(#7)
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Release Date: September 12, 2023
Publisher: Montlake
Source: Publisher
Genre: Thrillers / Suspense
Melinda Leigh's Catch Her Death is the Seventh installment in the authors Bree Taggert series. Randolph County Sheriff Bree Taggert is back on the job and feeling the pressure. First, after Bree’s takedown of cold-blooded murderer Travis Ekin,
his family vows revenge. Travis’s mother and brothers are every bit as
violent, and Bree is in their crosshairs. To complicate matters,
Bree’s best friend, Dana Romano who retired to live in Grey's Hollow with Bree to help raise her sisters kids, walks into her date’s home and finds
him shot in the chest.
Dana, who was a Philadelphia police officer & Detective for 25 years, tangles with an unidentified intruder, but
he escapes through the back door. The crime scene is in another police
department’s jurisdiction, and the lead investigator focuses on Dana as
the prime suspect. With Dana recovering from a concussion, threats
to the family, a drug bust, another body and a missing dementia senior who may have witnessed a serious crime,
Bree and Matt have their hands full.
Bree and
Matt must find the killer fast—before either case takes another deadly
turn or someone Bree loves is caught in the crossfire. Bree also has a personal issue to deal with. After years of being a cop, and after solving the murder of her sister ending up as Sheriff, she now has to figure it any of it has been worth it. After all, Bree has dozens of enemies who are eager to get rid of her and install some one who is a corrupt as the former Sheriff.
*Thoughts* So, this book actually starts out with the introduction of a new character named Deputy Laurie Collins. Laurie and her new dog partner Greta have successfully completed K-9 training and are now on the job thanks to some finagling by Bree. Greta ends up being one of the stars of this book along with Dana. Dana has become a major part of Bree's extended family which also includes Matt Flynn, her brother Aaron, and his family. Dana getting a chance at happy with Matt’s retired MMA fighting older brother Nolan during a tough, vulnerable time for Dana. Bree is super good at her job, but she still has
step-back moments when she feels the vulnerability of finally having a
love life and family. Especially when it comes to Luke and Kayla whose mother was murdered a year ago.
