cover image In Search of Truth

In Search of Truth

Sharon Wray. Sourcebooks Casablanca, $7.99 mass market (512p) ISBN 978-1-4926-5566-4

Wray pulls out all the stops in the twisty, pulse-pounding third Deadly Force novel (after Every Deep Desire). After Green Beret Zack Tremaine’s unit is unfairly blamed for a failed operation, they are all dishonorably discharged. Zack believes the man responsible for the mission’s failure was also behind the recent murder of his good friend, Stuart Pinckney. Stuart’s death also puts his widow, and Zack’s longtime secret love, college professor Allison Pinckney in danger; soon, she is contacted by a secret society, whose members speak largely in Latin and Shakespearean allusions, and inform her that her husband died while searching for a pirate treasure with ambiguous ties to her own ancestry. They task her with finishing his quest and threaten those she loves should she fail. Zack and Allison team up to find the treasure, giving in to their chemistry as they uncover shocking secrets. Consistently hair-raising surprises will keep readers hooked as the plot hurtles through kidnappings and conspiracies toward a deeply satisfying climax. This breathless romantic suspense novel provides equal amounts of heat and intrigue. Agent: Deirdre Knight, the Knight Agency. (Mar.)