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Make It Out Alive by Allison Brennan Narrator: Suzanne Gutierrez
Series: Quinn & Costa #7
Published by Harlequin Audio, Harlequin Trade Publishing, HarperAudio on January 27, 2026
Genres: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Pages: 398
Length: 11 hours, 15 minutes
Format: Audiobook, eARC
Source: NetGalley, Publisher
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Three newlywed couples have disappeared from an exclusive resort in Florida, only to turn up dead soon after. With the location and the similarities between the female victims as their only leads, it’s up to the FBI Mobile Response Team to catch a serial killer before anyone else ends up dead. And they have the perfect bait—Detective Kara Quinn, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the targeted women.
Undercover as newlyweds pretending to enjoy their honeymoon, Kara and FBI Agent Matt Costa set a flawless trap. When their plan works and they arrest the predator, Matt sends the rest of the team home so he and Kara can have the weekend for some much-needed R&R. But on Monday morning, the couple doesn’t show up to work, and the MRT learns they never checked out of their hotel.
As their team tries to find them, Matt and Kara learn the truth—the killer wasn’t acting alone. He had a partner who succeeded where he failed. Kidnapped and forced into a twisted escape room, they need to find a way out, because if they don’t escape, they’ll die.
The Quinn & Costa series has been a favorite since the first book. Kara Quinn is the main character and her skills are solid. She grew up street smart and grifter smart so she knows how to blend and read people. The backdrop to the series is Kara’s developing relationship with Matt.
Kara Quinn is incredibly smart and intuitive. She was undercover with LA and had her cover blown. So now she is more permanently with the FBI on the mobile response team with the FBI, although she is not an FBI agent. Matt, who is also her love interest is the team leader. Kara is wary of trusting anyone. I would read these books in order. They are all excellent and let you see both the personal and career developments.
Kara and Matt go undercover in Make It Out Alive to a resort where couples have gone missing and turned up dead. Catherine has a profile for a single white male and that is what they catch. Once he is locked up, then Kara and Matt are abducted! So does he have a partner?
The team is frantic. Catherine is shaken in her skills as they hunt for a partner. They reinterview people at the resort. They pour through video to try to identify who was where when. Meanwhile, Kara and Matt are in a fight for their lives. The situation was dire and seemed hopeless at times. They support and help each other every step of the way.
The team more strongly becomes a team working together in a smart investigation to find the culprit and to locate Matt and Kara. It’s a thrilling, suspenseful and dangerous rush to survive and catch the criminals.
Narration:
The narrator, Suzanne Guterriez Fortin, has been with the whole series. She is Kara in my mind. The female and male voices feel comfortable with the male voices more husky in tone. There are distinct voices for main characters which I recognize. The performance added to my enjoyment bringing more emotions. I listened at my newer 1.75x speed.
Listen to a clip: HERE
About Allison Brennan
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Allison Brennan believes that life is too short to be bored, so she had five children and writes three books a year. Allison recently relocated from Northern California to Arizona with her husband and two youngest children.
Allison has penned more than three dozen thrillers and many short stories. COLD SNAP was a finalist for Best Thriller in the Thriller Awards (ITW) and FEAR NO EVIL (2007) and COMPULSION (2015) won the Daphne du Maurier award. Allison has been nominated multiple times for RWA’s Best Romantic Suspense award, and the Kiss of Death’s Daphne award. She currently writes the Lucy Kincaid/Sean Rogan thriller series, and is launching the Mobile Response Team series in February 2020.
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I read all types of books but my favorites are urban fantasy and romantic suspense.I like some romance and some action / adventure / mystery in everything.I like sex in my books but please, only between TWO people.Intimate conversation is equally important to the sex in a book.It lets me see the characters.The other thing I enjoy is humor.
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I have the first book in this series on my TBR for this year and am really looking forward to reading it. This looks like a good mystery!
I love these. Kara is an unusual character. I like her so much. These are fast paced, smart and dangerous. They are possibly more gritty than you read although this series is a long slow romance.
This is also one of my favorites. Glad you enjoyed, Anne💜
It’s always great to know you love a series too.
It’s always nice to have a budding / romance when times are scary!
The whole series has a long, slow burn romance in the background of all the FBI cases which are action packed.
Allison Brennan is such a good author! I need to catch up on this series. 😀
It’s a favorite series. But I also enjoy everything Allison Brennan.
I love when a series continues to be good like this. Great review!
I really love Allison Brennan everything so far. I loved this series from the first as it was right when I started reading her books.
Each time you review one from this series, I tell myself to get back into it and get caught up on all the great reading. 🙂
Well that sounds good to me because they are crazy good.
Happy to see you loved it, too, Anne! One of my favorite installments! Such a great series!
Thanks Rachel. I just love this series. And I have enjoyed everything from this author.
I love this series and cannot wait to read this one.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Hopefully the narrator sticks with the series. It always stinks if they switch it up.
yes although some romance or paranormal series have a different couple and different narrators for each book.