Many thanks to NetGalley and Montlake for gifting me a digital ARC of the latest in the Columbia River Series by Kendra Elliot. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4.5 stars rounded up!
Detective Evan Bolton is gutted by his latest investigation. His friend and mentor, retired detective Rod McLeod, has been murdered, his body left in the trunk of a junkyard car. When McLeod’s daughter and grandson abruptly vanish, Evan knows it’s not a coincidence. Search and rescue canine specialist Rowan Wolff agrees as she and her dog, Thor, track the missing family. The two cases converge in a puzzling twist. Evan discovers that McLeod has been reinvestigating old crimes—solved but not forgotten. Did one of those cases have to do with Rod's death?
I read the first two in this series, but somehow missed the next ones, a mistake I will have to rectify! You can definitely read this as a stand-alone though, because Elliot gives enough backstory on the characters and their relationships. This is a fast-paced police procedural that kept me turning the pages to see how it was all going to turn out. One of the big stars of the book is Thor, Rowan's search and rescue dog. Amazing how dogs can be trained to aid in finding people. The characters are realistic, and you can feel their emotions as you flip the pages. Gripping - can't wait for more in this series!
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