Desperate Girls by Laura Griffin – a Review

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Description:
Defense attorney Brynn Holloran is right at home among cops, criminals, and tough-as-nails prosecutors. With her sharp wit and pointed words, she has a tendency to intimidate, and she likes it that way. She’s a force to be reckoned with in the courtroom, but in her personal life, she’s a mess.

When a vicious murderer she once helped prosecute resurfaces and starts a killing spree to wipeout those who put him behind bars, one thing becomes clear: Brynn needs to run for her life.

With no help from the police, Brynn is forced to take matters into her own hands, turning to a private security firm for protection. But when Brynn defies advice and gets involved in the investigation, even the former Secret Service agent assigned to protect her may not be able to keep her safe. With every new clue she discovers, Brynn is pulled back into the vortex of a disturbing case from her past.

As the clock ticks down on a manhunt, Brynn’s desperate search for the truth unearths long-buried secrets and reignites a killer’s fury.




Review:

Desperate Girls by Laura Griffin is the 1^st book in her new Wolfe Security romance suspense series. I am a big fan of Laura Griffin, especially her fabulous Tracer series; and after hearing about this new series, I knew I had to read this book.   I am happy to say to that I really enjoyed Desperate Girls, and look forward to more books to come in this series.

Brynn Halloran, our heroine, is a very successful defense attorney, who is preparing for an upcoming murder case.  Brynn is well respected, strong, tough, a workaholic and does things her way; she can be very intimidating.   She and her co-counsel Ross are called into a meeting by the head of the law firm and they learn that a high profile case they both worked on a few years before, when they were prosecutors has put them in danger.  The man they sent away has escaped, and he has already killed the lead prosecutor and a detective.   Their boss, who is worried about their safety, hires Wolfe Security to protect both of them while they start their new case; neither one of them are happy about this.

We meet Erik Morgan, a member of Wolfe Security and leading the security for both Brynn and Ross.   Erik is very serious, and determined to make sure his team is there for every possible change.  Brynn at first doesn’t take the danger seriously, insisting to do what she wants, causing frustration between her and Erik, and the team.  Erik knows danger, and will force the issue with Brynn, though she is very stubborn & foolish.  In a short time, since they are spending a lot of time together, both Brynn and Erik are finding their attraction to one another very difficult to avoid. Their slow built romance will heat up, though Erik tries to fight it off, since he needs to be fully focused on what is happening around Brynn and Ross.

There is also a side story about Brynn’s murder case, with a young teenager accused of murder, which Brynn feels he was framed.  It did add an element to the overall storyline. 

What follows is an exciting, tense, heart pounding adventure, with Erik working with cops and US Marshals, as the murderer keeps escaping them.  Brynn will also try to investigate more about the escaped murderer, going back into details of that case, and working with a female cop, Lindsay,who comes up with why the murdered is acting out his revenge.  There will be some stressful situations that will escalate the danger, with some twists, and surprises as we race to the climax that will throw us for a loop.

Desperate Girls was an excellent tense, suspenseful, edge of your seat story. Laura Griffin did a great job keeping us engrossed in the story from start to finish. I also liked the characters we met, especially those who are part of Wolfe Security, whom I expect we get their stories in future books.   If you enjoy mystery, exciting suspense with romance, then you should be reading Laura Griffin.

Reviewed by Barb

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