Lethal Standoff

De: DiAnn Mills

Narrado por: Tara Langella, Stacy Carolan

Justice can be elusive. Family secrets can be deadly. The stakes are high, and the clock is ticking in a volatile criminal case filled with unanswered questions. And Carrington Reed is running short on time to piece together clues that will solve the puzzle.

Hostage negotiator Carrington Reed is called to the scene when reports come in that fifteen hostages are being held by the Kendrix brothers in an abandoned house in south Texas. When she arrives on site, Carrington quickly learns that the brothers are armed and refuse to release their victims, a group of undocumented immigrants, until the local police identify their father’s murderer.

Working closely with Levi Ehrlich, a handsome investigative reporter who has covered some of Carrington’s negotiations in the past, she finds herself being undeniably drawn to him. Carrington digs deeper into the death of the Kendrixes’ father and begins to notice that some details surrounding his death aren’t adding up.

As Carrington investigates the brothers’ claims and tries to piece together their motive for taking innocent people captive, it soon becomes clear that they are trying to hide something and that revenge for their father’s death may not be what they’re really bargaining for after all. To protect the hostages and ensure the brothers don’t carry out the rest of their sinister plot, Carrington must get to the bottom of one family’s secret and the truth they’re trying so hard to hide before time runs out.

Award winning author DiAnn Mills delivers pulse-pounding romantic suspense about secrets, betrayal, and finding a path to forgiveness.

• Includes discussion guide for book groups.
• A clean contemporary thriller from Christy Award–winning author DiAnn Mills
• For fans of action-packed romantic suspense in the vein of Lynette Eason, Irene Hannon, and Dani Pettrey
• From the popular author of Facing the Enemy

©2024 DiAnn Mills (P)2024 Tyndale House Publishers

Interesting and Educational

The book is about human & drug trafficking at the border. The story is told truthfully but with compassion. The problem of illegal immigration is met head on in all its ugliness and evil but also pays homage to the suffering that the smuggled persons endure

There is one big reveal at the end but pieces of the mystery are revealed little by little throughout the story. Characters move towards each other and God with a slow pace but steadily do that the ending comes to a believable conclusion.

I enjoyed learning about the Messianic Jewish congregation. I wish Mills would have put more about that in the book because I am so curious now! Mills makes a point that Christians are supposed to be a community, a family which provides support and love when our own families reject us. We are not meant to be alone.

There are places in the story that read / sound like a dramatization of counseling sessions which adds to the characters humanity and educates the audience. Because of this, the words are uplifting and encouraging.

I enjoyed the story, though at times the reader seemed overdramatic with the many voices. It was a long book and there were a lot of characters. She did a good job with some difficult emotional scenes, plot action, and a lot of dialogue.

At times I thought the female protagonist was not reasonable. Not many people are that closed off, especially with an anticipated medical issue like she has. If I could change one thing it would have been for Mills to make her change in attitude and resolution to her internal problems come earlier and spread more throughout the book. Mills writes her change well, in bursts throughout the last 35% of the book. I just thought it should have started sooner. In all, book was a good listen and would be a good read, probably for women and maybe men as well.

Lethal Standoff

Outstanding narration. I’ve been reading books by this author for years, most 5 stars. This was my all time favorite. Loved the main characters, and the plot. This is an auto pre order author for me. As always looking forward to more.