Leine Basso Thriller Series, Vol. 2: Cargo, The Last Deception, Dark Return, Absolution

Leine Basso Thriller #6-8

by D.V. Berkom

Ready to stay up all night? This page-turning collection includes four books in the heart-stopping, unputdownable Leine Basso Thriller The Last Deception, Dark Return, and Absolution. Over 1000 pages of edge-of-your-seat action and suspense! An adventurous young backpacker, captured and sold. A black market merchant who will stop at nothing to amass the power he craves. The one woman who can stop him before he destroys everything…The Last Espionage. Betrayal. A nation on the brink of war… Just when former assassin Leine Basso thinks she’s free from the business of death, a desperate call from a friend drags her back into the dark world of espionage and arms dealers.Dark A former assassin, battling her demons. A sinister enemy, determined to destroy her. A wily street kid caught in the middle. Leine Basso hunts down a ruthless terrorist while betrayal and her own dark side work against her. Former assassin Leine Basso has severed ties with everyone she loves to keep them safe while she hunts for the ruthless terrorist, Salome.Find out why readers are calling Leine Basso the female equivalent of Lee Child's Jack Reacher!Other books in the Leine Basso Thriller A Killing TruthSerial DateBad TraffickThe Body MarketDakota BurnShadow of the JaguarA Plague of TraitorsFatal ObjectiveTerminal ThreatMore by Kate Jones Thriller Series, Vol. 1 (Bad Spirits, Dead of Winter, Death Rites, Touring for Death)Cruising for DeathYucatan DeadA One Way Ticket to DeadVigilante DeadClaire Whitcomb WesternsRetributionGunslingerLegend

1110 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 17, 2019

About the author

DV Berkom is the USA Today bestselling author of action-packed, riveting adventure and crime thrillers. Known for creating resilient, kick-ass female characters and page-turning plots, her love of the genre stems from a lifelong addiction to reading spy novels, action/adventure stories, and thrillers.

A restless soul and adventurer at heart, she spent years moving around the US and traveling to exotic locales before she wrote her first novel and was hooked. More than a dozen books later, she now makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, Mark, and several imaginary characters who like to tell her what to do. Her most recent books include the Claire Whitcomb Western Series: Retribution, Gunslinger, and Legend, and the latest in the Leine Basso thriller series: Final Encounter, Terminal Threat, Fatal Objective, A Plague of Traitors, and Shadow of the Jaguar. DV's currently hard at work on her next thriller.

For more information, visit her website at www.dvberkom.com. To be the first to hear about new releases and subscriber-only offers, go to: bit.ly/DVB_RL

Books by DV Berkom:
The Kate Jones Thriller Series:
Vol. 1 (books 1-3): Bad Spirits, Dead of Winter, Death Rites, Touring for Death
Cruising for Death
Yucatán Dead
A One Way Ticket to Dead
Vigilante Dead

The Leine Basso Thriller Series:
A Killing Truth
Serial Date
Bad Traffick
The Body Market
Cargo
The Last Deception
Dark Return
Absolution
Dakota Burn
Shadow of the Jaguar
A Plague of Traitors
Fatal Objective
Terminal Threat
Final Encounter

The Claire Whitcomb Western Series:
Retribution
Gunslinger
Legend

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this captivating series! As an armchair thrill-seeker, I have been thoroughly entertained by each of the Leine Basso books. Without leaving the comfort of your favorite chair you can travel to exotic locales, experience adrenalin-fueled action, and get caught up in captivating plots that allow you an exciting and pleasurable little vacation from your own life. If you want a brief synopsis of each story, read the blurb for that book (or the other reviews). My review is about the series, itself. The main plotline in each book is satisfactorily resolved but there are secondary/background story lines that allow one book to neatly segue into the next. You will not be subjected to the cruel stab of a sudden cliffhanger ending. The main characters are all unique, well-developed, and absorbing. There are several supporting characters which appear in multiple books and they, like the main characters, continue to evolve as the series progresses. Unlike many books of the thriller genre, you will not be inundated with foul language, you will not be subjected to excessively gruesome descriptions, and, as mentioned earlier, you will not be taunted by an abrupt cliffhanger ending. There is violence but it is appropriate to the situation in which the characters find themselves. D. V. Berkom always draws you in right from the first page and keeps you turning those pages until way past your bedtime. I highly recommend this author and this series for anyone who enjoys fast-paced, intelligent thrillers involving relevant and timely issues.

