Cutting Edge (FBI)

Book arrived quickly, a real steal for the money! Great reading! Thumbs up!

I read this trilogy and these books have noting in common. You can read the last one first or second. It doesn't matter. About the book: Is fast paced but it has parts where it goes out of reality. That doesn't mean is a bad book but the best of this "trilogy" was the second book, which I read first. "Fatal Secrets"

I realize that Allison Brennan is a romance writer which I'm not too keen on (they usually have stupid and weak women) but her story lines are terrific and intriquing. I actually get caught up in the mystery of the subject matter and until I get to the page where they're smooching and hugging, I'm pretty much interested in how it's all going to turn out. I'm tempted, at times, just to read the end, but I stop and tell myself that there are possible new words to learn here so I continue reading on. If you like adventure and romance, these are your books!

"Cutting Edge" joins the other Brennan books in being absolutely awesome. It was not her best, but, with Brennan, it's awfully hard to not be good. I finished this book in a day, I enjoyed it so much. Like most of her books, Brennan presents suspension, drama, and a crime with a twist that will shake you so hard you'll have the book dropping from your fingertips. It's romantic and sexy, but still incredible with the crime and the characters. I think my favorite thing about the books Brennan writes is that she continues her stories, set in the same world, but switching character focus. It's brilliant. She has mastered the art of suspense and continues to keep me on the end of my chair, turning page after page.

When she was eighteen years old, Nora English betrayed her deadly anarchist mom by turning her in to the FBI. She did it to save her younger sister Quin. Twenty years later mom still lingers behind bars psychotically outraged at her two ungrateful daughters especially the older one, who besides her treachery has become a FBI agent; her younger one is almost as evil becoming an arson investigator. To her glee, they are somewhat estranged. Nora investigates arsons of the biotech industry by an apparent internal terrorist gang. This time they breach security expert Duke Rogan's computer system protecting a biotech company, but the inferno is different as the charred remains of a corpse are found. The autopsy reveals the starling revelation that the deceased actually bled to death. Norah and Duke realize something new and lethal has entered the equation, but what and who remains elusive as both investigate as a team. Although having teammates working a dangerous inquiry fall in love is quite common as romantic suspense is hot, Allison Brennan adds a refreshing profound psychological look at the dependency of relationships and of a need to belong. Quin needed Nora back then and Nora needed to be needed by Quin back then. Thus Duke has quite a task to win Nora's heart. Fans will relish this terrific thriller as Nora realizes she is a prime target not because of her inquiry, but because of her lineage and begins to fear Quin is behind the assaults. CUTTING EDGE is a winner. Harriet Klausner