struggling with Ole Big and some very hard criminals, he begins to discover some of the shocking secrets of an exclusive spa for the elderly called the Blue Wolf. 
 
Back at home, Jack’s son is having his own little adventure with the very hot local librarian—a teen-aged boy’s dream come true—while her brutal husband is away. Out of his mind with lust, he, too, is in over his head.
 
“Ward is simply one of the best.”
       —Michael Connelly

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shelleyrae on January 01, 2012

When Michelle Wu's sister goes missing in Sante Fe, she can't inform the police because she is rarely on the right side of the law herself, so she begs FBI Agent Jack Harper to interrupt his vacation and find her. Leaving his teenage son in the care of his father, Jack heads to the desert only to be......more

Goodreads review by Rhonda on December 26, 2011

The Best Bad Dream by Robert Ward 5 STARS It was a little different the villians of the story. I guessed some right and a whole lot wrong. It kept me guessing and surprised me at the end. Their were a lot of characters that I did not admire and a few I did, but they where all were different. Michelle......more

Goodreads review by Mary on December 25, 2012

I chose this book for the Santa Fe, NM setting. It got a bit twisted, this story about finding eternal youth. Some parts were downright gory, some pretty intense sex and violence. The FBI agent hero used his wits to save the day.......more

Goodreads review by Khalid on December 27, 2012

Another great story by one of my favorite authors. Robert Ward is great at keeping you guessing until the end.......more

Goodreads review by Dick on September 06, 2013

dark, powerful and action-packed......more