Shattered Truth by Barbara Freethy is one of the lovely suspenseful romantic thriller novels. The combination of the events and people made it suspenseful. The cruelty of the participants and their purposeful choices made it a thriller. The characters, who trusted no one, managed to forge a strong relationship that made it a romance.
Barbara Freethy’s newest book, Shattered Truth is the fifteenth book in the Off the Grid series. The books can be read as a stand-alone. (I have done this.) There are repeating characters, but the main story is usually with newer people who have joined (or at least one) the FBI. There is an elite FBI unit that operates in a more independent manner compared to the rest of the FBI.
Matt Larson has just been asked to join this elite group. He is excited by the prospect, but not expecting that he had to start early because a dead person has his name and number in her pocket. He does not know her, nor does he know how she would have gotten his number.
Haley is determined to discover why her brother died 6 years ago. She has balanced her job as a newspaper writer and finding her brother’s murderer. She is positive he was murdered and it was not an accident. As she goes to meet a woman who has information for her, she sees the woman killed right in front of her. She picks up her phone and runs away, later calling the police.
Suffice to say Matt finds Haley and the phone. Soon both of them are caught in the murder past and present. Some of the characters they question are so sure that they are above the law, that you might cringe. I sure did. More people are being attacked. Haley’s apartment was broken into. This is when the plot line starts to ramp up and things start to pile up.
I like Barbara Freethy books and I enjoy her characters. I was not thrilled with the “conflict” as to be honest, it was nothing I am usually interested in. However I didn’t put the book down so we can say it certainly kept my attention. Shattered Truth by Barbara Freethy was a good book.
