A page turning thriller set in Florida

18th January 2019

Deep Dirty Truth by Steph Broadribb – a page turning thriller set in Florida.

Deep Dirty Truth is the third book in the Lori Anderson bounty hunter series. It is every bit as good as the first two – Deep Down Dead and Deep Blue Trouble. I was looking forward to it immensely, and consumed it in an afternoon and an evening. ‘A book you can’t put down’ is a much overworked phrase – but Deep Dirty Truth comes pretty close to it.

It is a standalone, but very much follows on from the first two. We see Lori, her man JT, and their daughter Dakota on her next stage of their life adventure. Lori is kidnapped and forced to work for the notorious Miami Mob to track down and free their money man, Carlton North, who is being held by the FBI and is about to appear in court. The lives of JT and Dakota are threatened if she doesn’t deliver Carlton back to the Mob within 48 hours. But, of course, there are double crossings and dodgy deeds within the Mob itself that threaten to thwart her. Nothing is as it first seems… She and Carlton are in a mad dash across Florida not knowing whom they can trust.

The book ends with a pulsating shoot out between the FBI and the Mob at the fortress house of the Mob leader, Old Man Bonchese. It is bloody.

What makes Deep Dirty Truth (and, indeed, the other Lori Anderson books) so great is Steph’s writing style. It is fast and furious and deeply American. Which is a tad odd considering she is delightfully English… But she did spend time in the States training to be a bounty hunter, and attended a taser training session to gain the experience… which may well be a clue.

At the end of the book, we are set up for the next in the series – an adventure in Chicago. Which is pretty much exactly what I said at the end of my review of Deep Blue Trouble! Deep Dirty Truth clearly intervened… But I do think we now have a firm indication as to where the next Lori Anderson story will be set.

I’m very much looking forward to it… I’ll keep an afternoon and evening free.

Tony for the TripFiction team

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