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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. In this book, Brockmann continues her Troubleshooters series with a story that mostly involves Murphy and his friend Hannah although Izzy gets a big slice of the story time. The usual characters take part including Jules Cassidy. I'm not sure that this can be read as a stand alone book since it picks up in the middle of several stories and only resolves Murphy's. For those who are just starting to read her books I would recommend starting with earlier ones. This book is one of Brockmann's Troubleshooters series. As always in these books, there are several storylines which are treated more or less with the same attention by the author. This time, the first one is about Vinh Murphy, a former Navy SEAL whom the Police and FBI want to find because they think he has killed his wife's murderer. Vinh himself isn't sure if he did that, since he is an alcoholic and was drunk at the time. His best friend, Hannah, wants to help him find out what happened. Another storyline deals with Eden Gillman, the pregnant 18 year old sister of Navy SEAL Danny Gillman. His colleague Izzy Zanella marries her, even though he knows he's not the baby's father. The third storyline is about several Troubleshooters characters known from previous books - all of them are deeply traumatized in one or another way. All of these characters meet in an action-packed finale. I'll have to say that I enjoyed reading this book. It's certainly not the best in the series (these are Out of Control and Gone to Far), but it isn't the worst either. The characters are interesting and as always, it's well written. Brockmann is really good at writing action scenes. But there's something that bothers me a bit. Nearly every Navy SEAL-character from Brockmann's previous books gets a job at Troubleshooters, a California-based security firm. Their partners, too, if they happen to be unemployed. All of them are so damaged and traumatized in one way ore another that they need therapy. This makes Troubleshooters seem more like a charity than an enterprise. I am aware this is fiction, but some of these things require me - the reader - to suspend disbelief more than I can, and that's not an entirely good thing. Excellent. Have liked other Brockmann books better but this one is very good. In particular, I liked the Zanella and Eden Gillman characters. All of the characters are interesting and well-drawn -- no cardboard cut-outs. The plot has suspense although not much mystery. At a few points, things slow down a little but then they pick up again. Well written, complex character associations that develop into a good story mixed with a nice mix of humor, an enjoyable read. no reviews | add a review
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