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Deadly Dance (A-Tac #5)

by Dee Davis (Goodreads Author)

4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 · rating details · 221 ratings · 31 reviews

As the intelligence officer for A-Tac, a black-ops CIA unit masquerading as Ivy League faculty, Hannah Marshall is used to working behind the scenes. But when a brutal murder hits too close to home, Hannah finds herself in the middle of the action, falling in love while racing to outwit a sadistic mastermind.

A KILLER CLOSES IN
After the death of her A-Tac partner, Hannah d...more

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Mar 22, 2012 Kati rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This book is not for the feint of heart. It's a large dose of Criminal Minds where there's a profiler, gruesome murder scenes and some serious jailable for life psycho killer that could be ripped from the headlines. There's so much I want to say about this book but don't want to give away any spoilers so let's see what I can do.

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Hannah Marshall lost her partner Jason and still misses him. Harrison Blake, res...more

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Apr 11, 2012 Jess rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Hannah and Harrison are part of the A-Tac team, off the grid CIA agents whose cover is as professors at an Ivy League college. They’re following up on a disturbing email that Hannah’s teacher’s assistant, Tina, received and it’s leading them down a deadly path. Hannah, Harrison and the team start tracking murders that look to be the work of a serial killer that Harrison knows all too well. He’s convinced that the killer is the same man who killed his twin...more Review posted: Happily Ever After - Reads

Hannah and Harrison are part of the A-Tac team, off the grid CIA agents whose cover is as professors at an Ivy League college. They’re following up on a disturbing email that Hannah’s teacher’s assistant, Tina, received and it’s leading them down a deadly path. Hannah, Harrison and the team start tracking murders that look to be the work of a serial killer that Harrison knows all too well. He’s convinced that the killer is the same man who killed his twin sister years ago, but when things don’t add up, the killer’s original patterns aren’t being followed, they start to wonder if it’s really the same killer, or a new player. Of course it wouldn’t be an A-Tac story if the Consortium didn’t play a roll, in some fashion.

I enjoyed the characters of Hannah and Harrison. They’re both smart, strong agents and each one is dealing with trying to move beyond a tragic past. Hannah was abused in a foster home when she was a young girl and learned to compartmentalize the pain she suffered then and now keeps herself somewhat distanced from people in her life. Harrison is consumed with guilt over not being able to save his twin sister from being murdered by the cyber killer – a serial killer who took great pleasure in torturing and raping his victims before leaving them for dead. Harrison wasn’t able to find his sister in time and he hasn’t been able to find the serial killer, who he’s now convinced is targeting him after all these years.

The relationship between these two frustrated me. There are sparks between them early on, but both are reluctant to start anything. When they are together for the first time, the first reaction, at least from Harrison is regret, even when he tries to explain away that same reaction later as feeling too much too fast. There’s a lot of back and forth between them, a sexy scene followed by one or both of them saying they can’t be together, then another sexy scene, and again with the talk not being able to follow through and see where the relationship could go. I never really understood why they kept fighting a relationship. There didn’t seem to be any reason why they couldn’t be together, sure it caused some relationship angst, but it didn’t feel true. What did work was when Harrison and Hannah finally let down their walls and started sharing the truth about each of their painful pasts and how they might be able to finally heal and move forward:

“…maybe it’s time to put it in the past where it belongs.”

“And how am I supposed to do that?” she asked, her gaze still holding his.

“I don’t know,” he admitted. “But I do know what it’s like to have something horrible happen that affects your every waking thought. So maybe we can try to move on together? I’ve no idea what that means, so we’d be taking a huge risk, but I’d like to try.”

She studied him for a moment, and then she nodded. “I think I would, too. As long as it’s with you.”

He wasn’t sure that anyone had ever looked at him with that kind of trust. And he prayed that he wouldn’t let her down.

They had some sweet, touching scenes together, one that especially stood out was when Hannah told Harrison what her childhood was like and the trauma she suffered at being molested at a young age. Those were great moments for these two and once they got over the “we can’t be together” bit, their relationship fell more into place and was easier to get into, but by the time that happened, it was hard to get fully invested in them as a couple before the story ended.

The serial killer storyline is gruesome. There are multiple murders throughout the book and I was getting to where I started saying “another one?!” Hannah ends up being in the killer’s path and it really bothered me that after everything she suffered as a young girl and has tried to move past as she grew older, she’d be subject to more torture and horrible suffering at the hands of this present killer. I get that she and/or Harrison were going to be caught up in the final fight at the end, but I just ended up feeling bad for Hannah and ready to be done with that portion of the story. I love seeing our heroes and heroines in dangerous situations and trying to figure out how they’re going to get out of them, but Hannah’s situation felt so hopeless and I didn’t like that for her.

