The Shutdown List
Sharon Dukett
331 pages
SharKen Publishing
published June 18, 2024
I am not sure what genre this fits. Sci fi? Dystopian? Definitely a thriller. Maybe a political thriller? I am not sure but I believe it might be in a world not very far off from the current one we live in.
It centers around clean energy, so if you are a believer that the world is the same it has always been, this book might not be for you. The book starts off at a slower pace as the players and situation are layed out, then ratchets up to a frenzied pace as the story unfolds.
The story and characters are vivid. The tension and frenzy are intense. I felt Anita’s grief over the loss of her son. She’s strong and clever as she works to solve what happened to her missing husband.
I did suspect some of the twists before they happened, but enjoyed Anita’s journey and growth through her heroics. I found her relatable and I was rooting from her right from the start. An ordinary women doing extraordinary things in the name of family.
There’s a little bit of cat and mouse and a whole lot of evil wrapped up in this fiction debut. I read this in a day and was in from the start. A great choice for a summer read.
About the book
People are disappearing. Anita may be next. But first, they have to find her.
Anita Forester witnesses her husband, Julian, being dragged away by police during a protest. A stranger warns her to flee. Still reeling from the loss of her adult son only two years earlier, Anita embarks on a perilous journey to find her husband, unaware of the crucial secret he has kept from her.
While piecing together the trail to her missing husband, Anita intercepts a hard drive containing priceless data sought by a fossil fuel magnate with secrets of his own—secrets he would kill to protect.
Set against a backdrop of climate activism, The Shutdown List is filled with twists and turns, corruption and betrayal. Anita must fight to stay alive and find Julian before he disappears forever.
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