Customer Reviews
Candace Irving's Hidden Valor series is a winner. I want more!
Captured by the characters and their stories. Can’t wait for the next one!
Being the daughter and sister of career military and Police family members as we as an avid love for K9’s. I also have 4 Germans Shepherds of my own, 2 of them rescues. I’ve read a lot of books in my time, but I’m going to say, even though I’ve only read the 1st book, I can’t wait to read the rest. Very well written, plot..plot twists, of course the German Shepherd! Had me in tears reading some of it. I had a hard time getting myself to stop reading. I highly recommend! I have a feeling the rest of the series will not disappoint.
Lots of plot twists and turns, interesting characters, and a fast paced read. I had a hard time putting this story down and often gave up sleep to read just "a bit more". Cannot wait to read the rest of the series.
Reading mystery/crime fiction has been among my favorite pastimes since I devoured Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys in the late 1950s. I've never served in the military (I was drafted but ended up with a 4-F deferment). However, I do have a couple of decades of service as a law enforcement chaplain (pastoral care for cops).
And in 2024 I re-read the entire corpus by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.
I'm about halfway through In the Name Of and have read the previous Kate/Ruger books. Candace Irving is a great story teller and masterfully handles the twists and turns of a good crime/mystery tale. Moreover, her character development is breathtaking, including the heroic German Shepherd.
In fact, Ruger was the deal closer in buying the series. I'm a trainer of hunting and service dogs. Aside from working alongside handlers and their police dogs I also volunteer with TSA. If you see me wandering aimlessly around Salt Lake City International Airport chances are I'm loaded with explosive "bait" and the bomb dogs are hunting me down. All that to say, I appreciate realistic writing about a good dog like Ruger.
And lastly, I have met and cared for veterans like the characters in Irving's books. She is blessedly gifted in her insights into their struggles, failures, and victories.
I'm looking forward to reading the series, and will lament when it ends.
