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Tough Justice #2.3
Countdown: Part 3 of 8
Under Attack
The bomber’s latest threat has thrown the Crisis Management Unit into chaos! As Lara Grant struggles to hold her fractured team together, she discovers a possible connection between this case and her own past--something she can’t reveal to anyone, especially now. Because when the bomber’s next target chooses to keep his secret, terror turns to an intimate form of torture, and anyone’s past can be used against them...
Part 3 of 8: an explosive new installment in the thrilling FBI serial from New York Times bestselling author Carla Cassidy and Tyler Anne Snell, Emmy Curtis and Janie Crouch.
The bomber’s latest threat has thrown the Crisis Management Unit into chaos! As Lara Grant struggles to hold her fractured team together, she discovers a possible connection between this case and her own past--something she can’t reveal to anyone, especially now. Because when the bomber’s next target chooses to keep his secret, terror turns to an intimate form of torture, and anyone’s past can be used against them...
Part 3 of 8: an explosive new installment in the thrilling FBI serial from New York Times bestselling author Carla Cassidy and Tyler Anne Snell, Emmy Curtis and Janie Crouch.
85 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2017
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Tyler Anne Snell
179 books125 followersTyler Anne Snell spends her days plotting murders, creating mysteries, and weaving sexual tension, romance, and can't-live-without-you love throughout each. When she isn't writing romantic suspense she's reading urban fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and falling even more in love with Netflix.
Tyler lives in South Alabama with her same-named husband, their mini lions, and a burning desire to meet Kurt Russell.
Visit her: www.tylerannesnell.com
Tyler lives in South Alabama with her same-named husband, their mini lions, and a burning desire to meet Kurt Russell.
Visit her: www.tylerannesnell.com
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February 4, 2017
Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) provided by the Author and Publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an fair and honest review.
The pace is picking up and the action is certainly taking center stage in this Part 3 of the Countdown series. I am not getting any warm and fuzzies for the main character. I just don't care for the martyr character in any book I read, but I try to overlook that deficiency and concentrate on the really excellent mystery plot.
In this installment the bomber hit close to home, really, really close, when he targets Victoria, head of the Crisis Management Team. Victoria must reveal her secret of hundreds will die. Revealing this secret will also probably cost lives, but that is in the distant, murky future. Lara is taking this very personally as Victoria is her friend and mentor. For all their efforts and access this time around, the team comes up empty.
The pace is picking up and the action is certainly taking center stage in this Part 3 of the Countdown series. I am not getting any warm and fuzzies for the main character. I just don't care for the martyr character in any book I read, but I try to overlook that deficiency and concentrate on the really excellent mystery plot.
In this installment the bomber hit close to home, really, really close, when he targets Victoria, head of the Crisis Management Team. Victoria must reveal her secret of hundreds will die. Revealing this secret will also probably cost lives, but that is in the distant, murky future. Lara is taking this very personally as Victoria is her friend and mentor. For all their efforts and access this time around, the team comes up empty.
March 7, 2017
Another great installment in the Tough Justice serial. I think what really impressed me was how there was a change in author yet the story flowed nicely. Ms. Snell made both Nick and Lara a touch more approachable but that was really the only change in writing style.
So far, this story has kept me on the edge of my seat and I do recommend it to any of my readers who enjoy a good, action packed thriller.
*** I received this book at no charge from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions expressed within are my own.
February 6, 2017
As the Whisperer havoc the city, the team of FBI Crisis Management Unit is trying to hold it together. The exhaustion and weariness are in the air, the danger and threat are closer to them than before. They are not only physically sleep deprived but the mentality of the team is challenged as they now fight the forces both inside and outside of the FBI.
The power balance of the team is rattled, as is the edgy tightrope balance between Nick and Lara. A desperate moment causes them to act based on their emotions and oddly that breach of conduct seems to bring results.
A new author takes the pen to continue the story, and I was fascinated by the seamless passing of the baton. It is as the story continues at same wavelength but the observer has taken a step, a little bit to the left, and the view of the tale changes just slightly, giving a new way to look at the invariable scene.
For the first time, we get a glimpse of the Whisperer and his chilling, revengeful, twisted thoughts in his mind. The fact that most of the victims of the culprit seem to be connected, one way or the other, to the FBI's CMU is not only eerie but rather alarming fact.
