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The Murder Book

by Lissa Marie Redmond
Midnight Ink. (Cold Case Investigation, Bk. 2). Feb. 2019. 288p. ISBN 9780738754277. pap. $15.99; ebk. ISBN 9780738755663. M
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When Shane Reese, Lauren Riley's partner on the Buffalo Police Cold Case Homicide Unit, clocks out, she stays late in the darkened office. He's only been gone for minutes when someone attacks her from behind. Two days later, she wakes up in the hospital. She was stabbed, kicked in the head, and left for dead by someone she knows was a cop. She recognized the city-issued boots. When he hears her story, Shane moves into Lauren's house while she's on leave. The two partners go rogue, searching for answers about a case that appeared in the department's murder book, which is now missing. Lauren may have made bad decisions in the past, and a psychopath is watching her, but she and Shane are convinced a dirty cop with a need to hide a cold case is behind the attack.
VERDICT Retired police detective Redmond skillfully manipulates the evidence and investigation in this follow-up to A Cold Day in Hell. The disturbing aspects of the story line involving a psychopath will draw in Linda Castillo readers.
Reviewed by Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., IN , Feb 01, 2019
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