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"The fourth book in the award-winning Lori Anderson series "
Synopsis
Working off the books for FBI Special Agent Alex Monroe, Florida bounty hunter Lori Anderson and her partner, JT, head to Chicago.
Their mission: to entrap the head of the Cabressa crime family.
The bait: a priceless chess set that Cabressa is determined to add to his collection.
An exclusive high-stakes poker game is arranged in the penthouse suite of one of the city’s tallest buildings, with Lori holding the cards in an agreed arrangement to hand over the pieces, one by one. But, as night falls and the game plays out, stakes rise and tempers flare.
When a power failure plunges the city into darkness, the building goes into lockdown.
But this isn’t an ordinary blackout, and the men around the poker table aren’t all who they say they are.
Hostages are taken, old scores resurface and the players start to die.
And that’s just the beginning...
My Review
This is the fourth book in the crime series featuring bounty hunter Lori Anderson. This was my first book in this series but I in no way felt left behind, this book worked very well as a standalone.
Set in Chicago this story had a real "James Bond style" spy feel at times with our main character Lori Anderson going undercover in a high roller poker game to uncover a criminal.
Playing the part Lori is dressed to empress and slipping easily in to the dark and shady side of gambling culture and its participants all until the tables turn and the plan falls apart, as the city goes dark the building goes on lock-down and the lies start to simmer, asthe players start to show their true colours.
This story was dark, classy and the pace was intense, I was reading obsessively to uncover the truth while the story dripping with tension, held me on the edge on my seat.
With a strong female lead and a fabulous cast of supporting characters this was a completely gripping read that has left me wanting more which for me is always the sign of a good series, in my case I am happy as I now have the previous books in the series to look forward too.
Author Bio
Steph Broadribb was born in Birmingham and grew up in Buckinghamshire.
Most of her working life has been spent between the UK and USA. As her alterego - Crime Thriller Girl - she indulges in her love of all things crime fiction by blogging at crimethrillergirl.com, where she interviews authors and reviews the latest releases.
She is also a member of the crime-themed girl band The Splice Girls. Steph is an alumni of the MA Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) at City University London, and she trained as a bounty hunter in California, which inspired her Lori Anderson thrilliers, She lives in Buckinghamshire surrounded by horses, cows and chickens.
Her debut thriller, Deep Down Dead, was shortlisted for the Dead Good Reader Awards in two categories, and hit number one on the UK and AU kindle charts. My Little Eye, her first novel under her pseudonym, Stephanie Marland was published by Trapeze Books in April 2018.
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Thank you to the Publisher and Author for sending me an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this novel and for the opportunity to review these works.
All reviews are my own unbiased opinion.