Tuesday, March 16, 2021

My Review - Unknown Threat by Lynn H. Blackburn

 

5 out of 5 stars

UNKNOWN THREAT by Lynn H. Blackburn, is the first novel I read from this author. If you like romance/suspense, you will definitely enjoy the first installment in the Defend and Protect series.

FBI Special Agent Faith Malone is all business. She “is” the job and conducts herself in a no-nonsense kind of way. But she’s facing her hardest assignment yet—trying to keep members of the Secret Service alive. What makes it even more challenging is that one of the agents in the cross hairs is Special Agent Luke Powell. Faith’s conflicting feelings towards Luke will only complicate an already difficult investigation. But knowing time is short, and every agent is a moving target is all the motivation she needs to find the threat responsible for the attacks and neutralize it.

Special Agent Luke Powell is devastated. He’s lost friends and teammates in this bizarre killing spree and has even survived an attack on his own life. However, without any actionable intel, he has no idea where the unknown threat is coming from. Though Luke’s not sure Special Agent Faith Malone is up to the challenge, time is of the essences. Knowing another attempt on his colleagues can happen at any time, he’s committed to working with Faith and bringing the assassin to justice.

I thoroughly enjoyed UNKNOWN THREAT. The tempo, the dialogue, the characters, all worked together to deliver both a fast-paced plot and character-driven novel. As the reader, I didn’t feel I had the information necessary to identify the killer until it was revealed. Though this usually bothers me, it played well in building the momentum and suspense. I could relate to the helplessness Faith and Luke felt, putting small pieces together in an exceptionally large puzzle. And, even though Faith’s and Luke’s move toward a personal relationship was slow, the pacing suited their personalities.

Overall, a great read! And I have found a new author to put on my watch list.

Though Revell supplied me with a copy of UNKNOWN THREAT for review purposes, all comments and opinions are my own.