Flash Point: The Final Conspiracy

Flash Point: The Final Conspiracy is a unique book. It is published in 2020 this year by co-authors Thomas A. Whitmire and Jacob D. Miller. Eric Anderson is the protagonist, and his partner in the efforts to figure out a conspiracy is Paul Kappas. Prior to uncovering new information, Eric and Paul were running a website called “The Smartest Guy in DC.” They were tracking a series of Washington protests that all seemed to be going nowhere. Eric was the expert at getting surveillance films. While Paul had his own computer consulting business, Eric thought he should try to land an “inside job,” so he was hired as a video expert by Senator Shelby Lamb. Lamb was clearly one of Washington’s powerful men. Eric  got sent by Lamb to a mall where another senator was scheduled to have a clandestine meeting with a woman who was too young and to whom he was not married. Lamb wanted Eric to film their encounter which he could use as future dirt to force this other senator to vote his way. But then a mall shooting broke out, and many were killed. Eric was there with his camera and got footage of the horrifying carnage that went viral.

Eric was suspicious that Lamb had set this up the slaughter as a means of passing new legislation that would bring him more power and lots of money. The authors surrounded Eric and Paul with a great cast of characters including The Wanderer, a guy who was a Vietnam Era veteran and one who was somehow tie to Lamb. There were multiple well-chosen subplots.

I’m not usually interested in conspiracy stories, but this one was more captivating, perhaps because it seems so plausible. This novel gets my strong recommendation.