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nadenetotallyaddictedtoreading's review
4.0
Secret Investigation by Elizabeth Heiter is the second book in The Tactical Crime Division series. In this new series each book is written by different authors. This installment features Agent Davis Rogers and CEO of Petrov Armor, Leila Petrov.
Agent Davis requested to be a part of the investigation into the defective armour manufactured by Petrov Armor. His reason for the request stemmed from the fact that one of his friends died from bullet wounds received in an ambush while wearing one of these armours. Determined to uncover the identity of the person or persons responsible and make them pay, he went undercover at the company. However, he never expected to be attracted to the lovely CEO, an attraction that may jeopardize the investigation.
Leila, who became the CEO after her father’s death, was dismayed to learn that the armour manufactured by her company may have caused the tragedy involving Davis’s friend. Reluctantly she agreed to allow Davis to investigate within her company. She refused to believe her employees would be involved, especially those close to her. Will she be able to accept the truth when it comes to light?
The story started out tragically and ended on a bittersweet note. The scenes in between had me turning the pages as I needed to see how it would unfold. Davis’s investigation revealed more than just defective armours, which added another element of danger to the story. I guessed the identity of the mastermind behind the defective armours from quite early in the story, but I hoped I was wrong for Leila’s sake.
As with the first book in the series, the romance took a backseat to the investigation. The story made the reader made aware of the attraction between the characters and evidence of their emotions, though minimal were present in their interactions with each other. If you are a reader who loves passionate love scenes, then you will be disappointed to learn that those were not present in this book.
This story included a sub plot, which added another facet to the story. It featured two characters whose story is incomplete, and which I am interested in learning more about. Although both storylines followed distinct paths, they were interconnected and made for some interesting and dangerous moments.
Conclusion/Recommendation
I enjoyed this installment and thought it was a great addition to the series.This review was originally posted on Totally Addicted to Reading
Agent Davis requested to be a part of the investigation into the defective armour manufactured by Petrov Armor. His reason for the request stemmed from the fact that one of his friends died from bullet wounds received in an ambush while wearing one of these armours. Determined to uncover the identity of the person or persons responsible and make them pay, he went undercover at the company. However, he never expected to be attracted to the lovely CEO, an attraction that may jeopardize the investigation.
Leila, who became the CEO after her father’s death, was dismayed to learn that the armour manufactured by her company may have caused the tragedy involving Davis’s friend. Reluctantly she agreed to allow Davis to investigate within her company. She refused to believe her employees would be involved, especially those close to her. Will she be able to accept the truth when it comes to light?
The story started out tragically and ended on a bittersweet note. The scenes in between had me turning the pages as I needed to see how it would unfold. Davis’s investigation revealed more than just defective armours, which added another element of danger to the story. I guessed the identity of the mastermind behind the defective armours from quite early in the story, but I hoped I was wrong for Leila’s sake.
As with the first book in the series, the romance took a backseat to the investigation. The story made the reader made aware of the attraction between the characters and evidence of their emotions, though minimal were present in their interactions with each other. If you are a reader who loves passionate love scenes, then you will be disappointed to learn that those were not present in this book.
This story included a sub plot, which added another facet to the story. It featured two characters whose story is incomplete, and which I am interested in learning more about. Although both storylines followed distinct paths, they were interconnected and made for some interesting and dangerous moments.
Conclusion/Recommendation
I enjoyed this installment and thought it was a great addition to the series.This review was originally posted on Totally Addicted to Reading
lovelybooksblog's review
3.0
The Tactical Crime Division is a specialized unit of the FBI, handling the toughest cases in some of the most remote locations. Davis is a former army ranger that is devastated to learn that a close friend has died when her unit is killed during an ambush and the ultimate culprit seems to be the failure of the body armor. He takes the undercover assignment investigating Petrov Armor as away to atone for his friend's death. Leila is the CEO of Petrov Armor, and is shocked that her company may be complicit in the death of these soldiers. She's willing to let the TCD investigate, but wants to be kept up to date with everything they find. Initially Davis blames Leila for the failure, but soon finds that he cannot stop a growing attraction to the woman.
Like the other book in this series the entire book is mostly spent on the mystery and action of the plot and not a ton of time is given to growing relationship between the MCs. I liked both Leila and Davis and would have loved to see more time spent exploring their connection. That being said the mystery was engaging to me and I had fun reading this story even if some of the reveal was easy to guess early on. Also there was a subplot between two other agents from TCD that remained unresolved at the end of this book.
Over all I'm enjoying this new series from Harlequin and look forward to more installments. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC, all opinions are my own.
Like the other book in this series the entire book is mostly spent on the mystery and action of the plot and not a ton of time is given to growing relationship between the MCs. I liked both Leila and Davis and would have loved to see more time spent exploring their connection. That being said the mystery was engaging to me and I had fun reading this story even if some of the reveal was easy to guess early on. Also there was a subplot between two other agents from TCD that remained unresolved at the end of this book.
Over all I'm enjoying this new series from Harlequin and look forward to more installments. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC, all opinions are my own.
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