This was overall an ok read for me. I liked Hannah and Harrison and their relationship once they actually let it happen and opened up to each other. The killer(s) were all over the story from the start making the body count rise, but I ultimately just had a hard time getting fully into this story. The Consortium storyline is still ongoing and while this installment might not have been a hit with me, I’ve enjoyed the A-Tac series and the characters overall, and will continue to read and find out what’s going to happen next.(less)

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May 26, 2013 Betty rated it 4 of 5 stars

Several members of A-Tac, a black ops CIA unit, are in Canada hoping to catch Consortium member Alain Dubois in an art forgery sting. Hannah Marshall is posing as the owner of a “lost” masterpiece and she is willing to sell it to Dubois, a high end antiques dealer. Instead of trapping their prey, the A-Tac team walks into a trap and they are lucky to all survive. Dubois wasn’t so fortunate.

Hannah is a professor at Sunderland College, as are all A-Tac members. Sunderland is an Ivy League college...more

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Apr 11, 2012 Robin Priddy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Hannah Marshall is a professor at Sunderland college. She is also a covert operative for A-TAC. American Tectical Intelligence Command, this group was founded by the CIA more than fifteen years ago. They use Sunderland College as a cover where each agent is also a professor. Hannah is still trying to adjust to the death of her friend and fellow agent by a mole in their group. When Hannah sees a podcast of a woman being tourted and then killed, she has no idea if it is real or someone's sick idea...more

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Mar 13, 2012 E. rated it 4 of 5 stars

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4 1/4 stars

Deadly Dance by Dee Davis is one of her A-Tac novels which features a group of dedicated operatives who alternate between their sometimes life-threatening missions and their cover positions at the campus of Sunderland College which houses the headquarters for the organization. A-Tac (American Tactical Intelligence Command) is an organization founded by the CIA and it has undergone some upheaval due to the tragic loss of several of its members but those who remain are dedicated to thei...more

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Mar 13, 2012 Cocktails and Books rated it 4 of 5 stars

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If you haven't read any of the A-Tac books before, then you don't know about the secret branch of the CIA that masquerades as college professors by day and bad ass agents trying to save the world all the other times. It's a premise the works and has me needing to go back and read books 2-4 to catch up on what's been happening with the team.

This installment has intelligence specialist Hannah Marshall and IT specialist Harrison Blake smack dab in the middle of a copycat serial killer taking young...more

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Jul 27, 2012 Nadine rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Deadly Dance is the ultimate Criminal Minds experience. The members of A-Tac team are made up of CIA agents masquerading as college professors. They have a super secret ops center below the campus of their university. Though they’ve been on the trail of a notorious terrorist group, they are always one step behind.

In this fifth installment of the A-Tac series, the group they’ve been after targets one of their own on a personal level. IT specia...more

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Sep 01, 2012 Shelley Hoerauf rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Excellent book!!! Highly suspenseful, edge of your seat kind of book that kept me guessing til almost the end. The romance was quite steaming hot! Both Harrison and Hannah come from complex shattered pasts that come crumbling apart and come back to haunt them both in this book. Their pasts do make them understand each other better but also make it harder to be intimate with people. It was no surprise to me when Harrison first came on the scene a couple or so books back that he would end up with...more

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Apr 01, 2012 Kristin rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Considering that I randomly jumped in the story at book number five, I had no problems catching up with the two main characters, Hannah and Harrison. The author doesn't take a chapter to catch you up to speed about these two characters but instead you learn things about them as you read. For instance the fact that Harrison was part of another unit before A-Tac. However, whether this information was presented in the previous books or not, it didn't read like an over view but written in as a remin...more Considering that I randomly jumped in the story at book number five, I had no problems catching up with the two main characters, Hannah and Harrison. The author doesn't take a chapter to catch you up to speed about these two characters but instead you learn things about them as you read. For instance the fact that Harrison was part of another unit before A-Tac. However, whether this information was presented in the previous books or not, it didn't read like an over view but written in as a reminder when his team members from his previous unit pop into the story.

I liked both Harrison and Hannah's characters. Both have problems that they are over coming and with the serial killer on the loose, those memories are starting to resurface. However, they both over come their pasts as they try to catch the killer before he can attack another victim that they may know.

