The Yellow Packard

The latest novel from bestselling author Collins (Farraday Road; Swope%E2%80%99s Ridge) is a smooth ride into a kidnapping-murder, and the lives of a number of people connected to it through a mysterious car. Could the new 1936 yellow Packard be responsible for tragedies that wreck its owners%E2%80%99 lives? (At times the author has us wondering whether the car is a cousin of Stephen King%E2%80%99s %E2%80%9CChristine.%E2%80%9D) Or could the auto provide the answers they all need to find happiness? Master storytelling transports us down a scenic road where agent Helen Meeker tries to prove that a woman can cut it in J. Edgar Hoover%E2%80%99s old-boy%E2%80%99s club at the FBI, while faith and circumstance combine to shape lives during the years just prior to World War II. The deeply developed characters carpool in a high-octane plot. The only bump in the road comes when the story shifts from one owner of the car to another. Agent: Joyce Hart, Hartline Literary Agency (Oct.)