Hot Pursuit

by Suzanne Brockmann and Brockmann S.

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345501586
• ISBN13: 9780345501585
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Hot Pursuit

Loved Hot Pursuit. Was sorry to read at the end that there won't be too many more "Trouble Shooters" books. I love the seriws and am in the process of reading them for the 3rd time. Great charactors, great adventure. Opened my eyes to damger. Suzanne Jacoby

Absolutely loved it!

I absolutely loved the latest in the Troubleshooters series. You get to catch up with many of your favorite past characters and there are a few new characters thrown in the mix as well. Jules/Robin had me cracking up at several points in the book. Alyssa/Sam still have their dream relationship in check and it's great seeing them as parents to little Ash. We get to also catch up with Izzy and all he's going through with Eden. Then there is the romance between Dan Gillman and Jenn. I loved their relationship, even though Dan initally plays some serious games just to get in her pants, but he comes through in the end. Of course their story is sort of left with a cliffhanger - do they stay together or not?!? I cannot wait until the book comes out to see what happens between Dan & Jenn and Izzy & Eden. It's not all about relationships though and there is a great suspense plot concerning the Dentist. Total psychopath who has targeted Alyssa. Lots of twists and turns in this one!

Truly, Alyssa was never a character that I enjoyed reading about. This book changed my mind. In Hot

Troubleshooters Series: Unsung Hero 1 ** (Good characters but story is too interrupted) Defiant Hero 2 ****(Still interrupted, but better story) Over the Edge 3 ****(Ditto, but liking more as I get used to reading three stories at once) Out of Control 4 *****(Terrific stories, still the jumping around can be hard) Into the Night 5 ****(Side stories better than main story, but very good book) Gone Too Far 6 *****(Best of the series so far. Excellent story) Flashpoint 7 ****(Very good story. A bit longer than it should have been.) Hot Target 8 *****(Jules's story was the bullet. Main couple story very good, too.) Breaking Point 9 *****(Wanted more Jules. Got a little/not enough of him. Main couple's story good but typical. [Negotiator & young girl from plane jacking]) Into the Storm 10 *****(Excellent drama, adventure, romance, mystery. Heroine held out a bit too much, but not enough to ruin the story) Force of Nature 11 ***** For Jules and Robin (Awesomely emotional!)/ ** For the other couple (heroine was a witch/ hero was a wimp) All Through the Night (Xmas) 12 ****1/2(Terrific for romance/ light on action and mystery) Into the Fire 13 *****(Izzy is awesome! Murphy's story is touching. Tons of action. Lots of unexpected twists.) Dark of Night 14 ****(Liked Deck, Bored with Dave, Missed Izzy, Glad to see Jules back in action) Hot Pursuit 15 *****(Sam & Alyssa are awesome in their job, marriage, & parenthood. Gillman gets the lesson he's been needing. I want something better for Izzy. Jules & Robin are still heartrendingly sweet.) I've read so many disappointing books lately, I was beginning to think I was just getting bored with romance novels in general. Then "Hot Pursuit" arrived on my doorstep. I began reading it right away. For the first time in a long while, I found myself glued to a book. Brockmann did not disappoint. Plenty of chilling mystery, adrenaline pounding action, steamy love scenes, and true romance. The mystery kept me guessing. No "too easy solution". Each time I thought I had it solved, there was another new twist. Many scenes were so well written, I felt as if I was in the midst of the danger myself. (Ever walk down a dark street at night and feel your heart pound as you pass a slightly opened door... fearing what might be hiding behind it? Brockmann takes you there.) Even as all of this occurs, we get to enjoy Izzy's mountain- sized heart, Robin's kindness, Sam's devotion to his wife and son, and the demise of Gillman's cold facade. Admittedly, Alyssa was never a favorite character for me. She was always a bit too cold. In fact, I never bothered reading the short stories about her and Sam at the end of the other books. (Thankfully, that didn't diminish my ability to follow this book at all.) I didn't like seeing a heart & soul man like Sam paired with an ice queen. However I now have a new respect for Alyssa's character. Brockmann seems to have made her more human. The chi

Hot - and not too scary

While definitely written in the typical Troubleshooters's format of interleaved subplots told by specific characters' points of view, this novel is a bit different. This one is more suspense plot driven and the subplots stay closer to the main plot throughout the whole story. Not to worry romance devotees. Because most of the romantic relationships are already established and the one that's new moves pretty fast, there are a lot of people getting it on in this book. If you've thought some of the recent books didn't have as much feel-good romance action going on as you'd prefer, this book rather makes up for lost time. There is still character and relationship growth and development but the whodunit is the primary payoff. Basic plot is that Alyssa takes (yet another "easy") assignment to coach a public figure in self defense while bringing along Sam and some Navy SEALS to decorate the office for a while and thus convince the heckler(s) to back off. But one heckler is close. And far from backing off, amps it up to 11. The easy assignment becomes intense and the pressure mounts. Alyssa and Sam, then Jules and Robin, work on coping with the fact that their chosen mate works in the line of fire as a matter of course, and how to leave their non-pro family members out of the action. Alyssa is also a nursing mom. Having spent last Saturday hiking with a nursing mom who left baby with grandma, the problems Alyssa encountered rang hilariously true. The subplot with Dan Gillman I found amusing. For everyone who has ever complained that Suz's guys are too idealistic approaching relationships? Meet Dan. Here's a good looking guy looking to get some action on vacation with minimum hassle, while trying to follow the campsite rule of leave 'em better off than you found 'em. He's hot and successful and it's campy good fun until his typical vacation relationship gets thrown a few curve balls. He's got issues, yes, and he starts to work through them and has to do it with annoying BIL Izzy hanging around. (Izzy also gets a few POV scenes, but Eden is not around.) The character Jenn adds a useful point of view - I'm so used to Jules and Robin, I forget that Robin is supposed to famous. So when Jenn muses that "the award winning actor has come to babysit, will Susan Sarandon be dropping in to do the laundry?" it reminded me again to pay attention. Plus, I think I lived in her apartment for several years. 400 sq foot studio that averaged 90F in the winter with the windows open? Check. Also had her wardrobe - not quite a 16, but really not a 14 either. Check. Lots of uber-beauties in this story, so it was nice to have a sensible, average looking, average sized, average budgeted character I related to more easily. While the serial killer aspect is creepy, it's was not as creepy for me as the Into the Storm subplot. There was a distance to the gruesome that allowed me not to dwell on the details. For the whodunit, I guessed the killer early on.

Really excited about the next book!

I'm not sure what was up with the reviewer ahead of me giving it one star for the price, but having read this book I just have to say it was everything I want in a Suzanne Brockmann book, it made me laugh, it made me happy and at the end it mad me so sad..... that I have to wait so long for the next one. Even with the same characters in the books every book has its own story line and it never feels repetative, unlike some authors I've read lately. I love the relationship between Gillman and Jen and I love that I hated it at first but that Brockmanns writing drew me into loving it anyway. Jeni is one of my favorite characters in a troubleshooter book, not more than Alyssa but she's pretty up there. I was also so glad to catch up with Izzy and what was going on with him, which is one of the reasons I can't wait for the next book because I really want him to get his HEA and I'm hoping in the next book it happens for him. Honestly if you love the troubleshooter books you will love this one too.