Book Review: In the Line of Fire A Laura Mori Mystery by R. J. Noonan

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In the vein of Lisa Jackson and Julia Maynard, 
a dark and compulsive mystery about secrets too big for the small town’s britches.

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Synopsis:


When secrets are too big to buy, it’s worth killing to bury them.


Growing up, Laura Mori was constantly overshadowed by her far more successful siblings. She had a tough time appeasing her parents, and now that she’s a police officer, recently promoted to detective, they still seem less than fazed. Everyone knows a cop’s salary—it’s meager, to say the least. But Laura has found her calling—she was born to be a detective and is determined to prove it, if not to her parents, then at least to the boys club that is Sunrise Lake PD. She sticks out like a sore thumb as the only young female minority, but she has resolved to at least seem like an unshakeable thumb.


The next case file on her desk turns out to be a bank heist and it should be easy enough, but what starts off as a one-and-done job quickly begins to seem too by-the-book and oddly like a notorious series of deadly bank hits from years past dubbed Twilight. But it’s a dead end—Twilight is only ever mentioned in hushed tones, and there’s little to no history on it in the department. And then she receives her first sign, of many more to come, that her investigation is not welcome. Alongside her partner Z and stunningly attractive FBI agent Nick Derringer, she begins to pull on the frayed thread, and that’s when she sees the bloody writing on the wall: the only other young female cop on the force was KIA during Twilight.


With too much on the line to lose, including her own life, Laura must get to the bottom of the case and fast, or she, too, will become history.

Review:

What happens when you realize everything you THOUGHT you knew, was really a lie, and those closest to you are the ones in on the lie? Who can you trust, and who has secrets they will kill to protect? I had not read the previous book in this series, but I will be going back to read it! Laura is a character to like- she has fought against prejudice both at home and work, and come out with the minimal amount of emotional scars. But taking on Twilight and it's many secrets may be her undoing in more ways than one. This is a page turner that will have you guessing and re-guessing until the very end! Be sure it's on your late Summer reading list!

About the Author:

Rosalind Noonan is a New York Times bestselling author and a graduate of Wagner College. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she writes in the shade of some towering two-hundred-year-old Douglas fir trees. This is her second Laura Mori mystery under the name R. J. Noonan.

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