Monday, April 4, 2022

"The Catch" by Lisa Harris

About this book:

  “After a harrowing attempt on a judge's life at the courthouse, Deputy US Marshals Madison James and Jonas Quinn are tasked with finding a missing woman and an endangered child in connection to the murder of the judge's wife. What seems like a fairly straightforward case becomes hopelessly tangled when the marshals discover that the woman they are searching for is in witness protection and the Amber Alert put out for the missing child has put two lives in danger.
   Madison and Jonas are forced into a race to find the woman and the child before the men who want her dead discover her location. And in a final showdown that could cost her everything, Madison will come face-to-face with the person who murdered her husband.”
 
 
Series: Book #3 in the “US Marshals” trilogy. Review of the Book #1 Here! and Book #2 Here!
 
 
Spiritual Content- Talks about God, trusting Him, having faith, & grieving; ‘H’s are not capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God, trusting Him, having faith, & grieving; Mentions of prayers & praying; A few mentions of a chapel at a hospital; A mention of Bible reading; A mention of a church; A mention of worship songs; A mention of a blessing.


Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dumb’, two ‘shut up’s, and five ‘stupid’s; Negotiating a hostage situation, gunfire, being shot at, being attacked, fighting, pain, passing out, & a car chase (up to semi-detailed); Many, many mentions of deaths, murders, attempted murders, murderers, criminals, crimes, a crime ring, crime scenes, hit men, kidnappings, & a missing child (barely-above-not-detailed); Many mentions of Madison’s husband’s murder, the murderer, & a stalker (barely-above-not-detailed); Many mentions of explosives, guns, gunshots, being shot at, shooters, & self-defense; Many mentions of blood/bleeding, injuries, & dead bodies; Many mentions of threats, blackmail, bribes, & hostages; Many mentions of lies, lying, & deception; Mentions of a woman’s husband and daughter being killed in a fire (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of a break-in, Madison being shot (Book #1), injuries, & partial amnesia (plus recalling all of this and pain, semi-detailed); Mentions of burglaries & robberies; Mentions of prisons & arrests; Mentions of car accidents & injuries; Mentions of con artists & cons; Mentions of drugs, drug use, planting drugs, & drug trafficking; Mentions of hunting; A few mentions of nightmares; A couple mentions of a plane crash (Book #1); A couple mentions of money laundering; A couple mentions of divorce; A mention of a toddler that drowned; A mention of vandalism; A mention of someone’s drinking problem; A mention of throwing up;
             *Note: Mentions of car brands; A couple mentions of books & authors; A couple mentions of zombies; A mention of Etsy.
 
 
Sexual Content- Recalling a border-line barely-above-not-detailed // semi-detailed kiss; A semi-detailed kiss; Touches & Warmth (barely-above-not-detailed); Blushes; Noticing; A bit of staring at someone’s lips (barely-above-not-detailed); Wanting to kiss & embrace someone (barely-above-not-detailed); Many mentions of a woman believing a married man will leave his wife for her, mistresses, affairs/cheating, their child, & her wanting to leave the man (the man says they were “just two consenting adults having a bit of fun. No commitments. No long-term obligations.” Madison tries to hold back her irritation at his words); A few mentions of kisses & embraces; A few mentions of boyfriends & dates; A couple mentions of flirting; A mention of Becca sleeping with another woman’s husband; A mention of something pushing a man into the arm’s of another woman; A mention of another man leaving his wife for another woman; Love, falling/being in love, & the emotions. 
 
-Madison James
-Jonas Quinn
                                P.O.V. switches between them, Ava (x4), and Becca (x1)
                                                        325 pages

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My personal Rating-
{ This book does mention affairs and murders, and while it is overall very clean for
these topics, it may be best for older girls.}

This was a pretty satisfying ending to the “US Marshals” trilogy. The mystery of who murdered Madison’s husband and is stalking her has been in the prior two books and I was excited to read and see what would happen in this final book.

I really like the pacing of this one; There’s a lot happening but unlike other suspense books I’ve read, everything is not “coincidentally” connected. There were multiple things happening but they didn’t all add up to the same big picture. Which really worked well because we see a couple extra POVs that sometimes give the reader a bit more information than Madison or Jonas has and I enjoyed that element. It kept you on your toes as you were reading.

Also, I liked Jonas a lot in this book. He cared for Madison a lot but respected her space and listened to her. While he might have rescued her a couple times, she rescued him as well so she wasn’t a damsel in distress at all—which is very fitting because she’s good at her job. The romance element was super light in this novel and just in the whole trilogy in general.

This may be my new favorite series by Lisa Harris and, as always, I’ll be watching for news about her next suspense books.

 
 
See y’all on Friday with a new review!


*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*I received this book for free from the Author for this honest review.

 

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