L.V. Pederson is a brand new author to me. I saw Nine Minutes Eleven Seconds, read the blurb and there I was!
I picked up my Kindle and began to read, after one chapter I was hooked. The way the author has created such multi layered characters lends to the fact this is an absolute page turner.
I connected with Madison, the main character almost immediately. I was so invested in her that I was on the edge of my seat a number of times as the chapters flew by. None of the characters are perfect, they all have their flaws, as we all do. Saying that though, the ones that needed to be vilified definitely raised those feelings within me.
I won't give away the plot I am just going to say, this is one emotive subject to base a thriller on. The tension racks up by the paragraph, never mind chapter. The reader is kept guessing until the last few chapters. This is one heck of an addictive read!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my gifted widget to read this book in exchange for an honest review. I highly recommend this book.

Madison gets a job as an executive assistant at a tech giant. When she meets her new boss, it triggers an unpleasant memory. She is determined to uncover who he really is and gets drawn into a wider investigation.

The book started off fast-paced and I was drawn into it quickly. However, it stalled after awhile and felt like it was longer than it needed to be. The excessive use of exclamation marks throughout the book was distracting and made parts of it awkward to read.

Madison gets a new job at a tech company and when she meets her new boss she can’t help but think he looks like one of the terrorists from 9/11 when she lost her dad in the attacks. During a group therapy session, she meets Will who lost both his parents in the same way and they bond. A few days later they get involved in something bigger than they ever expected.
One thing I was not comfortable with was the use of a name so close to one of the actual terrorists from 9/11 that for a while I thought that was him, it felt a little bit disrespectful of the real people who lost their lives, to use that for a story. That being said, the plot is clever and fast paced, a little bit unrealistic (Madison’s actions especially) but still really fun to read.

This was a fast paced thriller with some brilliant twists and lots of tension throughout. Not a book that will stick in my memory but a good way to pass a few hours

What a thriller! I was given this book by NetGalley for an honest review-
Madison takes a job at a tech giant but when she meets the boss she gets weried vibes—- she swears she knows him and his dangerous game! Can she stop him?

Fascinating premise whch immediately grabs you and doe snot let go.
Madison has struggled with recurring nightmares and frozen moments in life when
she has to work to pull herself out of her freeze frame and into the present. Her
father died on the 9/11, a passenger in the 1st plane that hit the Twin Towers and she has never
gotten past that,
She has finally landed a job with a high-tech company as an exec asst to the owner and is eager to
begin anew; ready to start a new chapter in her life. But from her first walk into the building, her
vibes are on high alert, and she begins the sense of nothing being right here and possible danger lurking.
The business is a very successful startup in high tech security, and she can sense the cameras and
hidden devices watching every move that everyone makes.
As her inner radar sounds high alerts over her too smooth and polished boss, she is drawn into a plan
to unmask his real identity, believing him to be hiding who he is - the terrorist Attah who supposedly died
at the controls of the `1st AA plane to go into the towers.
As she starts to get too close, on her own secret campaign to unmask him, the FBI. who have been watching her boss and his company for
years step in and the absolute suspense grows by leaps and bounds.
The characters are solid and very well defined, and the plot is simply staggering.
Almost too incredible to believe but yet, not too incredible believe.
And that makes for a fascinating, heart pounding and frightening read.
Great thriller.

Wow, I didn’t realize this was the first novel by the Author. I really enjoyed this fast paced thriller. The premise was very original, and unfortunately realistic. As someone who lived and worked in Manhattan on 9/11, this book was very meaningful to me. I liked most of the Characters and the storyline. I’m looking forward to the author’s next novel.

Thank you for the opportunity to preview Nine Minutes and Eleven Seconds.
Madison has lived with sadness most of her life. She also lives with guilt. Her father was killed in the 9/11 terror attack and she blames herself
She moves from Boston to California to start a new job and begin a new life.
She’s ready to start over but it’s just not that easy.
When she meets the new boss she is reminded of something niggling at her brain. He reminds her of someone. Someone not at all in a good way.
Madison soon discovers she’s beginning to feel more anxiety than she should and she suspects her new boss is not who appears to be.
Soon Madison is engulfed in a plot she must handle because not only does her life depend on it so does the world.

This was quite different and although sometimes predictable an overall good read. 3.5 stars

This was such a great thriller. It was one of the best that I’ve read recently. Kept me guessing until the very end. I think everyone will like it.