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Mar 10, 2010

Auntee rated it:

Loved it! I'm doing a happy dance here, because I'm already anticipating the next book in the 'Troubleshooters' series. Ms. Brockmann left a couple of storylines wide open in this one, but said in her author's notes that she will be following up on those couples who haven't gotten their HEAs in this one. I guess maybe they haven't suffered enough yet, but that's okay because one of the couples is Izzy (who used to irritate me) and Eden, and the other is Eden's brother Dan (Gillman) and brand More...

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Sep 03, 2011

Isis FG rated it:

Rating: 2.5 / 5

I had a tough time deciding what to rate this book. My opinion of it seemed to go back and forth. So in the end, I settled for middle ground at 2.5 stars.

In this fifteenth installment of the Troubleshooters, author Suzanne Brockmann brings two past characters back into focus: Sam & Alyssa, along with a host of other recurring characters.

The Troubleshooters and a few moonlighting SEALS from Team 16 travel to NYC to help Assemblywoman Maria More...

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Aug 22, 2009

Arch rated it:

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Jan 28, 2012

Mareli rated it:

4,5 stars

I couldn't give 5 stars because of the serial killer factor. If this books was not in this series, I doubt I could have read it. I HATE serial killers, horrible violence and mutilation and so on.

But if I take apart the ick factor for me, this book was really good. We have some TS like Alyssa and Sam and their wonderful little boy Ash flying to NY to give security lessons to a politic-career woman. Some of Seals, including Dan and Izzy going to help. And then my J More...

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Apr 18, 2010

Mom rated it:

Alyssa Locke is no stranger to dealing with danger. As team leader of the nation’s number one personal security company, Troubleshooters Inc., she’s seen more than her share of action, survived plenty of close calls, and holds her own with the best of them–and against the worst of them. Guarding lives is her game, and no one plays it better. But her toughest challenge will be protecting herself from a serial killer she’s been after for years–known only as “The Dentist”–who is determined to make More...

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Nov 28, 2009

Amanda rated it:

Finishing this book was kind of a milestone because it signifies the fact that I've caught up with the Troubleshooters series. The exception to this is I haven't yet read “Into the Night,” because the local library doesn't carry it and I don't normally buy books when I'm just going to read and pass on (though I should probably suck it up and buy this one since I could definitely read this series again). I'm currently waiting to receive the book on interlibrary loan, but it'll be more like a nost More...

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Sep 30, 2009

E. rated it:

Alyssa Locke-Starrett thinks that she is doing a favor to a friend by taking a team of Troubleshooters on a relatively easy assignment to teach safety tips to a newly elected assemblywoman in NYC who has received a few eerie death threats. The team of SEALs that accompany her (including her husband Sam) are not expecting to be thrown into the hunt for a serial killer who leaves a grisly gift for Alyssa in the assemblywoman's office. Alyssa's former partner Jules and his newlywed partner, Robin More...

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Aug 20, 2009

Erin rated it:

This one was kind of a disappointment. Maybe I had high expectations—the previous book totally blew me away, most of the best series regulars were to be in this one—but this one just was not as good. It was still a really enjoyable read, but not one of the better Troubleshooters books.

The problems were these: I think the book would have benefited from a tighter edit. The ebook had a bunch of typos, first of all, but there's also a lot of redundant information. In the first half of t More...

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Aug 15, 2009

Michelle rated it:

I really had resigned myself to not liking this book. There have been so many negative reviews and longtime Brockmann fans have criticized it (and her), especially after she didn't write the Dark of Night (Dave/Sophia/Decker) storyline/romance the way people expected. And while I have loved all of the Troubleshooters book, I am a romance fan first and foremost, and her books are high on intensity and suspense and sometimes lacking in romance. This one was no different. In fact, aside from a More...

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Apr 01, 2011

Christi rated it:

Review reposted from my Smitten with Reading blog...

My Review:
This is a wonderful book with some awesome suspense. This is book #15 of the Troubleshooters series. I have been saving this book for when #16 came out. This book had everything that I hoped for in the final book...it just wasn't the final one.

The ongoing relationship/love story between Sam and Alyssa remains to be one of my favorite story lines and this one did not disappoint in that aspect. I liked to b More...

