Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Critical Pursuit

 
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CANTORE, JANICE
CRITICAL PURSUIT

Officer Brinna Caruso has built a reputation at the precinct as the cop to call when a child goes missing. For Brinna, it’s personal because she was once one of them. Brinna and her K-9 search and rescue dog, Hero, will stop at nothing to find a missing child, no matter the stakes.

Detective Jack O’Reilly isn’t ready to return to his homicide duties, after losing his wife to a drunk driver. He’s on the downside of his career, and bent on revenge, when he’s assigned as Brinna’s partner. While on patrol, Jack struggles between his quest for personal justice and his responsibility to those around him, especially his partner.

Skeptical of Jack’s motives, Brinna isn’t sure she can rely on her new partner, whose reckless abandon endangers the safety of those around him. But when a man surfaces with an MO similar to the criminal who abducted Brinna twenty years earlier, Brinna and Jack must cast aside previous judgments and combine efforts to catch the kidnapper, and finally allow Brinna the peace stolen from her as a child.

My Review:

Great suspense! Cantore is a new-to-me author -- I missed her first three-book series but I'm thrilled to be at the beginning of her next series. Her 22 year police service really shows in this gripping suspense. It's in the dialogue between officers, the detailed  inner workings of the precinct even in the alert codes from the patrol officers. It brings a different kind of edge to an already on-the-edge-of-your-seat read.

While I labeled this a romantic suspense I need to clarify that this is a continuing series where the romance will develop more through each book. Critical Pursuit is all about getting to know Jack and Brinna -- and about them getting to know each other. I really appreciate that deep characterization. Both come with baggage from painful pasts and their struggle to find balance in just living is truly inspiring. There is also a solid inspirational thread that doesn't wrap up in a neat little bow by the end of the book. Both Brinna and Jack's spiritual journey is gnarly and fraught with setbacks -- even bitterness. Very true to life as well. I loved the honesty portrayed in their battle and the steadfast Christian characters who don't preach, but don't back down either.

A great read for suspense lovers who like a healthy dose of reality in their fiction.

Please note: This is a re-release of an original publication from 2007 entitled The Kevlar Heart.

Giveaway Opportunity:

 If you would like an opportunity to win a copy of Critical Pursuit, please leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoreadATyahooDOTca.  If you post a comment and add your email address, please use AT and DOT instead of @ and . to protect yourself from spammers. If you email me, please be sure to put the title in the subject line so it is easier for me to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Sunday February 2 2014. Offer open to international readers. Good luck.

24 comments:

  1. You'll have to go back & read her first series, too, Kav! Loved them! (And I enjoyed this one already, so please don't enter me.)

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    1. I know, I have to back track. I think you were the one who told me about her in the first place but I didn't jump on the band wagon soon enough. :-)

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  2. Sounds like a great thriller! I almost didn't read the review because of the cover, but now I'm definately curious! (This is where you insert the don't judge a book ;-)) enter me please! Jodycarr96ATgmailDotCom

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    1. Glad I could persuade you to give it a try, Jody. As much as we don't want to be judging books by their covers that's the first thing that attracts or detracts us, right? Good luck!

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  3. I love a gripping suspense, so I will add Janice Cantore to my TBR list. Thank you for sharing your great review and giveaway!

    texaggs2000 at gmail dot com

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    1. Put her at the top of that list, Britney. Good luck!

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  4. Great review! I've been hearing great things about this author!
    gatorade635(at)gmail(dot)com

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  5. I'm hoping for this one for sure, new author, and she sounds good. rrwalter34ATgmailDOTcom

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  6. Great review! Wonderful sounding book but most of all
    All of you please have a terrific,God-blessed day
    Chris Granville
    granvilleATfrontiernetDOTnet

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  7. I have not read any of her books but this sounds like an enjoyable series and I'd love to start the series!
    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

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  8. Nothing like a good suspense! Thank you for your great review and giveaway.

    mauback55 at gmail dot com

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  9. I love TV shows like CSI and such, so I'm guessing I would like this book...

    pattymh2000(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  10. Critical Pursuit sounds like a really gripping story. I like the twist with Brianna having been kidnapped and now helping to find lost children. Thanks for the giveaway!
    worthy2bpraised at gmail dot com

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    1. You're right, Merry -- that twist brings a depth to the story -- and her character. Good luck!

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  11. Wow Kav.This sounds like a good one. This is probably why Brinna became a police officer, to help find culprits like this. Sounds like another edge of your seat book. Please add me to the list to win. Thanks for the review and give-away.
    Maxie ( mac262(at)me(dot)com )

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    1. Gotta love a heroine with motive, right Maxie? Good luck!

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