Do or Die : Reluctant Heroes

I love Suzanne Brockmann’s books - the complex story lines, the cliff-hanger story, the “pushing at the edge of social consciousness” story, and characters that range from the Diana Prince character to the battered-by-life-and-poor-choices guy. And Seals. And Marines. And my kind of action: car chases, shootouts, escapes so narrow you can’t slip a playing card between life and death.

And the dialogue – smart, funny, snarky. In Do or Die, Brockmann’s heroine is a lawyer. Her hero is an ex-Navy Seal. These two types should not play well together. I mean, Phoebe thinks she knows everything, while Ian knows he knows everything. See - oil and water.

Ian is in jail when the story opens. Phoebe and another lawyer, Martell, offer Ian a chance to get out of jail free—all charges dropped. Ian refuses. Refuses!?! What con wants to stay in prison? Pure Brockmann – the unexpected rears its intriguing head every page.

Lots of action, lots of adventure, lots of bad guys, better good guys. Mesmerizing from beginning to end.