“When the dive team is called in to recover a body from a submerged car, they aren't prepared to find an encrypted laptop--or an unsettling connection between investigator Adam Campbell and the dead accountant.
Adam turns to his friend Dr. Sabrina Fleming--a professor at the local university with unparalleled computer security and forensics skills--to recover the files from the laptop. But the deeper they dig, the deadlier the investigation becomes. When evidence uncovers a human trafficking ring and implicates members of Adam's own family, he and Sabrina will have to risk everything to solve the case.”
Series: Book #2 in the “Dive Team Investigations” series. Review of Book #1 Here!
Spiritual Content- Psalm 19:14 at the beginning; Prayers & Thanking God; Talks about God, having faith through grief, & His plans; 'H’s are not capital when referring to God; Mentions of God, faiths, & forgiveness; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of churches, church going, Sunday school classes, & services; A mention of mission trips;
*Note: Religious phrases “Thank heaven” and “Heaven help us” are both said once; Mentions of luck & being lucky; A few mentions of evil people & their evil actions; A mention of a wicked grin; A mention of fate.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: Two ‘dumb’s, two ‘stupid’s, and four ‘idiot’s; A mention of curses almost said; Eye rolling & Sarcasm; An explosion from a grenade, Being attacked, Gunfire, Being held at gun-point, Being shot and shot at, Concussions, Injuries, Pain, Blood/Bleeding, & Passing out/Being knocked unconscious (up to semi-detailed); Violent thoughts from the villain’s POV (including wanting to stab someone); Some grief & guilt (Adam for his younger brother & Sabrina for her complicated family); All about & many mentions of a murdered body being found in a drowned car, the killer and motivation, human trafficking (labor and sex) rings, & slavery; Mentions of suicides, possible suicides, & notes; Mentions of other deaths (cancer, a car accident, gunshot, & drownings) & grief (including for a younger brother & for a baby); Mentions of a serial killer & attacks (Book #1); Mentions of dead bodies, a shooter being shot and killed (including the brain matter being everywhere), & autopsies; Mentions of abuse, torture, beatings, & broken bones (due to the previous); Mentions of being shot, emergency surgery, & someone being on life-support; Mentions of attacks, injuries, pain, & blood/bleeding; Mentions of an explosion & grenade; Mentions of crime scenes, arrests, & jail/prison; Mentions of car accidents/wrecks; Mentions of embezzlement & money laundering; Mentions of threats (including of death and harming family members); Mentions of drugs, drug busts, being drugged, & being high; Mentions of nightmares; Mentions of jealousy; Mentions of lies, lying, liars, & deception; Mentions of hatred; A few mentions of domestic violence by a man who “bought” his wife & her staying for the sake of their children; A few mentions of elder abuse & an adult child stealing money from his parents; A few mentions of drunks; A few mentions of divorces/separations; A few mentions of gossip & rumors; A few mentions of throwing up; A couple mentions of the deaths of pets (a dog that was accidentally poisoned & a cat that was ran over); A mention of a possible kidnapping; A mention of poker; A mention of tattoos;
*Note: Sabrina has a strained relationship with her mother due to never meeting her mother’s expectations; *Major Spoilers* At the end, Sabrina’s mother (Yvonne) tells her that she is not her biological mother & that her father had an affair and got another woman pregnant around the same time as her; Yvonne lost her baby in premature labor; Sabrina’s father hired Sabrina’s biological mother to be her nanny and when Yvonne found out that the woman was pregnant again, Yvonne threaten to harm Sabrina to get the woman to leave *End of Spoilers*; Mentions of a parent having dementia (Sabrina’s father); Mentions of car brands; Mentions of brand names & items (Converse, iPads, PowerPoint, & Coke); A few mentions of therapy (including mentions of human trafficking victims needing therapy and counseling after what they have been through); A couple mentions of a woman going into premature labor, losing the baby, and hemorrhaging; A mention of an alien.
Sexual Content- Three hand/finger kisses, two head/forehead kisses, a handful of not-detailed kisses, four barely-above-not-detailed kisses, four border-line barely-above-not-detailed // semi-detailed kisses, & a semi-detailed kiss; Remembering kisses (barely-above-not-detailed); Wanting to kiss & Staring at lips (barely-above-not-detailed); Touches, Embraces, Dancing, Hand holding, Warmth, Shivers/Tingles, Nearness, & Smelling (up to semi-detailed); Noticing & Staring (barely-above-not-detailed); A man asks if Sabrina and Adam are staying the night at a place tonight (they are, but it will be with others; Adam is upset at the man’s inappropriate remark); Sabrina and Adam stay the night at Leigh’s house (multiple times, usually with other friends) to protect her (they all sleep in separate rooms with the opposite gender on a different floor); Some of them fall asleep in the living room & there’s noticing of how attractive the other looks in the morning; In order to snoop at a party, Adam and Sabrina go off by themselves and make it look like they want to be alone; When Adam pulls out a key for Sabrina’s house, another character makes a comment that they’ve moved “awfully fast”, but Adam says it’s “not like that”; A ‘babe’ and a ‘baby’; Mentions of human trafficking, sex-trafficking rings, & victims being killed or sold to their abusers (no details); Mentions of affairs & a husband cheating and getting another woman pregnant; Mentions of kisses & kissing; Mentions of boyfriends/girlfriends, dates, dating, & break-ups; Mentions of flirting; Mentions of crushes; Mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of sexual predators; A couple mentions of someone being “amorous”; A couple mentions of an engaged couple kissing and cuddling; A mention of a possible rape; Love, falling/being in love, & the emotions;
*Note: A mention of a revealing dress.
-Sabrina Fleming
-Adam Campbell
P.O.V. switches between them & another (x5)
352 pages
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My personal Rating-
Like the previous book in this trilogy, this book also has some hard topics and elements to it (especially towards the end) that make me not recommend it for most of my readers. It’s definitely better for ages 17+ in my opinion—perhaps a bit younger if the girl is majorly interested in the criminal justice field—but it has been a really interesting series so far.
“In Too Deep” had an emphasis on human trafficking, particularly in the labor variety. I’ll admit that I did figure out the connections to everything pretty quickly into the book which made me question how Sabrina and Adam didn’t see it, but they had a lot going on. They had some cute moments and then humor throughout the book with their friends that help lighten the tone of the plot when it would have felt heavy without it.
The ending was a bit rushed and also after some intense action parts there were “catch-ups” about what had happened since the previous big event sometime prior. I didn’t love those parts, personally, but it made sense for everything that has to happen police-department (and their paperwork) wise.
It was good to see Adam and Sabrina in this book after glimpses of how bad he had it for her in Book 1. Adam was a great male lead and such a gentleman to her that was precious to read. It was also really nice to see both of the main characters having a strong faith! Now I’m looking forward to reading Anissa and Gabe’s story next month!
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.
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