There is quite a bit of CIA terms and talk as they try to find clues to figure out how to find the "unsub" through the videos he is sending them during his brutal killings. Usually I get turned off by a lot of talking in the book but considering they weren't sitting around gossiping but rather coming up with possible suspects, MO's and trying to predict his next move, was very interesting to me.

My one and only problem I had with the story was part of the romance. There was one scene in particular where after Hannah's friend is taken, her and Harrison go back to her place after wracking their brains over the whole ideal and end up getting pretty heated amongst themselves. This I did not understand. One minute she was distraught over the current events of her friend being in the hands of a serial killer and then next minute she is acting like a teenager on prom night. It just didn't really add up to me. Other than that one issue, I thought the book was great.

Favorite quote...
"Some buddies and I decided to throw a party. And stupidly, I volunteered to play bartender. Rule was that every time someone had a shot, I had to have a shot too. You can just imagine."

-The reasoning behind choosing this quote... I have actually said and done this exact thing. Although I dubbed myself the shot queen... :o)(less)

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Apr 17, 2012 Nicole rated it 3 of 5 stars

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When I first picked up Dee Davis, I really enjoyed the different set-up she created for her characters. I’ve never read a book with undercover operatives working as professors, and I have to say I liked it. I liked it a lot. But for some reason, in this book, it didn’t work for me as much as before.

Hannah has been a little down and out since the death of her best friend and fellow A-Tac agent. But with her latest case she has...more Review originally posted here: http://thebookpushers.com/2012/04/17/...

When I first picked up Dee Davis, I really enjoyed the different set-up she created for her characters. I’ve never read a book with undercover operatives working as professors, and I have to say I liked it. I liked it a lot. But for some reason, in this book, it didn’t work for me as much as before.

Hannah has been a little down and out since the death of her best friend and fellow A-Tac agent. But with her latest case she has been working closely with Harrison, the newest member of their team and man who keeps drawing Hannah’s attention. Not only is this case eerily similar to the one that killed Harrison’s sister, but the killer seems to be targeting women close to Hannah.

As clues as revealed and more women are killed, Hannah and Harrison get closer to not only finding the truth, but to falling in love with one another. When the killer eventually gets Hannah in his clutches, Harrison will have to face one of his worst nightmares in order to get her back.

Like I said before, while I originally really enjoyed the undercover aspect in previous books, in didn’t work for me in this one. I’m not sure if it’s because the A-Tac team were working a case on their own undercover college campus, or what, but I found myself getting frustrated a few times while reading. Time and time again Hannah and Harrison were told they needed to remain undercover, that they couldn’t act like CIA agents, instead had to maintain their professor personas. However, throughout the entire book they ran the investigation, questions witnesses (their own students), gave out confidential information and generally ran around and acted like CIA agents. At no point in the book did any of the characters act like they were undercover, and yet for some reason, NO ONE seemed to question their involvement within the case. To me, that just seemed not only really unlikely, but also outside of the realm of believable for me.

That aside, there were things I really enjoyed about this book. Like the other A-Tac books, the Consortium is working hard to undermine them in any and every way possible. I liked the twist at the end of the book between the Consortium and the serial killer and how it all ended up working out. It was something I didn’t catch onto until about halfway through, and was a great way to tie the whole book together.

The relationship between Hannah and Harrison ran somewhat hot and cold for me. There were moments when the two of them seemed so connected and wonderful together, and then other moments when I couldn’t really feel their passion for each other. I did like that they complemented each other well, they were both big fans of technology and were perfect for bouncing ideas off each other. They both were able to really heal each other, help one another deal with the dark histories they each brought into the relationship.

All in all I thought this was both a strong and weak book in the A-Tac series. I really liked the case they worked on, the twists and turns that Davis took us on throughout the story, and overall I enjoyed both Hannah and Harrison as our main characters. However, the undercover aspect really didn’t work for me and pulled me out of the story time and time again. Despite that, Davis continues to be a romantic suspense author who writes an incredible story and one I enjoy reading.
I give Deadly Dance a C-(less)

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Jun 21, 2012 Kate rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Deadly dance is the fifth book in the A-Tac series but it is the first that I’ve read. I found it easy to understand and follow. There were a few things that had flowed over from the books before it but they were explained and didn’t detract from the book.

