Review: Not as disappointed because I read the other reviews before buying.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2012
If I hadn't read the other reviews I probably would have been disappointed but I knew before I began that the story would be at least as much about Shadowlands as it was about Jules & Robin. I am, however, disappointed in the brevity of what the story does tell us. I'm giving you chapters, "dates" and locations to give you an idea how abbreviated the story is. Each chapter is well developed but there should be more chapters describing the between times both in Shadowlands and in Boston, maybe some in LA.Ch 1 location 037 Shadowlands episode 60 Eighth of Nine Lives (107, 13%)Ch 2 location 144 R&J; same day episode 60 was shot (189, 23%)Ch 3 location 333 R&J; that evening (74, 9%)Ch 4 location 407 Shadowlands episode 63 Trouble in Paradise (79, 10%)Ch 5 location 486 Shadowlands episode 66 Dead Man Talking (122, 15%)Ch 6 location 608 R&J; 4 months later (38, 5%)location 646 beginning of extra bits, including preview of Hot Target which is one of my favorites in the series. (213, 25%)location 859 end of the book.I hope that this means that there are more books coming in the Troubleshooter Series even if they don't contain the level of suspense/espionage that was a standard of the TS series. I just care about the characters, starting with Jules & Robin's new life. Will Adam & Tony be part of it? What about all the TS/Team 16 people who got together and faded away? What about a horrible and ignominious death for Admiral Larry Tucker? With all of the people he's tried to ruin over the years attempting to save him but too late. I know FBI's Peggy Ryan got a heroic death but Tucker's an even worse person than she was. He'd never intentionally put himself in harms way. OK, off topic a little.I like the new series, Fighting Destiny, but I don't want to see it take the place of Troubleshooters. Maybe a spin off in straight fiction TS @ home?