ATF special agents, Thayne Wolfe, and his partner, Jarrett Evans, have gotten into sticky situations in the past but nothing prepares them for the daunting task of being loaned out to a coal mine in West Virginia where Jarrett’s grown up. Investigating a deadly mining explosion may be the end of them yet. In one of the most beautiful places on earth, Jarrett is familiar with the territory, … territory, growing up working in a nearby mine for a couple years before joining the Marine Corps just after high school. When he and his partner encounter a dubious mine CEO, two ATF agents who they’re tasked to investigate, and a good ‘ol boy who has a pickaxe to grind, all they can hope, is to solve this case before ending up dead and buried in that mine.
From the beaches of California, to the coal-rich mountains of Appalachia, Jarrett’s dubious past seems to rear its ugly head wherever they go. Join our heroes as they are forced to face danger, fear, and maybe the most frightening thing they’ve ever faced together… family.
Slip and Slide contains an exciting excerpt from Locked and Loaded (Death and Destruction Book 4)
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In ‘Slip and Slide: Death and Destruction Book 3’ splendidly narrated by Michael Dean, the agents are called upon to look into a deadly mine explosion back near Garrett’s hometown. With concerns for possible compromise with the local ATF agents, Thayne Wolfe and Jarrett Evan travel from California to the Appalachian coal mine to investigate. Having spent a couple of years working in a mine before entering the Marien Corps, Jarrett is especially valuable in the investigation. It seems the mine was purchased when it was least profitable and hundreds of thousands of dollars slated for safety improvements were not used for that purpose. With a suspicious CEO and a questionable politician circling about. ATF special agents Thayne Wolfe and Jarrett Evans have their hands full. Adding a bright spot to the story is the restoration of Jarrett’s relationship with his father Mark and his brothers especially Marine captain Isaac. The writer kept the mining information interesting by sharing enough knowledge to keep the story plausible. But trust Patricia Logan to always emphasize love, tenderness, admiration, and respect between her men. With truly hot sex there are also expressions of affections and acts of tenderness that occur often and frequently between the two. Some angst with Thayne as he is unaware that Garrett loves him, too. It’s actually lovely and quite touching making this such an addictive series. The juxtaposition between the macho ATF agent things and the lovey-dovey stuff! EXCELLENT!
** 4.75 stars **
This book is definitely better than the previous 2 books for me. I find it hard to connect with Thayne and Jarret as a couple and this book helped me a lot with this. The personal side of this story features not only s*e*x but also family ties and connections as much as Jarret’s past which until now is really shady and makes him a dark horse. I liked that he was more open about himself and it made him more approachable for me and easier to like. Thayne on the other hand is very much an open book and the way he is with Jarret and his family really endeared him to me. So I am liking them more and more.
As far as the case goes this one was absorbing, well-researched and well-written. The whole situation with mine workers and the mine itself shows not only the one person problem but the issues in the entire town and how the corruption and deceit affect everybody both as a whole and as individuals. It’s a crime against miners’ community and all their families. The support system is amazing among them and it helps Jarrett and Thayne to work faster and actually facilitates their way into the heart of the problem and finding its solution. I would have liked a little less of the coal mine lingo but I guess it was unavoidable in order to make it more genuine. The second part of the book was a page turner and I enjoyed it very much, it was the build up to it that was a little slow moving for me.
Another small issue I had with this book was a tad too much inner monologue done by both MCs. I would have liked more conversation rather than internal musings spanning several pages at a time. It made me slightly impatient and I almost gave into the urge to skim *unforgivable finger twitch* some paragraphs. But I resisted.
Otherwise I truly enjoyed both Tayne and Jarret and their recent adventure and I can say that I would love to read more bout them. I will recommend it!