Deadly dance is a book of two half’s. One half is a crime/murder-mystery book, entwined with that is a romance half. The c...more For this review and more visit my blog

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Deadly dance is the fifth book in the A-Tac series but it is the first that I’ve read. I found it easy to understand and follow. There were a few things that had flowed over from the books before it but they were explained and didn’t detract from the book.

Deadly dance is a book of two half’s. One half is a crime/murder-mystery book, entwined with that is a romance half. The crime half of this book was excellent. From beginning to end the book for full of twists and turns that head me guessing. I read like an episode of Criminal Minds and was difficult to put down.

This book doesn’t hold back its punches. It is not for the faint of heart. If you can’t handle blood, guts and violence then I suggest you start far away from this book. I mean this warning seriously. I have a strong stomach, it takes a lot to faze me but I found certain parts of this book (especially something that happens right at the end involving the main character) extremely disturbing. It was not torture porn but it invoked the same feelings and I found it uncomfortable to read. The feeling stayed with me for a while afterwards and I couldn’t shake it.

This book doesn’t work quite as well as a romance. Hannah and Harrison were both great characters but I didn’t quite buy into the romance between them. It all felt a little random, they are friends who very suddenly realize they are attracted to one another. Then without warning or build up they are having sex with one another. The building of feelings between them was fine but it was the physical that just didn’t seem right for some reason. I think that the crime half was so well written and so interesting the love story just couldn’t keep up and in the end it just didn’t compare.

The rest of the book was good. I liked the other characters. I loved the plot and I really enjoyed the set-up. It is a little farfetched. (A group of college professors who are secret CIA agents whose headquarters are under the school.) It is a bit like x-men but for normal, non-mutant people.

Before reading this I thought it was an out and out romance. The blurb and the cover give that impression. I think that is a real shame because there is no real reason why this book could not also be marketed or sold as a suspense/crime thriller. I thought that part of the book was definitely stronger. From what I have heard serial killers are not the norm for this series, so I am excited to check out the earlier books to see how they compare.
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May 11, 2013 Stephanie rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I have loved Harrison since he made his first appearance with Last Chance Inc. I was so happy when he showed up at A-TAC and even more pleased that he got his own book esp after he went into the field in Deep Disclosure. For once the heroine was actually enjoyable and not once did I want to smack sense into her or kill her myself. That alone ranks this books as an improvement on the others.
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Mar 22, 2012 Nikki Brandyberry rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Cyber Killer has returned. Or so it seems. Harrison is sure that the recent disappearances of college students has to be related to the same killer that took his sister from him years before. Now working undercover with the A-TAC team he can’t be sure if the killer has found him out or if this rash of killings right under his nose is a coincidence. His partner, Hannah can’t be sur either but working with Harrison so closely has really started to change her perception of him. No longer is he...more The Cyber Killer has returned. Or so it seems. Harrison is sure that the recent disappearances of college students has to be related to the same killer that took his sister from him years before. Now working undercover with the A-TAC team he can’t be sure if the killer has found him out or if this rash of killings right under his nose is a coincidence. His partner, Hannah can’t be sur either but working with Harrison so closely has really started to change her perception of him. No longer is he just the newest member of their tight knit team who works with computers. Suddenly he is larger than life. More. When Hannah becomes the killers next target can Harrison finally put his sister and his guilt to rest and step up for the woman he has slowly become to love?

