Breaking Point (Lucy Kincaid, #13) in 2-3-4 Challenge

Jan 14, 2022 Jonetta rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2022-audiobook-challenge, 2022-library-love-challenge, audiobook, nc-br-digital-library, group-read, 2022-beat-the-backlist-challenge, 3500-2022

FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid Rogan is back from her honeymoon and eager to be returning to work but somewhat wary of the new bureau chief, Rachel Vaughn. She was right to be concerned as Vaughn doesn’t trust her and makes that clear to not only Lucy but the entire San Antonio office, relegating her to desk work despite their shortage in agents. Meanwhile, RCK frontman and founding partner J. T. Caruso is having a personal crisis. His sister Bella works for a private agency dedicated to finding missing FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid Rogan is back from her honeymoon and eager to be returning to work but somewhat wary of the new bureau chief, Rachel Vaughn. She was right to be concerned as Vaughn doesn’t trust her and makes that clear to not only Lucy but the entire San Antonio office, relegating her to desk work despite their shortage in agents. Meanwhile, RCK frontman and founding partner J. T. Caruso is having a personal crisis. His sister Bella works for a private agency dedicated to finding missing underage girls who are suspected of being trafficked. She’s deeply undercover but is now in trouble when the police officer who was helping her is murdered and Bella is out of contact. When the FBI takes this on as a case, the Assistant Director requests Lucy for his task force, deepening the divide between her and Vaughn.

Despite my admiration for Lucy and her exceptional skills, I understood Rachel Vaughn’s concerns about her from a manager’s perspective. However, her methods in dealing with the situation bordered on outrageous and petty, stoking dissension throughout the office and causing cases suffer. This storyline was as compelling as the race to locate and extract Bella. We get Bella’s point of view, which raised the tension level to great heights as the players she was dealing with were dangerous, resourceful and ruthless. Discovery of her identity would also put her at risk because of her relationship to J. T. and her being a former policewoman.

Human trafficking is insidious and this story offers an inside view of the horrors experienced by these young girls and women. The author doesn’t hold back, making this an uncomfortable but insightful reading experience at times. The conflict between Lucy and her new manager was highly interesting, especially as I could empathize with both sides and hoped for an outcome that would leave both of them whole. The narrator delivered another great performance, adding distinctions to the many voices crucial in the story. She made a suspenseful and thrilling experience even more exciting, reinforcing my commitment to listening to this series.

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Jan 23, 2022 Robin rated it really liked it

Shelves: suspense, 2022

Former police officer Bella Caruso has been searching for fourteen-year-old Hope Anderson who was sold to a group of human traffickers by her stepfather. Bella has infiltrated a group that is expanding their territory east and things are getting dicey for her. When her brother, J.T. Caruso, finds out that Bella's police contact was killed by the group, he asks for help from the FBI, DEA, and his own security company. FBI Special Agent Lucy Kincaid is assigned to a task force to rescue Bella and ...more

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Jan 29, 2022 Anita rated it it was amazing

Shelves: kindle-libby-city, audio, suspense

I started this book and then had to put it aside for a time. Human trafficking and serial killers are my two least favorite tropes, and I just wasn't in the right mind to finish this book when I started it. I'm glad that I picked it up again because it is a fantastic book. I love the Lucy Kincaid Series and find Lucy to be an amazing character. In "Breaking Point" we see Lucy do what she does best with the added burden of a boss who just doesn't trust her and how Lucy handles that all too real w ...more

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Jan 24, 2022 Melissa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

JT Caruso’s little sister, Bella, has gone deep undercover to save a young girl from a dangerous prostitution ring. He has decided to take matters into his own hands and asks FBI Special Agent Lucy Kincaid to help get her out.

Bella Caruso reminds me a lot of Lucy. She has gone through a very similar ordeal as Lucy did and her mindset to save other young women is just as strong as Lucy’s. She’s also extremely stubborn. She knows she’s in too deep and knows that she should get out, but continues t ...more

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Mar 14, 2022 Charlene rated it really liked it

Shelves: series-by-author, public-library, adult-themes, health, group-read, crime, suspect-in-family, follow-this-series, ptsd

This is always a gritty series, but the thirteenth volume is particularly so.

I had a harder time getting into this story, and may have given up if I hadn't known who the author was and that this would eventually carry Lucy Kincaid. Yet, it did pay off to read the book, and I will stick with this author and her stories for the foreseeable future. ...more

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