Since her partner on the Cold Case team has been out of action after being shot in the line of duty, Lauren Riley has been working Homicide. Her latest case involves an Icelandic man murdered on the streets of Buffalo mere feet from his hotel.
The brutality of the case hits Lauren hard. When she realizes the murder was committed on the night of a Full Cold Moon, it triggers memories of the first cold case she investigated that she's been unable to solve.
Lauren is determined not to fail again but when she is involved in a shooting with a suspect, she finds the case may be taken out of her hands . . . especially when it gains attention from the Icelandic government.
Three college freshmen go missing from their rural hometown of Kelly's Falls while on Christmas break. Their cell phones, coats, and purses are left behind, but the girls have disappeared without a trace. As the days turn into weeks and the investigation grows cold, twenty-three year old Buffalo police officer Shea O'Connor is called on to dig up leads undercover.
Still bearing the emotional and physical scars of a previous case, O'Connor infiltrates as eighteen-year-old Shea Anderson, a college freshman and the "niece" of the town's police chief. As she begins to immerse herself in the missing girls' world, befriending their friends and family, and doing whatever it takes to maintain her cover, O'Connor realizes the track is far colder than she initially thought. But whoever was behind the girls' disappearance was only warming up, and they have set their crosshairs directly on her.
The heat is on for O'Connor as she closes in on the shocking truth about what really happened the night the girls vanished.
Oh, both of these sound good! I haven't read this author--thanks for the rec, Kay!
ReplyDeleteGlad to give you another couple of books to check out!
DeleteThese might be interesting, I like series with police detectives. For some reason I don't like people going undercover, gets too tense, but sounds like a good premise.
ReplyDeleteTracy, I do know that the author comes at this topic with a lot of expertise as she was a cold case detective herself. I think it shows.
DeleteAlso I meant to mention that I think it is great that you are promoting new books that are coming out at this difficult time. The authors need all the help they can get.
ReplyDeleteI agree and I decided that talking about these books is a small way that I can get the word out. No one anticipated that the book events would all be cancelled when they were writing these books. Like so many other things, authors are just having to adjust and figure out new ways to manage.
DeleteOh my goodness! I didn't realize there were so many books already in this series. It feels like only yesterday when I heard about the first book!
ReplyDeleteMy Tuesday Post: https://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2020/04/first-chapter-first-paragraph-and.html
I enjoyed all the books, Catherine. You might take a look and see what you think at some point. Always nice to see a comment from you. :-)
DeleteI'm adding The Secrets They Left Behind to my wish list!!
ReplyDeleteIt does sound good doesn't it?
DeleteA series set in Buffalo--and cold cases! This sounds like a series I would enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed the 3 I've read. I really like cold case scenarios. :-)
DeleteI've never heard of Redmond, but if you like her, I'm game to give her a go!
ReplyDeleteI met her at a mystery conference and have really liked her books. Her talk was very interesting at the conference.
DeleteI love the sound of both of these! They're definitely going on my TBR list. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to add to your TBR, Lark! LOL
DeleteThese sounds good! Not that I need a new mystery series to add to my TBR list - haha...
ReplyDeleteWell, when you do need a new series, this is a good one. Just 4 books so far.
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