"Cold Shot"
by Dani Pettrey
by Dani Pettrey
Four best friends (Griffin, Declan, Parker, and Luke) who thought they had their lives planned out are suddenly torn apart when one of the four mysteriously vanishes. Luke suddenly vanished just before college graduation never to be heard from again. Now years later the remaining three have gone their separate ways and have tried to forget the past. But when circumstances bring them back together, will they be able to work together or will the secrets of the past destroy any chance of reconciliation forever?
Griffin McCray is a former SWAT team sniper now turned park ranger. While he is on patrol at the Gettysburg park, he comes across someone digging up skeletal remains. Upon closer examination, he learns that they are not Civil War–era, but in fact more recent. Griffin calls in Finley Scott and an old friend who works for the FBI, Declan Grey.
Finley Scott is a forensic anthropologist. She has been doing some research at Gettysburg; however, her research makes her cross paths with Griffin several times throughout the day. They get off to a rough start, so Finley is surprised to get a call from Griffin in the middle of the night. When Finley arrives at Gettysburg, she learns that Griffin has stumbled across the skeleton. Upon investigating, she discovers that whoever they found was murdered with a bullet to the head. She calls in a crime scene analyst to help her, but little does she know it is the last person that Griffin ever wanted to see.
Finley did not realize that she was stirring up a hornet’s nest when she called in Parker Mitchell to assist her with identifying the body; however, she soon realizes that it she is not the other one carrying around a lot of baggage. She decides that she will do what she can to help Griffin confront some of the darkest days of his life, but she didn’t realize that he would find his way into her heart. As Griffin and Finley work together to solve the case, they realize that they will have to let go of the hurt from the past if they are going to survive the present.
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“Cold Shot” is book one in the Chesapeake Valor series. I loved meeting the characters in this story and I can’t wait to find out more about them. While this book is primarily Griffin’s story, we learn about the friendship that the guys had and what tore it apart. I can’t wait to see them restore that friendship and to become the friends that they need each other to be. My favorite part about the book was the story of the four friends. The mystery was good and well written, but I found myself wanting to know more about the characters than I did about the details of the case. Don’t get me wrong the mystery is intriguing and I stayed up all night reading the book because I could not put it down. I can’t wait to see what Dani Pettrey has in store for us in book two of this terrific new series.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Bethany House Publishers in exchange for my honest review.
Griffin McCray is a former SWAT team sniper now turned park ranger. While he is on patrol at the Gettysburg park, he comes across someone digging up skeletal remains. Upon closer examination, he learns that they are not Civil War–era, but in fact more recent. Griffin calls in Finley Scott and an old friend who works for the FBI, Declan Grey.
Finley Scott is a forensic anthropologist. She has been doing some research at Gettysburg; however, her research makes her cross paths with Griffin several times throughout the day. They get off to a rough start, so Finley is surprised to get a call from Griffin in the middle of the night. When Finley arrives at Gettysburg, she learns that Griffin has stumbled across the skeleton. Upon investigating, she discovers that whoever they found was murdered with a bullet to the head. She calls in a crime scene analyst to help her, but little does she know it is the last person that Griffin ever wanted to see.
Finley did not realize that she was stirring up a hornet’s nest when she called in Parker Mitchell to assist her with identifying the body; however, she soon realizes that it she is not the other one carrying around a lot of baggage. She decides that she will do what she can to help Griffin confront some of the darkest days of his life, but she didn’t realize that he would find his way into her heart. As Griffin and Finley work together to solve the case, they realize that they will have to let go of the hurt from the past if they are going to survive the present.
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“Cold Shot” is book one in the Chesapeake Valor series. I loved meeting the characters in this story and I can’t wait to find out more about them. While this book is primarily Griffin’s story, we learn about the friendship that the guys had and what tore it apart. I can’t wait to see them restore that friendship and to become the friends that they need each other to be. My favorite part about the book was the story of the four friends. The mystery was good and well written, but I found myself wanting to know more about the characters than I did about the details of the case. Don’t get me wrong the mystery is intriguing and I stayed up all night reading the book because I could not put it down. I can’t wait to see what Dani Pettrey has in store for us in book two of this terrific new series.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Bethany House Publishers in exchange for my honest review.