On her morning run, Detective Katie Scott and her military K9, Cisco, come across a five-year-old girl crying in the middle of the woods. When Katie probes further, she finds the little girl's family has been murdered in a very unique way - and they were also in the witness protection program. This brings a U.S. Marshal into the case to work with Katie and her partner, Gav. As they work the murder scene, another family is killed in an identical fashion, and their youngest daughter is kidnapped. With multiple scenes and confusing evidence, these cases push Katie and Gav to develop a profile and find out why these families were targeted. There are so many twists and turns - the author, Ms. Chase, does a wonderful job at evolving the partnership between Katie and Gav, as well as her affection for her Uncle, the sheriff. Absolutely fantastic! I love this series so much! And, I cannot wait to see what Ms. Chase does next with Katie Scott in Book 13! Thank you to Bookouture for an advanced reader of this book - the opinions expressed are my own.

There is something about this series that brings me back over and over. And I don’t do spoilers.

But there has been a thread throughout this series that has never sat well with me. It just didn’t seem like a good fit. And with this book she completely eradicated that thread but I still feel like something is just off. As I said I love Cisco and Katie for the most part is a character that keeps me returning. As well as John & Gav.

I’ll definitely be interested to see how this aspect shakes out. Because in my opinion throughout this series it was something that just never seemed to gel.

I will also say I knew from the beginning that a certain character was knee deep in it.

Five stars all the way , and now I want book 13, this series is one of my favorite, can't believe I've read all of them ,will except book 3 ( I some how missed that one) but no matter I'm 100% hooked . This book had setting on the edge of my set the inter time , which means as soon as I got it from NetGalley I started reading it , there was so many twist and turns and even though I kept say it was sorting someone , and I actually guessed right ,I still enjoyed it , and fingers cross that Katie ends up with the person I wanted her to end up with since book 1 ,even though she ended up with someone else.

This is a series I adore and not only because I think the world of Katie and Gav, but also because of Cisko, the German shepherd who plays a very active role. He is always ready to help, protect and console Katie as well as victims of a crime.

In a few of the previous books I had the feeling Cisko was put a bit on the back burner, but in this one he was the star of the show in my opinion and it seems like I was not the only one who felt this way. :)

Sometimes, when a character is introduced, I feel there is something off about them. Sometimes I am right about that and sometimes I completely miss the ball. I can tell you I scored a goal this time. :)

There is also one of the recurring people I never had a warm heart for and in this book I exactly know why this was. I understand people wanting to live their dreams, but was this really the way to do it? Shame on them.

This was a finger licking page turner and I cannot wait for more. 5 stars

Thank you

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this book

Detective Katie Scott and her K9 Cisco are out a job early morning, when they come across a young girl. On further searching, Katie finds the rest of the girl’s family murdered. It transpires that the family are in witness protection so a Marshall is sent into help with the investigation. When a second family turns up dead, and the little girl Emily disappear, Katie and her partner Gav exhaust every possible clue.

What a page turner. This hinted that someone in law enforcement was involved, and the author planted many many red herrings as to who that could be. I did have my suspicions as to who the killer was, and was proven right. However the way the story is teased out with a lot of twists and turns, I wasn’t disappointed and was always second guessing myself. If I had to criticise anything, it would be the Chad angle. chad has been missing from the past few books after being kidnapped. I’d don’t think the direction his storyline took was deserved or fair on Katie. Perhaps this is because I really like Katie as a character. She’s a strong independent woman and I love her strong bond with Cisco. This was one of the best in this series. I really enjoyed it. Couldn’t put it down. Would highly recommend.

I have read all the Katie and Cisco books and this one did not disappoint. It was a thoroughly enjoyable read which drew you in from the beginning and was hard to put down. Great characters. Fascinating storyline. A rollercoaster of a thriller with plenty of twists to keep you guessing. Look forward very much to the next instalment. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to review it.