Josh Lanyon has done it again with her latest entry into the ongoing saga of Will and Taylor, agents of the deceptively tranquil sounding "Department of Diplomatic Security." While I'm sure these two are happy to find a peaceful resolution, when possible, most of their work seems to involve more high-octane adventures complete with exciting chases, hand-to-hand combat and shoot-outs. These rough-and-tumble hard-charging tough guys are also lovers. At the start of Dead Run, they've been separated for almost a year, as Will has accepted an assignment in Paris, France. Although their reunion is slightly delayed due to an unsuspected development. One of Lanyon's great strengths is her ability to combine compelling love stories with exciting genre suspense. He surpasses himself creating two people you know are meant to be together, but who suffer almost every possible obstacle on the way there. Unlike most authors, Lanyon's not afraid to show there's nothing easy about an eleventh month separation. Lesser writers would have described a joyful and conflict-free coming together, but Lanyon knows months of being apart makes everything that was once familiar and comfortable is now suddenly unfamiliar and uncomfortable. Taylor has to accept that almost everything about Will's life has changed...and the question is where does that leave him? Hope things go well in for them in book #5. ( )

I loved the whole series about Will and Taylor - I read them in a row, so it was more like one novel instead of short stories/novellas. I think it is a great read. The crime/action part was good and the relationship/love part even better. It is amazing how Mr Lanyon managed to tell such a full story with so relatively few words. I wished there was an encore coming in this series.
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