Book Review - Cut & Run by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban

Summary:
               A series of murders in New York City has stymied the police and FBI alike, and they suspect the culprit is a single killer sending an indecipherable message. But when the two federal agents assigned to the investigation are taken out, the FBI takes a more personal interest in the case.
             Special Agent Ty Grady is pulled out of undercover work after his case blows up in his face. He's cocky, abrasive, and indisputably the best at what he does. But when he's paired with Special Agent Zane Garrett, it's hate at first sight. Garrett is the perfect image of an agent: serious, sober, and focused, which makes their partnership a classic cliché: total opposites, good cop-bad cop, the odd couple. They both know immediately that their partnership will pose more of an obstacle than the lack of evidence left by the murderer. Practically before their special assignment starts, the murderer strikes again – this time at them. Now on the run, trying to track down a man who has focused on killing his pursuers, Grady and Garrett will have to figure out how to work together before they become two more notches in the murderer's knife.

Opinion:
             This was a re-read for me. I wanted to clear my head and not read it with starry eyes about two macho guys hunting down a killer and doing the horizontal tango. :)

This book has two of the most loved genre for me - M/M action and a thriller. Hmm... mmm... mmmmm! I love the team of these authors - Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban I had read many of their books (and reviewed one of them here). This too didn't disappoint me.

The MCs are macho guys. When I mean "macho" doesn't necessarily mean the way they look - yes, they both are above six feet. But other than that they also have this attitude of "rub some dirt on it" or "grin and bear it" or "what doesn't kill you makes your stronger"... you get my drift? So they obviously have to work on their attraction towards each other. Ty is bi and he knows it but there isn't much explanation on Zane's attraction. He might have been bi or this might be a "gay-for-you" kind of case. In either case it was done nicely.

Some readers felt that they had flaunted so many rules of the FBI that it was unbelievable, they also felt that even after getting horribly injured, Ty and Zane ended up fighting, running, lifting and pushing stuff as if nothing had happened. This had irked some reviewers. I didn't think it was hard to believe. The plot line was logical, the chemistry was wonderfully spicy (it kept me on my toes). I gathered that since Ty was a Marine (Recon) and Zane was a stubborn SOB it shouldn't be such a difficult feat for them to have a bit more pain tolerance than us - mere mortals :-D

Even though I like gooey, mushy romance, it was refreshing to see two hard nosed stubborn guys developing feelings for each other and trying to make sense of how to behave around each other while solving the case. Coming to the issue of the suspense - I don't think it was a hard job to guess who the killer was. If I had to point out a flaw then that would be it. Because I had read way too many thrillers and mysteries, it was a bit too easy to zero in on the suspect.  The first time I had read this it was a bit of a surprise but during my second reading, I couldn't believe how easy it was to spot the clues!

I loved this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys thrillers (and hot guys *grin*).

Cover Opinion - Not much to say there.

I give this book 4 - 4.5 stars.