By Jennifer Chase
330 pages
Published October 21, 2019
My review: four out of five stars
Katie focuses her mind, trying to keep another anxiety attack at bay. The victim’s long brown hair is slick and wet, her body rigid in the grass. She looks more like a mannequin than the woman Katie had spoken with only yesterday, the woman she had promised to protect…
When a cold, naked body is discovered by a couple on a jog through the lush woodlands of Pine Valley, California, new recruit Detective Katie Scott is stunned to discover the victim is Amanda Payton – a much-loved local nurse and the woman at the heart of an unsolved case she’s been investigating whilst getting a grip on her crippling PTSD.
Weeks earlier, Amanda had run, battered and bruised, out into the headlights of a passing patrol car. She claimed to have just escaped a kidnapping, but with no strong evidence, the case went cold. The Pine Valley police made a fatal mistake…
Katie is certain the marks on Amanda’s wrists complete a pattern of women being taken, held captive and then showing up dead in remote locations around Pine Valley – and she won’t let someone die on her watch again.
But then a beautiful office worker with a link to the hospital where Amanda worked goes missing. With only days before the next body is due to show up, can Katie make amends for her past by saving this innocent life?
Totally gripping crime fiction for fans of Lisa Regan, Rachel Caine and Melinda Leigh. Nothing will prepare you for this nail-biting roller-coaster ride…
This is the second book in the Detective Katie Scott series. This case isn't quite as harrowing for Katie, but it still has some action in there. This story starts out with Katie in her new position as the head of the two-person cold case division in her hometown police force.
PTSD is a strong force in her struggles in this book, especially when an old friend from her time overseas in the military makes an appearance. I really identified with the panic attacks that Katie had in these books.
The characters relatable, and the story was a quick enough pace to keep me reading but not so fast that I was left wondering what the heck just happened. Great "who dunnit" book - planning to read the next book for sure.
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