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Aug 01, 2011

Gladys (glad4twilight) rated it:

This book was just creepy! The dentist killer was gross the writing was weak and I hate that Alyssa and Sam had to be involved in that murder mystery with their beautiful little baby. I felt although Robin was there he had no real interaction with Jules and really the only thing that kept me reading this book was Dan Gillman. His inner dialogue was hysterical and not to mention male shovanistic! His trying to get laid and using Jenn was interesting and I loved the ending where she told him to go More...

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Sep 20, 2009

Michael rated it:

Alyssa Locke, former FBI agent and former Naval officer, is team leader for the nation's leading personal security company, Troubleshooters, Inc. Her husband is former SEAL Sam Starrett.

Her current assignment should be no trouble, teaching Maria Bonavita about self defense. Maria has just been elected to the New York congress and asked for a course in public safety. Sam Starrett and his SEAL friends will travel to New York to provide it.

In New York, they set up security More...

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Aug 13, 2009

Jennifer rated it:

Ms. Brockmann--

The problem with your books is that you've set the bar so high. I expect your books to be an intense romance between two interesting and very well-developed characters while they are engaged in something thrilling, maybe with some secondary romance or peaks into past or future relationships. That is what I want out of your books. It's why I've read some of them over and over and over. It's what I expect out of you.

So, I was disappointed. Who's story was th More...

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Aug 04, 2009

Michelle rated it:

Suzanne Brockmann always writes fantastic characters, and I love her dialogue because it sounds exactly like people actually talking. Her last few books have been really pushing the bar higher for excellent fiction. Perhaps that is why this book fell a little flat for me. It was still a great book, but not quite up to her normal standards.

First, Brockmann usually pushes her political agenda in books, but she does it in the context of the story. In this book, she spends a little too More...

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Sep 27, 2010

Jessi rated it:

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Feb 07, 2011

Blake rated it:

Ok, so I'm taking a class on genre fiction and starting to read genres that I'm pretty unfamiliar with, like romance. This particular book falls into the category of romantic suspense. I chose it because it (well, not this title specifically, but Brockmann's whole Seals series) was on the course list of recommended titles. I had a little trouble getting into it because the writing was... not the greatest. Lots and lots of lines that went like, "She didn't think she needed a gun. More...

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May 31, 2011

Becky rated it:

I have mixed feelings about this one. The action and mystery were good, and knowing what The Dentist planned without knowing for sure who he was made for a suspenseful read. (Although I was pretty sure which one of the suspects he was, and I was right.)

What does bother me a little bit is that there was no romantic resolution in this one. We got to see Alyssa and Sam and Robin and Jules working on their Happily Ever Afters, which I like. We saw Izzy, struggling with his feelings for More...

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Jun 10, 2010

Laura rated it:

I can't believe this is the last of the Troubleshooter series (at least for now). I enjoyed reading about the characters I like, but there are so many lose ends. Maybe I'm more aware of them since I've not heard anything about a release date for another novel in the series.

It was interesting that the "bad guy" is someone we'd met in earlier books. And how much of a target the Troubleshooters and their friends are. Overall a fast paced book and I enjoyed it. Not my favo More...

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Aug 19, 2009

Brandifer rated it:

Man, mere words cannot express how much I love the inhabitants of Brockmann's Troubleshooters and their world. I only discovered them a year ago, and I have never inhaled books like I did that first dozen or so. I have, in fact, re-read several of them a half-dozen times.

This one really didn't do it for me. It was like going to a party where all your old friends are gathered, but you get rushed straight through from one side to the other without getting to really interact with anyon More...

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Aug 20, 2009

Caitie rated it:

I'm a bit mixed up about how to rate this book. I liked it, and it definitely went part-way towards restoring my faith in Suzanne Brockmann's writing, but at the same time, I was disappointed. I've had very mixed feelings about Suz's last few books, and this one was no different. Hot Pursuit was a quick, enjoyable read, and did, at times, remind me why I'm still a complete fangirl for SB's writing, I wasn't completely satisfied. While the last 3-4 books in the series have seemed completely d More...