[LooseBoots · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read all of these books and you can see my reviews on each one. To have all these together is absolute heaven. Each book is a gem in itself but together, well. To be honest, I’d lock myself in a room with enough food and drink and devour the whole set.
The character of Leine Basso is one heck of a character. She takes no shit from anyone but has a heart of gold. If you see any of my individual reviews you will see that on more than one occasion I burnt the midnight oil to finish a story. From page one you are gripped and you can’t release until the last page.
Leine is like a female version of James Bond, Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher all rolled into one.
I know you’ll be in seventh heaven with this boxed set. It’s awesome.

[Bev · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have only read two of these books, but it shows how Leine Basso's character is evolving. She is starting to have a soft side when needed, but that 'take no prisoners' attitude is still there and pops out more than the soft side. There is a lot of action in this box set, to which I will get around to read the two I have not read yet.

[Ken Robson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read all 4 of these books separately , and would recommend this series to anyone.
DV has the knack of keeping us interested and all the while introducing us to new problems that exist in the world today, wrapped in a thriller.

[Jeannie Huie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Leone Basso is one fascinating creature!! Her skills are quite amazing and the stories really grab you and keep you reading long after you had planned to stop! Great thrillers!!

[Julie Howard · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are looking for non stop action then this is the book for you and what is even better is the author has combine four of her best books into this box set (then again all of her book are excellent). Leine is a tough strong female that is the type of character that you want on your side of you are in trouble. The stories are all very different but excellently written, so that each book has you hooked until the very end.
Cargo
Wow, loved this story. It made such a change for most of the story to be set in Africa instead of a big city setting. Where Leine has to not only fight bad guy but also contend with the native animals too.
This story sees Leine helping out an old friend from her past when her daughter disappears while backpacking in Thailand but things soon go wrong for both Leine and the missing girl. So Leine soon finds herself having to do something contrary to up training as an ex assassin and rely on the help of a stranger. Resulting a very good story that I really enjoyed
The Last Deception
This is another action packed book. Leine Basso has just safely completed a mission for SHEN (Stop Human Enslavement Now) and is on her way home but before she can leave she gets a worrying text message from a friend and rushes off to her aid. When the refugee camp in bombed she soon finds herself drawn back into her old life and taking on a Russian General with very high ties to the Russian government.Can she stop a terrorist attack in America? All this leads to lots of action
Dark Return,
Oh wow!!!!! After safely returning a young girl to her family Leine is tasked with going undercover in a refugee camp as a reporter to find out why orphaned children are going missing. Before she gets there she befriends a young street kid called Jinn after saving her life when she stops two thugs from killing her. Agreeing to help her Leine takes her with her to the camp to find her missing mother. Not everything and everyone is what they seem at the camp and when leaving the camp Leine is attacked and hurt. She gets help by an unexpected source but by doing so she puts everybody in danger. This is more than just missing children someone wants them for a reason and when things with a previously rescued child turns deadly Leine might just have to go it alone in order to keep everyone safe. The problem is someone knows about Jinn.
Absolution
Two trained female assassin working for different sides, decided they can't live with the other alive in the world and so go head to head in one explosive book. Not wanting her friends used as bait and not sure who to trust Leine Basso (the heroine) goes it alone, at full throttle. This leads to an explosive book
I really like the narrator and can't imagine any one else doing a better job of portraying Leine.
This is just a must listen too book by an talented author and and excellent narrator.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

[Susan Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four and a half stars thriller

This set of Leine Basso books sees Leine conflicted with staying with SHEN, the anti-trafficking organisation or returning to life as a vigilante and assassin. Leine feels that her desire to make human traffickers pay dearly for trafficking women and children rather than letting the law convict them is a conflict to SHEN’s more moralistic stance. Another assassin appears on the scene and targets Leine and all she cares for making for more drastic decisions.

[Lora · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the whole series

This series is amazing. With a tough kick-butt female protagonist and awesome co-starring characters this series is a must read. My only complaint is in Absolution in the notes it appears this may be the end of the series. I sincerely hope not. I need more.

[Steve Pearce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent series

I came in part way through the series but just had to go back to the start. Really glad I did, I really enjoyed this character and all her adventures. Absolutely loved it. Thank you D V Berkom.

[Roger · Rating 4 out of 5]

good read