A review by amothersmusings1
Deep Dark Night by Steph Broadribb
5.0
Kickass and all round fearless Lori Anderson returns in this, her fourth outing in the bounty hunter series and once again is a nail biting, tense and highly entertaining thriller that I found as usual, addictive and utterly consuming.
Lori and her tough and rugged partner (on and off the field) JT, join forces with FBI special agent Monroe in an off the books deal that will see all charges against them dropped, if they cooperate and help nail Cabressa - a Miami crime lord. Lori has to ensnare Cabressa in a high stakes poker game and gather enough evidence for Monroe to arrest and jail Cabressa. Easy eh? Well I don’t play poker but during the game I really felt I was sitting around the table, playing my cards and attempting my poker face, so was the crucial attention to detail.
However, before the game can end and Lori can get the video evidence she needs, the city has a total black out and the penthouse suite they’re in goes into panic room mode and everyone is locked in. As the stakes to stay alive during an unexpected game of truth or die escalate, can Lori and JT escape the clutches of a madman who wants them all dead and still get Cabressa entrapped?
I found the story hellishly entertaining and as always engaging, high octane and wonderfully written. I adore Lori and JT, they make a fabulous partnership and I consider Lori to be one of the strongest female protagonist I’ve read of. Coinciding with International Women’s Week, this is aptly published and the author Stephanie Broadribb has created a series that is just crying out to be made onto the big screen, it’s probably my favourite action thriller series of all time. “Deep Dark Night” is book four in the series which although can easily be read as a stand-alone I would recommend reading them all in order to acquaint with the characters fully and of course with them all being exceedingly entertaining they are worth a read anyways.
5 stars
Lori and her tough and rugged partner (on and off the field) JT, join forces with FBI special agent Monroe in an off the books deal that will see all charges against them dropped, if they cooperate and help nail Cabressa - a Miami crime lord. Lori has to ensnare Cabressa in a high stakes poker game and gather enough evidence for Monroe to arrest and jail Cabressa. Easy eh? Well I don’t play poker but during the game I really felt I was sitting around the table, playing my cards and attempting my poker face, so was the crucial attention to detail.
However, before the game can end and Lori can get the video evidence she needs, the city has a total black out and the penthouse suite they’re in goes into panic room mode and everyone is locked in. As the stakes to stay alive during an unexpected game of truth or die escalate, can Lori and JT escape the clutches of a madman who wants them all dead and still get Cabressa entrapped?
I found the story hellishly entertaining and as always engaging, high octane and wonderfully written. I adore Lori and JT, they make a fabulous partnership and I consider Lori to be one of the strongest female protagonist I’ve read of. Coinciding with International Women’s Week, this is aptly published and the author Stephanie Broadribb has created a series that is just crying out to be made onto the big screen, it’s probably my favourite action thriller series of all time. “Deep Dark Night” is book four in the series which although can easily be read as a stand-alone I would recommend reading them all in order to acquaint with the characters fully and of course with them all being exceedingly entertaining they are worth a read anyways.
5 stars