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Aug 19, 2009

Ryann rated it:

I am a huge fan Suzanne Brockmann's work. Anticipating a new novel of hers is like preparing to revisit old friends. This novel was no exception. Sam and Alyssa are back and we know from the beginning that someone very evil has targetted Alyssa, thus beginning the suspense that exists throughout the book. Other characters featured are Dan Gillman and new character, statuesque and funny Jennilyn. Jules, Robin, Izzy, Lopez and others are also on hand. I enjoyed the story and the characters and I a More...

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Oct 04, 2009

Julianna rated it:

I Love Izzy, Jules, and Robin and if they had not been in this book as much as they were I may not have finished it. I like Starrett and Alyssa Locke Starrett. But another book where they are front and center seemed a little much in a series with so many TS and Seals to choose from. I was hoping that the sub-plot would be the continuation of Izzy and Eden. No I get Eden's jerk brother Gillman and his 2 week affair with " a chunky girl"(his words not mine). The cover was Slightly mislea More...

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Jan 24, 2011

Sara rated it:

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Aug 24, 2009

Jodi rated it:

Brockmann comes through again in this follow-up to an Alyssa Locke/Sam Starrett short story. Remember The Dentist? He's got Alyssa in his sights and goes to a fairly elaborate length to get her in his clutches. But this is Alyssa Locke, not some shmoe, and she isn't interested in his little games. In fact, she thinks it's past time she took him down. Jules and Robin and a random selection of Troubleshooters and Seal Team 16 are on hand. Though Alyssa and Sam are the main focus, we still get nice More...

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Jun 01, 2010

Betty410 rated it:

Here we have a serial killer named The Dentist, because after he kills he removes the victims teeth. The heroine, Alyssa Locke has been chasing him for years. She is ex FBI and currectly the team leader of the nation's number one personal security company and the protection a New York Assembly woman. When disturbing messages from the Dentist begin to appear the team knows that he is after Alyssa and the adventure starts. Mixed in with the sleuthing is a hot romance with the political assista More...

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Nov 30, 2009

Laura rated it:

This was a great book. I loved the character development of all the old standbys and enjoyed meeting a couple of new characters. The mystery was good. I like the way this author keeps the tension going at the same time as following/leading all the characters through their plot lines.
I know some reviewers were unhappy that there was no resolution on some of the romance threads but that was good for me. I hate a series where its a formula...have a little action, create a love story betwee More...

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Aug 25, 2009

Rachel C. rated it:

Despite the fact that I'm giving it the same star rating as #13 and #14, this one is better. (It's just not as good as "All Through the Night" at 4 stars.) Brockmann returns to characters I know and love (Jules! Izzy! Sam!) and a comparatively straight-forward plot. I don't know if Psycho POV was strictly necessary but I'll give it to her.

Brockmann explains in an author's note that she will be taking a break from Troubleshooters after #16 comes out. I think the break wil More...

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May 17, 2011

Lynda rated it:

This rating is difficult. I gave it 4 stars because I liked everything else that goes on. I liked the conclusion of The Dentist storyline, and I liked the Sam & Alyssa stuff, and of course the Robin & Jules scenes. And Izzy is another favorite of mine. Ash's "Ninganang!" was just adorable.

But…I've disliked Danny Gillman for several books now, and even though he's one of the primary "heroes" of this book, he did NOTHING to change my opinion. He's obnoxious, smug, a More...

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Jul 30, 2009

Amy rated it:

I loved this book. I loved revisiting Sam and Alyssa after all this time.
I especially appreciated, on a personal level, reading about Alyssa trying to juggle breastfeeding and her job. That struck home for me.

I also like how there were lots of probable suspects for the big bad guy. I figured it out, but there were definitely other possibilities.

I also love the non-resolution of the Jen/Danny relationship. That struck me as true to life. And it makes me look f More...

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Jan 05, 2010

Ashleighloveland rated it:

3 and half, maybe, mostly because I really mostly hate serial killer books. I mean I know they're out there and all, but they bore me silly. Didn't like the serial killer, but I did rather like the romances and potentials growing around, and none of them are even resolved. Heroine (oh what's her name) is a political adviser, hero a seal on vacation helping out some friends for a quick buck, he guards her, seduces her, she lets him, sexy, sweet and with some really live difficult in there. I More...

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