Sudden Death

     There's nothing I love more than being drawn into a book; when I can't bear to put it down; when I'm thinking about it even when I'm not reading it and wondering when is the next pocket of time that I can sneak a few lines. 

     It's been a while since I've been so engrossed in a story that is so intriguing that it sucked me in.  But I reckon Allison Brennan's Sudden Death managed to do just that! I confess that it was a slow start even thought there was enough action but I reckon I was just disappointed that it took so long before the two leads met - 153 pages long! But once they did, it was full speed ahead! I'd never read any of her books before but I came across her name as a recommendation and though I didn't take that particular recommended book, I can see now that I shall be reading more of her work!

     Sudden Death is a mix of Criminal Minds and CSI and even has a dash of Christine Feehan's enhanced super soldiers in there.  I love a good intrigue but more often than not, the intrigue books that are usually written doesn't have any romance - okay so I love romance, what can I say.  So this is a definite mix of both. And oh boy, that psychotic twist was so far-fetched it was amazing! I sure did not see that one coming!  It was definitely worth my three days! 

When a homeless veteran is found dead in a squalid Sacramento alley, FBI special agent Megan Elliott vows to find the murdered hero's killer. Her investigation gets complicated fast, for the victim, a former Delta Force soldier, is just one link in a nationwide spree of torture and murder.

Straight off a job rescuing medical missionaries, soldier-for-hire Jack Kincaid returns to his home base in the Texas border town of Hidalgo only to receive the news that one of his closest colleagues has been brutally murdered. Faced with an inept local police force, Jack takes matters into his own hands.

Now, as part of a national task force to stop the sadistic killings, "by-the-book" Megan and "burn-the-book" Jack form a tense alliance, sparked with conflict and temptation. But they struggle against more than passion, for a vicious pair of killers has only just begun a rampage of evil . . . and the primary target is much closer than Megan suspects.