I really enjoyed this book. Charlie just back from being undercover and Lamb who was fired on her first day as a police officer rush to solve the case of a missing girl. There were kind of two stories going back and forth and I usually don’t like that in a book but this worked. Im hoping there will be more books about Charlie and lamb.

Fire with Fire by Candice Fox started off with a bang and didn't let up until the very end. I enjoy reading books by Candice Fox. She can craft a well-thought-out story and keep me invested in the characters.

Following their daughter's mysterious disappearance, Ryan and Elsie Delaney have taken the LAPD forensic lab hostage and given law enforcement an ultimatum: Find their daughter, Tilly, or they will destroy all the evidence they can find for other cold cases.

Detective Charlie Hoskins had been undercover until he was found out by the deadly motorcycle gang, and Lynette Lamb was a police officer until she was fired on her first day.

Hoskins and Lamb team up to solve this case. I really liked these characters. Fire with Fire was a gripping novel with credible characters and a fast-paced story that had lots of page-turning drama and suspense.

I would recommend this book and this author. A 5 out of 5 stars for me!

Thank you to Forge Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an advance copy of Fire with Fire. #NetGalley

This totally wowed me with its originality and crazy concept. A really good, adrenaline-fueled book. The characters were a highlight as well. I need to read more from this author.

BIG thanks to both Forge Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an early copy of Fire with Fire!!

Expected publication May 9, 2023

Ryan and Elsie Delaney refuse to accept that their young daughter drowned on a Santa Monica beach. Her body has never been found and their pleas for a proper investigation have been rejected.  Now the desperate pair have taken three hostages at the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center, and they have given law enforcement an ultimatum: if Tilly isn’t located within the next 24 hours, they will destroy all of the unprocessed evidence samples pertaining to other cold cases - a few at a time.

What. A. Book.  I fluctuated between practically speed reading because I HAD to find out what was going to happen next, and then FORCING myself to put the book down because I didn't want the story to end!  I absolutely LOVED the two main characters!  Detective Charlie Hoskins had been undercover in a deadly motorcycle gang for five years. Now his cover has been blown and he wants desperately to find Tilly or lose everything he's worked for, watching as evidence inside the lab burns.  Lynette Lamb was a police officer for almost one day; when she was fired before her first beat. Figuring out what happened to Tilly is her one and only chance at rejoining the career she's prepared her whole life for.

All I can say is Hoss and Lamb made such an amazing team!  I have my fingers and toes crossed that I will see them again!!

Great story featuring a fired-on-first-day rookie cop and an escaped-from-the hospital undercover cop who team up to find a child who’s been missing for two years while the police have closed the case. Meanwhile, the girl’s parents have blockaded the evidence lab, taken hostages, and begun destroying for other cases. Writing from that framework, the author does an excellent job of building tension throughout an excellent book.

You know when you start a book, and you just know it is going to be amazing? Candice Fox books are always like this for me. I have read and loved all of her books and I think Fire with Fire maybe a new favourite. What can I say, it was nonstop action from the beginning, and it never let up. Each chapter ending left me needing to carry on reading to find out what would happen next. At the same time, I didn't want it to end.

There was so much going on, I dare you to be bored reading this book. It is high drama, with a hostage situation, a police investigation, an undercover cop who has recently been exposed, a rookie cop who was fired on her first day and a missing child. What more could you need than that?

Charlie, the former undercover cop, teams up with Lynette Lamb, the rookie cop who was fired on her first day to solve a 2-year-old missing child case. The girl's parents have taken hostages and the LAPD forensics lab to ransom. They believe that the cops bungled the case back then, and they want justice. Until they get it, they are going to destroy critical DNA samples.

I loved the team of Charlie and Lamb. The career cop and the new kid. Maybe they could learn something from one another. Maybe.

Fire with Fire is another example of why Candice Fox is one of the most popular Australian crime writers. Her stories are complex but not confusing. Her characters have so much depth and get into your heart. I dropped everything to get stuck into it and I am not sorry. I cannot recommend this book more. It will easily be one of my favourites for 2023.

A massive thank you to Tor Publishing Group, Forge Books and Netgalley for my advanced copy to read. You made this Aussie crime lover very very happy.

Wow! Great book! What a heart pounding action packed book! This book had it all! It had high suspense, intrigue, action packed, kidnapping, murder, great police work, and some really bad police work! The storyline was really interesting and had me glued to my Kindle! I highly recommend reading this book as it was well worth reading! Definitely don't miss out on this one! It was a great read! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

When a bereaved couple, whose daughter disappeared two years ago, take over the police forensics lab taking hostages, they want the police to actually investigate their case which was dismissed as an accidental drowning. While police politics preclude reopening the investigation, a police rookie, fired on her first day and an undercover cop who has been exposed take on the case. Page turning action and suspense as the couple will keep destroying evidence of major crimes until they have answers about their child.