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Author: Suzanne Brockmann
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

64 reviews
Sales Rank: 41138

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.2 x 1.7

ISBN: 0345501535
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345501530
ASIN: 0345501535

Publication Date: July 22, 2008
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Worth the wait September 22, 2008
I anxiously await the next book in this series everytime I finish one. This book was awesome. I read it every chance I got and couldn't put it down. At first the jumping around from location and story was a pain, but all of the different stories were interesting and kept my attention. Especially Murphy and Hanna. We have had references to him in other books and his story did not disappoint. I hope this series continues for a long time.

5 out of 5 stars

Into the Fire (Troubleshooters Book 13) Suzanne Brockmann September 19, 2008
Excellent story - just the 'right' amount of suspense, romance and adventure. I love to follow her characters. I read a lot of fiction and she is one of the best!

5 out of 5 stars

Solid New Addition to the Troubleshooters Series September 19, 2008
This particular novel is primarily the story of Vinh Murphy and Hannah Whitfield. Vinh is basically a man out of control with grief over the death of his wife Angelina, who was killed in Hot Target (Troubleshooters, Book 8); Hannah was Angelina's AND Vinh's best friend and the person who introduced them to each other. The characters all have some type of issue going on and I truly love how the people in this series are so flawed yet strong. I highly recommend people reading this series in order. You've got to make sure that when you sit down to read a troubleshooters novel that you've got at least an hour to devote. As usual there are several plots, several couples, and several time periods involved; however, this is the reason I love this series.

5 out of 5 stars

Nothing Says Love Like Maroon 5 September 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Finally,more about Decker and Izzy...I couldn't be happier. I've been waiting,unpatiently,for a story that involves more of Decker and Izzy but I never expected to get even more about Dave,Sophia,Nash,and Tess. I've missed these characters so much and I'm so happy to have them back. I never expected Ms. Brockmann to throw Eden Gillman,Danny Gillman's sister,into the mix as well. The relationship between she and Izzy was just starting to grow but she just kept lying and acting like a whore. I mean,granted,she's always used sex as a weapon but I just wish you would've been honest...I always wish the same for Izzy.

I enjoyed reading more about Murphy and I've been wondering about him since the end of Hot Target. I loved reading his and Hannah's story but I'll admit that I loved the sub plots more. I can't wait to read more about all the secondary characters. This series keeps getting better and better...I own every book so far and it's going to stay that way.

3 out of 5 stars

"I prefer to think of myself as Captain America..." September 17, 2008
12 out of 14 found this review helpful

Wisecracking SEAL Izzy Zanella is settling down for a drink at his favorite watering hole when an underage gal pops in and he feels an instant attraction. When he learns she's not only a fellow SEAL's sister but also 17 with nowhere to go, rather than say tah tah, he invites her to his place, where despite all the best intentions, the two become intimate. When she turns up pregnant with another man's baby six months later naming Izzy as the baby daddy, his friend Gillman is out for blood. Izzy takes responsibility for Eden because he fears she'll be further traumatized by her cruel stepfather. A shotgun marriage between two people who barely know each other (but thanks to lots of introspection, really like each other) will take the former ladies man off the market.

For the last four years, Vinh Murphy has mourned the senseless murder of his wife (see "Hot target"). As he medicates himself in copious amounts of alcohol and plots revenge on the Freedom Network militia leader responsible for her death, he manages to experience black outs. He seeks solace in the arms (and bed) of his best friend Hannah, a former cop who had to retire due to an accident which caused deafness. When they discover that the leader has been murdered and Vinh is wanted for questioning, the two go on the run to try to determine whether or not Vinh is guilty of murdering his nemesis. As an assortment of SEALs and Troubleshooters work to bring in Murph, who went AWOL from the group after his wife's death, there's plenty of downtime to discuss at length who likes who and why so and so is so distant.

This book is all over the place and there is just way too much going on. I don't think that either romance (Hannah and Murph; Izzy and Eden) were fully developed, and I hate the plot device of the best friend who stands aside while letting her best friend marry the guy she loves (or noble guys who stand by and to marry a woman pregnant with someone else's kid). It's just too trite. Hannah was an intriguing character, but had me wondering why she'd wait around for an idiot like Murph. Izzy and Eden were only a bit more interesting. While her age did not creep me out (until Izzy thought she looked like she was 12 when she removed her make up and still wanted to jump her pregnant bones), I think that despite a 12 year age gap, the two are intellectually the same age. Both romances are completely overshadowed by the Decker/Sophia/Dave triangle which has gone on far toooooo looooong, and the new angle Brockmann is exploring with Nash and Tess (which I actually liked).

Murph was a throwaway character and I never really cared if he showed up in another book; I also didn't really care for the character of Izzy initially, but he's grown on me. I thought he was annoying, particularly his constant breaking into song. No - actually it's the constant breaking into songs that someone his age would probably not know the words to. Is it just me, or does he sings songs from oh, I don't know, Brockmann's youth? Not a single current song (until the end when he sang Eden's fave song by Maroon 5). It just doesn't ring true to me. At least he has not sung "Hooked on a Feeling" yet - that would really gross me out since it is Jules and Robin's song.

And speaking of Jules, where the heck was he? Yeah he was "in" the storyline, but instead of the witty and engaging presence we are used to, we get Joe Friday meets the Stepford Husband. Where were the "sweeties" he's so known for using with his colleagues? This was not the Jules those of us who have grown with the SEAL 16/Troubleshooter series are used to - literally Brockmann could have inserted any name in there as head of the case. It seems like once they get their HEA, the characters are no longer in... character. They become neutered and interchangeable. She did the same thing with Max. He was unrecognizable after "Breaking Point."

While I liked "Into the Fire" more than "Storm," Brockmann is still off my auto-buy list and has become a definite library loan. Her books continue to travel a downward spiral in quality. It seems like once she went hardbound, she really stopped caring about developing and maintaining her characters. Her writing has gotten so pedestrian and childish. While I can appreciate that she likes to provide introspection into her characters to give them depth, come on, enough is enough. She also makes up all kinds of stupid words - it's like she's trying to relate to the younger folks and failing miserably. And there is always way too much going on. She needs to limit her storylines to two instead of the four+ she has going here. It is confusing (especially how it jumps around) and just not developed like her earlier novels. And I wish she'd end some of these freaking arcs already!! But despite the criticism and the lack of direction of late, she has created characters that I really care about and want to know what happens in their lives.

Tracy Vest, September 2008

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