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The love of a well written mystery fills my bones, I hope it fills yours too. Cold Pursuit by Nancy Mehl walks into an interesting cold-case which turns out to be not so cold afterall. Can River and Tony solve this cold case and bring some answers to a grieving mother? I won’t tell you the result, but I will urge you to give it a go!
Basic Details for Cold Pursuit
The Basic Details for Cold Pursuit
Title: Cold Pursuit
Author: Nancy Mehl
Series: Ryland & St. Clair, book 1
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 336
Intended Audience: Adult fiction
Genre: thriller, murder mystery, cold case, FBI, serial killer, Christian mystery, Christian Suspense, Christian mystery romance
Reviewed for: Nuts About Books
Available formats: Hardcover, Kindle, softcover, Audio
Received: softcover
About the Author and book
The Author
Nancy Mehl is the author of more than fifty books, a Parable bestseller, and the winner of an ACFW Book of the Year Award, a Carol Award, and the Daphne du Maurier Award. She has also been a finalist for two Carol Awards and the Christy Award. Nancy lives in Missouri, with her husband and their puggle.
Other books by this author that I have reviewed: Night Fall, Mind Games, and Fatal Frost.
The Book
Ex-FBI profiler River Ryland still suffers from PTSD after a case went horribly wrong. She’s start a PI business with her former colleague Tony. They’re soon approached by a grieving mother who wants them to find out what happened to her teenaged son, who disappeared four years ago.
But as they follow the boy’s trail, they find themselves in the path of a murderer. As River and Tony race to stop him before he kills again, a more dangerous threat emerges involving River’s past as well as her future.
Digging Deeper
Adult fiction with mystery and twists. Light suspense without being too intense. I enjoy a good murder mystery that makes me wonder what is really going on.
Cold Pursuit is a faith based murder mystery. Faith is an integral part of the lives of at least two of the characters, one a main character, the other a minor one. River is challenged in her thoughts about matters of faith. BUT faith issues are not central to the story…the story is predominately about the cold case and the need to solve it to bring closure to the mom.
The writing style is easy, probably written at a high school/first year college level. The trains of thought made sense with no odd leaps of logic. A nice and somewhat suspenseful read at the beach mystery. 🙂
My Recommendation
I have to admit, I wasn’t too surprised at what the end result of Cold Pursuit was… though the story in the shadows has me intrigued.
A secondary part of the story is the behind the scenes threat…. which draws me in to reading the next book in the series to see if River and Tony can solve it before something horrible happens. I want to know! I DO I DO! Nancy Mehl did an excellent job of drawing me in.
You may find the story draws you in a well. If you want an uncomplicated mystery with a suspenseful understory that makes you want the solution (ergo needing to get more in the series) read Cold Pursuit. You might find yourself intrigued by the matter of faith as well. Finding yourself asking deeper questions about forgiveness. That’s not a bad thing either eh? 🙂
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