Week 47 Review: The Last Close Call

From Goodreads:

A talented genetic analyst and a detective who's haunted by an elusive cold case team up in the new standalone romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin.

Forensic genealogist Rowan Healy has made a name for herself by helping investigators trace the family trees of violent criminals who have eluded justice for years. But the pressure of police cases left her burned out, and she's shifted her focus to helping adoptees find their biological parents.

Austin detective Jack Bruner has spent his career successfully tracking down vicious criminals--with the notable exception of the West Campus Rapist, a meticulous offender in Texas who has never been identified. When the latest two victims come to light, Jack sees his target is escalating his violent behavior--and only with Rowan's help does he stand a chance of cracking this case.

Moved by Jack's dedication and the brutal details of the attacks he lays out, Rowan agrees to help. When her ground-breaking DNA research sheds new light on the criminal's background and helps them zero in on a search radius, Rowan and Jack must race against the clock to find a ruthless killer who's growing bolder the longer he evades the law.

My Review:
I had such a fantastic time reading this book! The mystery sounded really great dealing with DNA and investigation and I really enjoyed seeing Rowan and Jack work together to solve this case. It was such a  thrilling read! Plus their romance was so entertaining! 

For some reason, even though I read the synopsis, I was thinking that her work was in the more DNA side of things and gaining a picture of the suspect through that, not through genealogy. Which was pretty cool, being able to make a family tree and see where the suspect would fit the best. 

That she gets sucked back into the world of helping solve crimes, that she worked hard to leave, since she put her all into it, I mean, I know why she left, and why she came back. Because she is able to help solve crimes, by finding the suspects, and the sooner they have that, the less likely that they'll be able to cause more harm. 

I do wish we could've had more of a close, or more details about the closing of the, as it turns out, cases. We got plenty of the personal close, which I loved, I just wish we got more of the fates of the bad guys, since they caused such harm. 

This was such a great read, and I'm so glad that I did! 

Author: Laura Griffin
Read: November 21st, 2023
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2023 Book!
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: October 24th 2023

5/5 Hearts

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5/5 Stars