Fair read but did not meet my expectations...

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	• Into the Fire (Troubleshooters, Book 13) Suzanne Brockmann Ballantine Books, 2008 - 496 pages average customer review:based on 42 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

One of the Best Troubleshooters

I loved the variety of story lines in this book! From Dave and Sophia, Tess and Nash, and Izzy and Eden, I couldn't put this book down. I can't wait for the next one.

Pretty Good but...

I did enjoy the story. (I listened to the audiobook version.) However, I enjoyed all of the sideline stories much more than the main story of Hannah and Murphy. Izzy and Eden were a much more compelling and interesting couple. Much like in the last book where Jules and Robin were more interesting than the main couple. I really hope we see Izzy and Eden again, but back to the review. The story is very mobile, both the characters and the plot are all over the place. There are about 3 story lines, maybe more--and it could never be considered a stand-alone novel, because if you haven't followed the series you will be ridiculously lost with the incredible amount of characters. I really didn't get interested in Hannah and Murphy until the last quarter of the book. One thing I missed is the SEALS. There hasn't been a lot of SEAL action in the last few books, and that was what hooked most of us in the first place. And I don't just mean the actual SEALS themselves, but their missions and such, and the action that follows. This book just didn't bring it the way former Team 16 books have. However, it was an enjoyable read, provided you are familiar with the series.

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Fair read but did not meet my expectations...

Having started reading Suzanne Brockmann Troubleshooters and Tall, Dark, and Dangerous books mid-series, I quickly went to the first book and worked my way through them until I was caught up an impatiently waiting for the next. Suzanne created characters that I came to know and wonder how they were doing.

I found this book somewhat lacking substance and detail I came to know. I found it jumped entirely too much from storyline to storyline to a point I was beginning to get a little confused. The ending did not seem to culminate into a a satisfactory ending and leave me anxious for the next book.

I almost felt as if all of the characters were thrown into the book just so they had an appearance. Like Jules, he made an appearance but it would have been nice knowing how his life was going.

I am hoping Suz isn't going the way of some authors when they become popular in that the storylines become too repetitive and it seems as if they are just in a hurry to get another book published.

Overall, it was a decent read but did not reach the level of enjoyment I expected.

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Leave 'em wanting more......

Brockmann always leaves me wanting more and this time is no exception. She's developed characters that have us wanting to know every facet of their lives. Is it possible not to love each and everyone of them?

I thoroughly enjoyed the style of this book, which to me was totally necessary to explore all that developes through its course. You won't be disappointed.

Action packed with a CAPITAL A

Vinh Murphy, a former marine and past operative for Troubleshooter's Incorporated, lost his ability to cope with his job, his friends, or his life in general, when his wife was cruelly murdered during what should have been a simple bodyguard job. For the past few years he has dropped out of sight and wondered around drunk or drugged during most of that time.

Murphy's one anchor to normality has been his best friend Hannah Whitfield, a former police officer that was injured on the job and lost her hearing. Now Murphy is sober and finally showing signs of returning to life when he and Hannah discover that Tim Ebersole, the leader of the group Murphy holds responsible for his wife's death, has been murdered and the FBI's primary suspect is Murphy. Even Murphy doesn't know if he did it; his life was a series of bars and his memory is foggy so that he doesn't even know where he was during the time frame of the murder. Can Hannah and Murphy's friends at Troubleshooters find the truth in time to save Murphy or will someone kill him first?

Into the Fire is the thirteenth book in Suzanne Brockmann's Troubleshooter's series. The book can be read stand alone but many of the characters in the story have appeared in the other books in the series and I am glad I had read them first. I have to admit my bias here: I love the very strong characters, extremely suspenseful situations, and the somewhat violent action that characterizes this series by Brockmann. Excessive violence, even death often occur in these books but it is a part of the story and used to illustrate the extreme and inhuman measures the bad guys will go to in order to get their way. She also uses it to demonstrate just how strong some characters can be and how far humans can be pushed before we break.

_Into the Fire is every bit as exciting, emotional, action packed, and suspenseful as Brockmann's other books in this series, and I hated to put it down until I reached the end.

Armchair Interviews says: Hold onto your reading hat--this is action packed.

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Suspense doesn?t burn any brighter and desire doesn?t run any deeper than when Suzanne Brockmann takes the helm, opens the throttle, and takes readers along for a breathless ride as she breaks the thrill barrier?again and again. With Into the Fire, Brockmann lights the fuse on her most explosive story yet.

Vinh Murphy?ex-Marine and onetime operative for the elite security firm Troubleshooters Incorporated?has been MIA ever since his wife, Angelina, was caught in a crossfire and killed during what should have been a routine bodyguard assignment. Overcome with grief, Murphy blames the neo-Nazi group known as the Freedom Network for her death. Now, years later, Freedom Network leader Tim Ebersole has been murdered?and the FBI suspects Murphy may have pulled the trigger. To prevent further bloodshed, Murphy?s friends at Troubleshooters scramble to find him and convince him to surrender peacefully.

Murphy himself can?t be sure what he did or didn?t do during the years he spent mourning and lost in an alcohol-induced fog. He does know he occasionally sought solace from Hannah Whitfield, a former police officer and the very friend who?d introduced him to his beloved late wife.

But Hannah, still grappling with the deafness that resulted from an injury sustained while on duty, was fighting her own battles. For years Hannah had feelings for Murphy, and one painful night their suffering brought them together in a way neither expected?and both regretted.

Murphy is ready to rejoin the living. As always, he finds himself knocking on Hannah?s door, and as always, his longtime friend welcomes him back into her home. Yet even as Murphy slowly rebuilds his splintered life, he continues to fight his growing feelings for Hannah.

Then he learns of Ebersole?s murder and comes to believe that the Freedom Network has targeted him?and Hannah?to avenge their leader?s death to violence. Now Murphy must face the terrifying prospect of losing another woman he loves.

As the Troubleshooters desperately search for him, Murphy races toward a deadly confrontation with the Freedom Network and ultimate choice: surrender his life in hopes that Hannah will be spared, or risk everything to salvage whatever future they may have together.

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