Description (From Amazon):
After months of investigating the brutal homicide of a young
girl, Detective Abby Hart finally has the evidence she needs. But when the
arrest goes terribly wrong, Abby begins to doubt her future as a police
officer. As she wrestles with conflicting emotions, old questions about the
fire that took her parents’ lives come back to haunt her.
“There is proof.” PI Luke Murphy can’t stop thinking about what Abby’s former partner, Asa Foster, mumbled just before he died. When he uncovers a clue to the murder of Abby’s parents and his uncle, he’s reluctant to tell Abby, despite his growing feelings for the beautiful detective.
A decade-old abduction case brings Luke and Abby together, but will his secret tear them apart?
“There is proof.” PI Luke Murphy can’t stop thinking about what Abby’s former partner, Asa Foster, mumbled just before he died. When he uncovers a clue to the murder of Abby’s parents and his uncle, he’s reluctant to tell Abby, despite his growing feelings for the beautiful detective.
A decade-old abduction case brings Luke and Abby together, but will his secret tear them apart?
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My Review:
I
enjoy watching crime solving shows at television and lean toward that genre
when reading books. I love the thrill of hunting along with the characters to
find out what happened and who did the murder, the abduction, or the terrorist
threat. Suspense and mysteries are my chosen genre. Janice Cantore newest
addition to her Cold Case Justice Series Burning Proof truly shows the inner workings
of the police force with reoccurring characters from the previous book.
One
aspect of a book series that I have actually personally blogged about was why
writers can’t allow a romance or mystery to cover more than one book. It
appears Cantore is doing exactly that in her Cold Case Justice Series. Yes,
there is a mystery that is solved in each individual book to intentially
satisfy the readers, but there is an overall mystery that stretches over all
three books. Even the romance has obstacles. Abby is engaged to a man with a
heart to travel overseas to do mission work. Luke can’t stop thinking of Abby,
and neither can she stop thinking about him. The romance between Luke and Abby
doesn’t completely have them married by the end of this book.
True
to her roots, Cantore writes with such authenticity that I never for once doubt
any terms or procedure that she writes on the page. Cantore grabs my attention on
the first page and fills my ultimate desire to see the inside of the police
force with her novels. It is why I enjoy shows like Castle and CSI. I enjoy the
method behind solving the case, even if I, personally, cannot stand science
classes in school.
Cantore
has created a completely original and unpredictable realistic crime novel showing
the affect of shooting a person has on a police officer. Even though shooting
is part of their job, Cantore allows me to understand and empathize with the struggles
an officer has after shooting someone.
I
really enjoyed returning to Abby and Luke as I learned more about them and
watch them as they grow closer in their feelings for each other. As I already
said, I enjoyed how Cantore shows how PTSD affects officers.
Creating
a realistic drama sprinkled with romance, Janice Cantore’s Burning Proof is a
realistic look at the world of solving cold cases, showing the grisly side of
the affects on the personal officers. The story doesn’t move fast or have a lot
of tension, but I didn’t feel like I had to put the book down from boredom.
I received a complimentary copy of Burning Proof from Tyndale Publishing and the opinions stated are all my own.
My Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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