Dee Davis is a semi new to me author. I had previously read her novella in this series, Daring, but hadn’t read anything full length by her. When the opportunity to read this one was presented to me I jumped on it since I enjoyed the novella I figured I would give a full length a try. I enjoyed this romantic suspense, and not having read that rest of the series I didn’t find myself overly confused with past events either. Dee Davis gets all semi caught up fairly quickly without it feeling like a huge information dump.
I enjoyed that this seemed to be a bit of a variance from the main story arc of the shadowy group known as the Consortium. That group has orchestrated the past books storylines and though they turn up in this one the majority of the book doesn’t really talk about them. This is centered around a serial killer from Harrison’s past that seems to have returned in a big way.
Harrison was a great character! I loved how he was both brainy and had the muscle to back it up. Alpha male mentality but not all in your face constantly. He also had a range of emotion I appreciated. Obviously distraught over the death of his twin sister years prior and the return of what looks like the same killer and hard as steel in his attempt to finally figure out the one case that he was too late for. I think brainy guys are hot, so Harrison totally worked for me. Add to that he was a strong character, mentally and physically, and I was instantly hooked. I appreciated his apprehension to being an in a relationship and thought it was cute he kept trying to tell himself that Hannah was only a “release of pent-up energy” for him. He felt fractured and so it was understandable he would feel like he couldn’t be in a relationship.
Hannah spends most of the book hiding. Hiding from her looks. Hiding from herself and hiding from Harrison. She tries to play off Harrison’s aversion to a relationship but it hurts her more than she is willing to show. She craves feeling included just like Harrison does and yet they both fight it. Hannah has a horrible past that involved the breaking of the one relationship a young girl should always be able to trust. As a result she balks at needing or trusting people and spends a good deal of energy keeping people out. Never letting them see the true her or know the pain that she suffers. Even the group that she works with that is more like a family then co-workers. Though she covered her good looks with tinted hair and studious glasses, I thought her quirky looks fit her personality quite well. Smart and yet attention grabbing.
Since I haven’t read the rest of the series (a problem I plan on rectifying soon I hope) I didn’t appreciate the reappearance of past characters but I’m sure lovers of the series will enjoy that. I also think one of the last single group members, Simon, needs his own book. He needs to be taken down a peg or two by the forces of an emotional love.
The villain was scary…in fact when I put the book down to go to bed I checked the doors twice and that never happens to me. There was just something indescribably creepy about the entire thing. Gruesome and horrible come to mind to get across the way I thought of the murders and actions of this person. *shudder*
I didn’t like the fact that the undercover A-TAC team posing as college professors seemed to be able to stay off the radar of everyone. No one seemed to question the fact that they not only talk like cops/government, but they also act like it too. Professors simply don’t act like they do. At all. People would question professors acting like that did and so I found that aspect completely unbelievable.

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Mar 20, 2012 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Deadly Dance is the fifth book in the A-Tac series by Dee Davis and a Romantic Suspense from Grand Central Publishing.

Book Blurb:

As the intelligence officer for A-Tac, a black-ops CIA unit masquerading as Ivy League faculty, Hannah Marshall is used to working behind the scenes. But when a brutal murder hits too close to home, Hannah finds herself in the middle of the action, falling in love while racing to outwit a sadistic mastermind.

A KILLER CLOSES IN

After the death of her A-Tac partner, Hann...more

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Mar 27, 2012 Crystal ♥ RBtWBC rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Action, danger and romance - Deadly Dance kept me turning the pages!
This is my first read from the A-Tac series but I love the series arc of undercover CIA agents posing as college professors. Set up well for a stand-alone you get a full and complete tale with Hannah and Harrison with just enough tidbits to interest you in the previous books. I want to read them all now! Hannah and Harrison were dimensional characters that I instantly fell in love with, with heart-breaking backgrounds to overco...more

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May 03, 2012 Melinda rated it 5 of 5 stars

Dee Davis has done it again. Right from the beginning I was hooked to Harrison and Hannah. There is a serial killer and the target is Hannah. Everybody knows she is tough, strong and the only woman that has gotten under Harrisons skin. He knows he cant committ but with Hannah he feels differently. Can he protect her from his past when he doesnt even know what is going on.

In one word Wow. The first book had me on my seat and this one just got under my skin. Harrison is a man who is afraid to love...more

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Jun 21, 2012 farmwifetwo rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Apr 03, 2012 Maggie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Where to start. Maybe its been said in review already but here is my first thoughts when picked up first book in the A-Tac series. Indiana Jones (fictional character) a archaeologist in the pursuit of mythological artifacts, the difference being A-Tac is a black-ops CIA unit masquerading as a bunch of professors at Sunderland College, New York, who try to stop terrorist and who more then once have had to combine their talents outside of action on the field to get to their ultimate target.

This Ha...more Where to start. Maybe its been said in review already but here is my first thoughts when picked up first book in the A-Tac series. Indiana Jones (fictional character) a archaeologist in the pursuit of mythological artifacts, the difference being A-Tac is a black-ops CIA unit masquerading as a bunch of professors at Sunderland College, New York, who try to stop terrorist and who more then once have had to combine their talents outside of action on the field to get to their ultimate target.

