Dead Even - Mariah Stewart

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Three devious prisoners vow murderous revenge.
Now the third is free.
FBI Special Agent Miranda Cahill has always played by the rules: always maintain a respectful professionalism, and never mix business with pleasure. Except when it comes to fellow agent Will Fletcher. Their on-again, off-again relationship has left painful scars even he has never seen.
Now, a series of murders has the two agents racing to outwit a killer before he can strike again. Miranda and Will know that lives depend on identifying intended victims and tracking them down before the killer does. But as they begin to unravel this homicidal agenda, it becomes clear that Miranda may be the last and final target in a twisted game. With the clock ticking, time is running out on a killer who is determined to cross Miranda’s name off his hit list . . . permanently.

This is my third Stewart book in a row (I'm trying to get rid of some books so I have less to pack). I think this was my favorite so far. In this one we saw a tiny bit of development of the relationship of Miranda and Will. The story line was great. There were tons of twists and turns, but not so much that it became confusing. It was just enough of each element. I liked both Miranda and Will. Miranda reacted to each death to passionately, I like to see that. At times it was hard to "get" Will, but in the end he came through. I read ths book out of sequence, so all these characters are also in other books of this series. I hope to be able to read them. I am glad that this book picked up for me. I was almost to the point of giving up on Stewart, but I think based on this one that I'll give her another try.