One Final Breath

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BLACKBURN, LYNN HUGGINS
ONE FINAL BREATH

When investigator Gabriel Chavez had his cover blown by an aggressive reporter, the silver lining was being able to rejoin the dive team. The downside? Dive team captain Anissa Bell -- a woman who both fascinates and frustrates him.

Anissa grew up as a missionary kid on the Micronesian island of Yap and always planned to return after college. But she remained stateside, determined to solve the case that haunts her - the murder of her best friend and the disappearance of a three-year-old child.

When Anissa's fractured past collides with Gabe's investigation into the tragic shooting death of a teenage boy in Lake Porter, they'll have to put their complicated history with each other aside in order to uncover the identity of a killer. What they'll discover is that revenge has no statute of limitations.

Award-winning author Lynn H. Blackburn closes out her nail-biting Dive Team Investigations series with a story that will have you wondering how long you can hold your breath.

My Review:

GabeGabeGabeGabeGabeGabeGabe...am I babbling? Yes. But...Gabe!!!!!! My fried neurons from last week have short-circuited so I'm stuck on a Gabe loop now...which is sublimely distracting. :-)

I have been waiting for Anissa and Gabe's story since meeting them in the first Dive Team Investigations book! The anticipation was nearly unbearable and I eagerly dived into this one (pun intended.) I listened to the audible version and Kate Forbes did justice to these beloved characters and their story! Her narration made this a compulsive listen.

Love, love, love how the author brings the whole team together so many times in this final Dive Team Investigation book. (Sob!) Their banter-fueled camaraderie is the best and kept me grinning through the tough times. My jaw aches from smiling so much! You don't need to have read the first two books to get the team dynamics -- Blackburn does an excellent job of highlighting relationships and catching new-to-the-series readers up so they won't feel lost. But these guys have all been given plenty of page time regardless of who has the starring roles so this felt kinda like a reunion read for me.

The suspense is crazy intense -- three cases that become entangled with just enough sinister asides from the mysterious bad guy to give a reader sublime anxiety. :-) Page-turning (or rabid listening) is a foregone conclusion once you start in on this story.

And did I mention Gabe? Of course I did -- excitedly fangirling without any substance so let me rectify that. Think contrasts. Tough and tender. Teasing and serious. Protective but respectful. He's been falling in love with Anissa for months and he's just realizing it. And when he lapses into Spanish here and there...well, it's time I posted a sizzling meltdown warning! The swoonworthiest of swoonworthy heroes!

I love that both Gabe and Anissa are Christians who believe in the power of prayer. Blackburn includes some wonderful inspirational threads throughout this plot. Love how their faith just flows naturally into the story. But they are by no means perfect -- they have their own doubts and fears to wrestle with. As dear Mr. Cook gently advises -- "Be open to the gifts God's trying to give you."

Hair-raising, heart-racing, toe-curling laugh-out-loudable and a whole lot of fun!

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