This Harrison Blake and Hannah Marshall's story.
Waiting to see Harrison to get his HEA, believe me this was a long wait. I first read about him in "Last Chance Inc" trilogy.
The book starts out with Hannah getting close to an antique dealer who is connected to the Consortium. The teams aim is to apprehend him for questioning but Consortium kill him in front of Hannah who then has near dead encounter getting away.
Back at College, a student is abducted and Harrison starts to relieve the horror of his twin sisters murder which took place 9 years previously. His close friend Madison Roarke (EndGame) and forensic pathologist Tracy Braxton who Harrison worked with when he was with FBI and who were with him in his pursuit of Cyber killer are on hand to help. This Unsub (FBI terminology) at first has Harrison thinking the Cyber killer who was never caught is back after being dormant for 9 years.
This is not the case, the unsub becomes a compendious study as in each kill he becomes more and more erratic.
As always the romance between Harrison and Hannah was hot and if ever a couple were compatible these two were. The question that I kept asking and waiting to see answered could the Consortium be involved.

I loved this book, fast-paced with a great investigation which Dee brings you through in the different scenarios to figure out how things happened and the brainstorming among the team, not to forget, that A-Tac had the extra challenge to decipher clues in order to save Hannah, with Harrison going through the pain of losing the woman he has come to love. This is the twist in the story that to be fair I could see coming.
Overall as said I loved this book and Dee Davis shows us some skills that go into a intriguing investigation, lets not forget the investigation was limited as these guys after all had to keep their cover as legible as possible.

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Mar 20, 2012 Cindy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Book 5 in the A-Tac series which are CIA operatives that all work undercover at Sunderland College.

This was Hannah Marshall (who was Jason's partner who was killed in a previous book) and Harrison Blake (who was previously with the FBI serial killer unit)

As usual at the start of an A-Tac book we have an explosion. The team is following up on a lead on an antiques dealer with ties to the Consortium (an arms cartel they have been trying to bring down throughout the series). What they didn’t real...more

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May 30, 2012 Hope Frost rated it 4 of 5 stars

It is no secret that I love this series, and I have been waiting for Hannah's story, and I wasn't disappointed. She seems to be the little sister of the group, someone that everyone looks after, so I knew it would take a special someone to break down some of her defense walls. Lots of twists and turns in the plot, and when you think you have it figured out, another twist is thrown in there, just for good measure. I felt the flow of the book was great, the characters were awesome, and we got to c...more

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Nov 19, 2012 The Romantic Scientist rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2012

A decent book, but not my favorite of the series. My full review is here: http://scienceofromance.blogspot.com/...

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Apr 17, 2012 Cynthia (aka Artemis) marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: own, romantic-suspense

With thanks from SOS Aloha and Forever's Romantic Suspense Blog Tour.

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Mar 30, 2012 Anita rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I zipped through this one pretty fast and it was an okay read for me. I liked Hannah and Harrison as a couple. Glad that they could get past their pasts to be together. Just seemed like a lot of death and sex and not much of anything else. We were close to getting the guy who was a link to the Consortium in the beginning and then from there it dealt with who was the serial killer. I WANT to know who is behind the Consortium and why they are out to destroy A-Tac. But must wait till Simone's book....more

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Apr 01, 2012 Chelleyreads (Michelle&Leslie's Book Picks) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: z2012-review

Not my favorite in the series but still pretty good. Ready for the next book--hopefully it's Simon's. Full review to come.

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Oct 08, 2012 Diana rated it 5 of 5 stars

Awesome!!! This whole series is awesome! Can't wait for the next one!

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Aug 08, 2012 Renee Quimiro rated it 4 of 5 stars

Another winner from Dee Davis. Still going strong on book #5. This whole series has been such a great read and I can't wait to read the upcoming story on Simon. Hannah and Harrison's story, a picture of two very scarred people who became trusted friends first and co-workers first and then later realized the attraction for each other. The two are a match for sure.

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Sep 27, 2012 Tracey rated it 5 of 5 stars

This series keeps getting better and better

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Jan 01, 2013 Ann (Noumena12) added it · review of another edition

Shelves: available, 2012-book-challenge

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/11202709

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Jun 15, 2012 Brandi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-must-read

This book was good just not as good as the others in the series. The ending was the best part of the book! Still worth the read tho!

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Feb 07, 2013 Krystean rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: davis-dee, series, my-library

This book scared the crap out of me!!! Which I guess is a good thing. Really enjoy this series.

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Award winning author Dee Davis worked in association management before turning her had to writing. Her highly acclaimed first novel, Everything In Its Time, was published in July 2000. Since then, among others, she’s won the Booksellers Best, Golden Leaf, Texas Gold and Prism awards, and been nominated for the National Readers Choice Award, the Holt and two RT Reviewers Choice Awards. To date, she...more

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