Traps are the special sleeves slipped into a bank's night depository. The contraption allows a thief to retrieve cash meant for deposit and slip away before the sun rises. Down-and-out FBI agent Paul Kinkade has just set another one to earn some gambling money.
At the same time, the FBI is trying desperately to contact Kinkade. Someone delivered an eight hundred pound bomb to the rear of the Cook County Jail. Kinkade's bomb expertise forces him to take a lead role in the case. He's paired with Agent Ben Anton, who recently lost a leg to cancer and has returned to the Bureau to investigate a string of night depository thefts.
A frustrated father set the giant bomb, upset that the disappearance of his daughter hasn't received the FBI's foremost attention. With the lives of 15,000 criminals at stake, Kinkade and Anton work to solve the girl's kidnapping so the father will disarm the bomb.
Paul Lindsay's novel follows the case through many surprising developments. Agents Kinkade and Alton race against time to discover the truth about a felony committed three years ago. Simultaneously, Alton moves closer to uncovering the identity of the bank depository burglar. The resolutions of these crimes are part of the exciting conclusion of Traps: a Novel of the FBI.
Lindsay's novel engages readers from the very first page. Just when one part of the plot is resolved, the author reveals more stunning developments. Lindsay draws from his twenty-year stint with the FBI to illustrate the politics involved in such a tense investigation. Kinkade and Alton are wonderfully complex characters.
Traps doesn't take a predictable path. The surprises at every turn lead to the inevitable conclusion. Lindsay's tale of the FBI is thoroughly enjoyable. Traps should satisfy even the hardest of suspense addicts.
