I am a big fan of crime stories featuring gutsy females. In fact one of my favourite females of all time is the fantastic Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich. Therefore when I heard that there was a new bounty hunter on the shelf I jumped at the chance to read her.
Deep Blue Trouble is actually the second novel by Steph Broadribb to feature her character Lori Anderson. Lori is a single mother to Dakota and a fearless bounty hunter. In Deep Blue Trouble Lori’s daughter has cancer and she needs help from Dakota’s father JT. Unfortunately JT is on death row. In order to try and save him Lori takes a deal whereby if she can capture Gibson ‘The Fish’ Fletcher then the FBI will allow JT to walk free. As Fletcher heads to California, Lori follows him and here she teams up with local bounty hunter McGregor. However their different ways of working soon cause problems.
This was a superb novel that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. It is a thrilling, action packed read that once you pick up you find hard to put down. Lori Anderson is a great character that manages to combine her caring mothering side, with an action packed no nonsense streak. It’s great to be able to read about a strong independent woman who is fierce and loyal and able to look after herself.
I must confess to being surprised that this was an American setting (yes the clue is in the bounty hunter bit!) Having heard Steph speak in Hull I’d assumed that it would be British. However it is clearly a testament to the quality of writing that within a couple of pages I had completely forgotten my British bias and was swept up in Lori’s world. The story zips along at a fair old rate, however there are also moments of calm where you can feel how desperate Lori’s situation is.
Although I wish I had read Deep Down Dead first, this novel completely works as a standalone as there is enough information to catch up on the story. I will certainly be going back and reading Deep Down Dead now and I can’t wait to find out what will happen next in Book 3.
For more reviews of Deep Blue Trouble and to find out more about author Steph Broadribb please do visit the other stops on this blog tour, including my fellow blogger today https://broadbeansbooks.wordpress.com/
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