Review: Another Great Kate McMurry Book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2014
I've given so many five-star reviews lately, that I was starting to think I might be slipping. Then I realized that I'd just had the great good fortune of reading a whole bunch of really good books lately. "In Hot Pursuit" is definitely one of them.This is one of Ms. McMurray's earlier books (2010) and it already shows the great talent that has blossomed through so many books to follow."In Hot Pursuit" is the story of Harry, a rich nightclub owner in Tampa, and Noah Tobin, a New York Police Department taking a forced two-week vacation in Florida. He was burning out. He lost his long-term partner to a bullet that was meant for him only eighteen months ago. And because he was in the closet at work, no one even know that he was working to put his lover's killer in prison for the rest of his life. Which he did. But once he was convicted, his Lieutenant made him take some time off before he crashed and burned from all the hours and the stress.His first encounter in Tampa (and the first man he'd had sex with since his beloved Josh died) was a quickie in the bathroom of a Tampa gay bar. The next day, in his hotel, he sees the same beautiful man on a local news report - he'd been kidnapped, and the last one to see him was Noah.He goes to the police to report what little he knows (he didn't even know Harry's name), and gets drawn into the investigation, bodyguarding Harry in his own hotel room while the police worked to find his kidnappers.What follows is a pretty good action/police procedural, with Harry and Noah at the center of it all. Talk about a working vacation!Needless to say, the proximity of the two men, the stress they survive, and the time they spent together getting to know each other deeply results in them falling in love. For Noah, that's a big deal. Josh, on his deathbed, had made Noah promise to move on, to live, but he'd been unable to do that until he met Harry.There's lots of sex, love and action in this superbly written and edited book. The action never lets up, in bed or out. The scene is beautifully painted with an economy of words, and the characters have remarkable depth to them.It's a great read and I heartily recommend it!