New step-siblings Q (short for Quest) and Angela continue to trail a ghost terrorist cell along with SOS, a team made up mostly of retired operatives from the CIA and other organizations. Most importantly, they're following Angela's mother and the First Daughter, and it's vital that they don't fall for the ghost cell's attempts to confuse whoever might be following them. Meanwhile, some unexpected new developments are thrown into the mix, and it's not always clear who is friend, foe, or neither.

We start in the middle of the chase again in this book, though I had no difficulty diving back in. I'm glad I'm reading the series after it's all out, or I'd probably struggle with remembering what's going on if I had to wait a year or more to continue on. The first two books were largely from Q's POV (1st person), with other scenes shown to us as 3rd person and in italics. This book, though, has a lot more from other people's POVs, still 3rd person, and fortunately loses the italics, because it would have been a lot of italics, and that's not always pleasant to read. It seemed strange to still be 1st person when following Q, since there was so much 3rd person this time, but it would have also been weird to suddenly drop the 1st person completely after 2 books. It was only a little confusing to go back to 1st person now and then, so overall, not a problem. And I really appreciated being able to follow the multiple sub-sets of the SOS team in one particular part of this book.

Two big things happened in this book that intrigued me the most. One was not clear to me by the end whether or not there's more going on than what is stated (there's not much more I can say without giving spoilers). The second new development is the big one, that being the sudden supernatural elements that seem to come out of nowhere. Though when I examine it further, I don't think it's completely out of nowhere. There were certainly signs that something unusual was going on in the first two books, but I definitely did not expect this. I'm willing to give both of these uncertain elements a chance, though. The books have been enjoyable so far, and I am still looking forward to seeing where the overall story goes from here. At this point, I still recommend this series for younger readers who want something exciting or thrilling, or even adults who don't necessarily care for adult spy thrillers but enjoy a good adventure story. ( )

My teenager got me into this series. So far I really enjoy them. Recommended!

Hmmm. I’ve given some of the far-flung plot points a pass to this point, considering the idea behind the book series is to provide kids with an exciting spy story, not necessarily an extremely plausible one. But for whatever reason, 3 books into the series, there needs to be even crazier plot twists and more unbelievable reveals? I almost put the book down when I figured out where they seem to be heading. I won’t give away spoilers here, mostly because I don’t know enough to fully spoil anything, and I’ll continue reading the series, but with a heavy dose of skepticism that they might be laying things on a bit thick. This installment gets 3 stars, mostly because the other two were ok and I don’t have enough information about this new twist to judge its effect on my rating. ( )

Kitty Hawk is the third book in the I. Q. series. This book starts right where book two left off with the President's daughter being held by kidnappers including Angela's mother who is still posing as the terrorist, Anwar. Q and Angela are in hot pursuit along with Boone, his ancient dog, Croc, and the rest of the SOS team. Complications arise when the kidnappers provide many decoys for the team to follow, a hurricane sweeps through the east coast, and Q's father shows up unexpectedly. This is another good entry in the I. Q. series. I'm looking forward to reading the next installment. ( )

In the previous book of this series the president's daughter was kidnapped by the Leopard (Malak, undercover ex-secret service agent and Angela’s Mom) at the orders of the Ghost Cell.

Now, Boone, Angela, Q and the rest of the SOS (Some Old Spooks) are following, driving into a hurricane with vicious winds and blinding rain trying to find Bethany and return her to her father, the President of the United States.

At a rest stop Bethany and Malak were transferred to a black SUV but which one? There were four cars at the transfer site and three are decoys. Speed Paulsen, Q’s Dad, has suddenly shown up and Boone has a bad feeling about him.

Young adult action adventure yarn with spies and terrorists in Kitty Hawk, N.C. The author gives an overview of politics, geography and history of the Outer Banks (OBX). Very fast and involving story. ( )