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Review – Cold Shot

March 28, 2016 By The Suspense Zone

Four Best Friends.
And Then One Went Missing . . . 

In college, Griffin McCray and his three best friends had their lives planned out. Griffin and Luke Gallagher would join the Baltimore Police Department, Declan Grey would head to the FBI, and Parker Mitchell would study to become a crime scene analyst. But then Luke vanished before graduation and their world–and friendships–crumbled.

Now years later, Griffin has left the police and his friendships behind. Still trying to forget a case that went bad when he was a SWAT team sniper, he’s living a quiet life as a park ranger at Gettysburg. Quiet until skeletal remains are uncovered near Little Round Top–and they aren’t Civil War-era.

Griffin just wants the case to go away, but charming forensic anthropologist Finley Scott discovers evidence pointing to the work of an expert sniper. When FBI agent Declan Grey steps in to take over the case, past and present collide. Griffin soon realizes he’ll need to confront some of the darkest days of his life if he–and those he cares about–are going to escape a downward spiral of crime, danger, and murder.

My thoughts:  COLD SHOT was a sure hit from the very first page. I loved Ms. Pettrey’s Alaskan series and this first book in the Chesapeake Valor series is no different. Griffin and Finley were realistic characters that walked off the page and into my heart.  I loved getting to know them. The suspense was top notch and kept the pages turning, I read the entire book in a day.  The ending contained a surprise I never saw coming.  5 stars. 

 

Cold Shot (Chesapeake Valor)
Cold Shot (Chesapeake Valor)
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Review – Cold Shot
Reviewed by Laura Hilton
COLD SHOT is a sure hit from the very first page.
Four Best Friends.
And Then One Went Missing . . . 

In college, Griffin McCray and his three best friends had their lives planned out. Griffin and Luke Gallagher would join the Baltimore Police Department, Declan Grey would head to the FBI, and Parker Mitchell would study to become a crime scene analyst. But then Luke vanished before graduation and their world–and friendships–crumbled.

Now years later, Griffin has left the police and his friendships behind. Still trying to forget a case that went bad when he was a SWAT team sniper, he’s living a quiet life as a park ranger at Gettysburg. Quiet until skeletal remains are uncovered near Little Round Top–and they aren’t Civil War-era.

Griffin just wants the case to go away, but charming forensic anthropologist Finley Scott discovers evidence pointing to the work of an expert sniper. When FBI agent Declan Grey steps in to take over the case, past and present collide. Griffin soon realizes he’ll need to confront some of the darkest days of his life if he–and those he cares about–are going to escape a downward spiral of crime, danger, and murder.

My thoughts:  COLD SHOT was a sure hit from the very first page. I loved Ms. Pettrey’s Alaskan series and this first book in the Chesapeake Valor series is no different. Griffin and Finley were realistic characters that walked off the page and into my heart.  I loved getting to know them. The suspense was top notch and kept the pages turning, I read the entire book in a day.  The ending contained a surprise I never saw coming.  5 stars. 

 

 

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Laura Hilton
Laura Hilton, her husband, Steve, and their five children make their home in Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas. She is a pastor’s wife, a stay-at-home mom and home-schools her children. Laura is also a breast cancer survivor.
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About Dani Pettrey

Dani Pettrey
Praised by New York Times best-selling author Dee Henderson as “a name to look for in romantic suspense,” Dani Pettrey has sold more than 400,000 copies of her novels to readers eagerly awaiting the next release …

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Review – Blind Spot
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