The darkness of the story, the horrifying results of a possible failure in the case, the strong characters alluring my mind with their determination and pure strength of will to continue and not to give up - the story has it's hook on me and I can't wait to continue the gripping tale.
~ Four Spoons with a teaspoon on the side
The power balance of the team is rattled, as is the edgy tightrope balance between Nick and Lara. A desperate moment causes them to act based on their emotions and oddly that breach of conduct seems to bring results.
A new author takes the pen to continue the story, and I was fascinated by the seamless passing of the baton. It is as the story continues at same wavelength but the observer has taken a step, a little bit to the left, and the view of the tale changes just slightly, giving a new way to look at the invariable scene.
For the first time, we get a glimpse of the Whisperer and his chilling, revengeful, twisted thoughts in his mind. The fact that most of the victims of the culprit seem to be connected, one way or the other, to the FBI's CMU is not only eerie but rather alarming fact.
The darkness of the story, the horrifying results of a possible failure in the case, the strong characters alluring my mind with their determination and pure strength of will to continue and not to give up - the story has it's hook on me and I can't wait to continue the gripping tale.
~ Four Spoons with a teaspoon on the side
February 14, 2017
My Rating:
4.5
Favorite Quotes:
We have a dangerous job… Sometimes it’s not just the bad guys we have to worry about.
To put it simply, he looked awful. Sweaty and small and swollen with fear. Without knowing who he was, her first impression was lawyer. One who had a very very bad secret.
My Review:
The story is ramping up with shifts of a professional and personal nature for Lara. She is still burning the candle at both ends and feeling the drain. The blackmailing bomber is going strong and manages to inflict considerable damage on the team by taking down the most respected member with a scandal. But the most exciting aspect of this installment was getting a glimpse into the mad bomber’s head and hidden nest. The team is exhausted and still reeling from upheaval when a they find themselves with a new target and a new deadline.
4.5
Favorite Quotes:
We have a dangerous job… Sometimes it’s not just the bad guys we have to worry about.
To put it simply, he looked awful. Sweaty and small and swollen with fear. Without knowing who he was, her first impression was lawyer. One who had a very very bad secret.
My Review:
The story is ramping up with shifts of a professional and personal nature for Lara. She is still burning the candle at both ends and feeling the drain. The blackmailing bomber is going strong and manages to inflict considerable damage on the team by taking down the most respected member with a scandal. But the most exciting aspect of this installment was getting a glimpse into the mad bomber’s head and hidden nest. The team is exhausted and still reeling from upheaval when a they find themselves with a new target and a new deadline.
January 18, 2025
This is such a clever concept. One cohesive story released in small bite size chunks. Kinda like a TV show. I’m not sure how often they were released as I listened to the box set of all 8 episodes. I about had a heart attack when I saw the run time was 24 hours!!! That’s an entire day!!! But if you listen when they come out, that’s about 3 hours per episode.
This is the second set but my first of the series. Both focus on the same set of characters. I had no trouble following as the authors do a great job of filling in the needed info.
The premise is intriguing. A bad man is blackmailing people with their secrets telling them if they don’t tell them to the world, a group of people will be killed. That bombshell had the tension staring at the start and had my attention.
I liked the detective team investigating the set of crimes. They all had different strengths and mostly worked well together. With the length I was able to get to know the characters well and the complex plot had time to develop without feeling rushed. There’s a little bit of a romance running throughout but the case remained the focus.
Annalee Scott was the only narrator for the cast of characters. At first I wondered if I’d miss having a cast, but she handled the it well and brought the story to life.
I think I’m a fan of this concept and am intrigued to see if happens more frequently. I planned on taking it slow and found I was so drawn into the story that I finished after just a few days.
This is the second set but my first of the series. Both focus on the same set of characters. I had no trouble following as the authors do a great job of filling in the needed info.
The premise is intriguing. A bad man is blackmailing people with their secrets telling them if they don’t tell them to the world, a group of people will be killed. That bombshell had the tension staring at the start and had my attention.
I liked the detective team investigating the set of crimes. They all had different strengths and mostly worked well together. With the length I was able to get to know the characters well and the complex plot had time to develop without feeling rushed. There’s a little bit of a romance running throughout but the case remained the focus.
