Although I think some readers will be disappointed, others will love it, and the rest are just waiting for that last story and nothing will be able to satisfy them before that story arrives. Its own storyline and its own resolution.ĭoes Ball & Chain and its author, Abigail Roux, accomplish this daunting task? Yes, I think it does. The penultimate story must layout clues, guidelines as it were, for all the events to come without losing sight that this story must have its own legs to stand on. It must start to wind down a multitude of plot threads, but not too many, mind you, because you must save the most for the last story. The penultimate story in any series is a tricky one, but even more so in a series as beloved as this one. With Ball & Chain (Cut & Run #8), the bells are starting to ring down the end of this remarkable series and Ty Grady and Zane Garrett is starting on the road to their finale.

The penultimate story in the Cut & Run series. Weddings are supposed to be happy occasions but who will survive this one is anyone’s guess. With all the families jeopardy, including Ty’s young niece, Ty and Zane, along with Nick and Kelly, must sort through past cases, old enemies, and unknown alliances before more murders occur, including their own. But none of them are prepared when the bodies start falling and the killer or killers identities is someone on this small island, either friend, family or close acquaintance. When Nick O’Flaherty and Kelly Abbott join Ty and Zane at the wedding on a private island in Scotland, the remoteness of the location and poor cellphone reception gives them jitters. And someone’s been threatening his future father-in-law.Ĭlearly help is needed and Ty calls on Kelly Abbott and Nick O’Flaherty, his Sidewinder brothers, for assistance, a team with their own secrets to hide. And the wedding? It’s on a remote island in Scotland.

As Ty deals with the emotional fallout from the their last black op mission and his reunion with Zane, Deuce, Ty’s brother arrives with wedding news. After an emotional welcome at the airport, Ty finds he has returned to a world that moved on without him. Ty Grady and the others in his Sidewinder crew are finally home.

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