Cindy J. (cindyj) - reviewed on 8/21/2015 + 62 more book reviews

Abby Hart would love to solve the 27 year old murder of her parents. She was only six when they were killed and she was left in their burning restaurant to die. Now a homicide detective for the Long Beach Police Department, she hasn't had the opportunity to officially investigate. Her latest murder case has a witness, Luke Murphy, a private investigator she considers to be an arrogant show-off.

Luke Murphy just wants to find missing teenage girls and return them to their families. His private investigation business has picked up lately because a home video of him subduing three goons suspected of trafficking girls went viral on YouTube. He would also like to solve the 27 year old mystery of who murdered the owners of the restaurant where his uncle worked then started a fire that caused his uncle to die from smoke inhalation.

The book was listed as Christian romance suspense, but there wasn't much romance involved. Luke and Abby are attracted to each other, but Abby is engaged. Neither acts inappropriately, and they never even discuss their attraction. They are both Christians and honor Abby's commitment to Ethan. Although Ethan was a very minor character in the book, it was obvious to me that Abby and Ethan are not suited for marriage to each other. There is nothing wrong with Ethan, he is just the wrong husband for Abby.

Abby and Luke work together to close the 27 year old case, even when faced with opposition from Abby's supervisor, her coworker and long-time friend Woody, and even her aunt Dede. Suspect chases, home invasions, and betrayals as well as murders kept the action moving. There was an eye-bugging, breath-stealing twist toward the end.

Drawing Fire is book one in the Cold Case Justice series. The end of the book does not bring the end of the story, because there are almost as many unanswered questions after reading the last page as there were after reading the first chapter. They are just different questions. After reading a promotional blurb in the final pages, I expect book two to pick up right where book one ended. This was very clean, well-written, and engrossing. I highly anticipate book two.

I received a copy of this book through The Book Club Network in exchange for my honest review.

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