Annalee Scott was the only narrator for the cast of characters. At first I wondered if I’d miss having a cast, but she handled the it well and brought the story to life.
I think I’m a fan of this concept and am intrigued to see if happens more frequently. I planned on taking it slow and found I was so drawn into the story that I finished after just a few days.
September 5, 2017
Pretty good kept me wanting more.
Surprisingly easy to read. Tension was okay not enough information into other side characters brought in by 2 previous volumes. We aren't even half way yet. Can't be certain I will make / it through 8?
Surprisingly easy to read. Tension was okay not enough information into other side characters brought in by 2 previous volumes. We aren't even half way yet. Can't be certain I will make / it through 8?
February 6, 2017
review to follow
February 14, 2017
Part 3 of 8 hit a lot closer to home for our Crisis Management Unit (CMU) as the bomber has directly targeted his blackmail towards their leader, Victoria. Somehow he found out a secret about her past that would destroy her career and credibility as an FBI Agent. This is finally the point where the FBI figures out the thing that we’ve known since book one…that the bomber is targeting people in high level positions using dirty secrets they’ve been hiding in their closets.
I was on the edge of my seat for much of the book taking the twists and turns with the CMU team and hoping that their leads would be fruitful. You find out that the bomber is definitely a genius when it comes to computers even out smarting the CMU’s computer expert.
The other thing I really enjoyed about this installment is that you finally get to see into the mind of the bomber. Towards the very end of the book you “meet” him and find out that he has a much bigger plan at hand for BrainWave, the technology company that’s been threaded throughout the first two books.
Ohhhh, and you know that the three bombs that occurred at the beginning of the books were results of high level people not letting their secrets out of the closet. We know who one of them was, but we don’t know the other two people who’d been blackmailed. We also know that one other person the bomber blackmailed DID come out and let their secret be revealed, but we aren’t sure who that is yet.
The third installment of this great mystery series was written by Ms. Tyler Anne Snell. While the voice of Lara and the narration were very consistent with the first two books there was one thing that was a little distracting for me and that was bouncing between different scenes using the “***”. I can’t even remember if that was used in the first two books, but it was used a LOT in this one and for some reason threw me off. But that is literally the only critique that I can give the third installment. It left off with another great cliff hanger and left me wanting to start the fourth installment immediately!
I was on the edge of my seat for much of the book taking the twists and turns with the CMU team and hoping that their leads would be fruitful. You find out that the bomber is definitely a genius when it comes to computers even out smarting the CMU’s computer expert.
The other thing I really enjoyed about this installment is that you finally get to see into the mind of the bomber. Towards the very end of the book you “meet” him and find out that he has a much bigger plan at hand for BrainWave, the technology company that’s been threaded throughout the first two books.
Ohhhh, and you know that the three bombs that occurred at the beginning of the books were results of high level people not letting their secrets out of the closet. We know who one of them was, but we don’t know the other two people who’d been blackmailed. We also know that one other person the bomber blackmailed DID come out and let their secret be revealed, but we aren’t sure who that is yet.
The third installment of this great mystery series was written by Ms. Tyler Anne Snell. While the voice of Lara and the narration were very consistent with the first two books there was one thing that was a little distracting for me and that was bouncing between different scenes using the “***”. I can’t even remember if that was used in the first two books, but it was used a LOT in this one and for some reason threw me off. But that is literally the only critique that I can give the third installment. It left off with another great cliff hanger and left me wanting to start the fourth installment immediately!
February 27, 2017
The bomber is getting closer to the CMU and the heart of the unit. Victoria has received an ultimatum, tell her secret or a bomb will go off. The team does all they can to find the Whisper but to no avail and Victoria has to step down but the bomber will not be stopped. Who is next? Will he be caught? On to the next installment...
**Received an ARC copy for review from the publisher via NetGalley**
**Received an ARC copy for review from the publisher via NetGalley**
February 15, 2017
This is really picking up the pace now and I'm really interested in seeing where the book goes and if they can get there in time (no spoilers), the characters are really developing well and the plot is thickening as it progresses. Looking forward to part four.
February 4, 2017
Book 3 is leaps and bounds better than the first two. Victoria, the lead of the team, is targeted. We learn that if she doesn't confess to falsifying evidence, another bomb will go off.
By the way, I still don't like the main characters.
By the way, I still don't like the main characters.
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