Cold Case Revenge ~ Reader Friday

Patricia Bradley Reader Friday 42 Comments

 

Cold Case Revenge by Jessica R. Patch is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Nick Rossi glanced up at the pewter sky and snatched his Stetson before it blew off his head into the gust of wind that rolled off Lake Chelan.

But first the photo and verse. My friend, Robert Foster, snapped this photo from his deck as the sun set late one evening. I would love to sit on that deck and watch the sun go down! And I’ve always thought that verse spoke so well of what God expects of us.

Now for Cold Case Revenge by Jessica R. Patch. Here’s the cover and back copy:

A kidnapped child. An unsolved cold case. 

This K-9 is on the trail.

When his three-year-old daughter goes missing, Nick Rossi fears he’ll relive his sister’s disappearance from twenty-five years ago. Only this time officer Ruby Orton and her K-9 partner, Pepper, rescue the child. But as the kidnappers escalate to murder and target Nick, Ruby knows there’s more behind the abduction. Together, can they find the connection with a decades-old cold case…before the past turns deadly?

From Love Inspired Courage. Danger. Faith.

 

My take:

This romantic suspense kept me up way longer than I meant to stay up! Jessica Patch knows how to keep a person flipping pages to see what happens next. I love books set in the Pacific Northwest. And Zoe, Nick’s daughter, is a delight.

Patch did a great job layering the romance with the suspense and kept the tension high. This is the sixth book in this series and I read the others to catch up on the lives of some of the characters mentioned. Not that you have to have read the others–this book stands on its own.

Ruby is a great character and is determined to keep Zoe safe while unraveling the mystery of why anyone would want to kidnap her. Nick is swoonworthy and will do anything to protect his daughter. His wife had died right after Zoe was born, and he didn’t want to lose his daughter.

Jessica Patch gives enough clues that if you’re paying attention you’ll know who the villain is, than there will be another twist that shows you the error in your thinking. It’s a great story, one that readers of romantic suspense will enjoy!

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Last week I received a message from a male reader. Sorry the video didn’t work…here’s the graphic. 🙂

 

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  1. Vera Day

    Robert’s photo is beautiful. Great verse. I wasn’t able to access the whole video about your male reader’s message, but I’m sure he had fab things to say about Standoff.
    Enticing review! Ruby (love that name) and Nick sound like wonderful characters. I am reading Truth in the Name by F.D. Adkins. First line: “I run … hard.”

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  2. Susan Baggott

    The photo is stunning. Great match with the verse. I love parental romance second time around. The characters have depth of strength singles with no children often lack. I’m reading “The Art of Betrayal” by Connie Berry. It’s book 3 in her American in British Isles series about an art and antiquities dealer and a Suffolk policeman. Christian and riveting brain twister.

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  3. Tim Johnson

    Pat, I’d like to be on your friend’s deck watching sunsets like that one, too! Beautiful! Your chosen verse is a good reminder for us.

    I also couldn’t access the video of your follower’s comments. I don’t think there is a link there.

    “Facing the Enemy” by DiAnn Mills begins with “Twelve years ago, my younger brother fell into an abyss of drugs and alcohol. He chose his addictions over Mom and Dad—and me.” I’m only a few chapters in, and I’m hooked. I like the first person narrative style from the two main characters.

    Has anyone read “Peace Like a River” by Leif Enger? It was recommend to me by a friend last night.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Thanks for letting me know about the video, Tim. There’s a graphic up now. 🙂 I couldn’t believe that sunset when I saw it! It is stunning. Anything DiAnn Mills writes will hook you. I’ll have to get Facing the Enemy. And I haven’t read Peace Like a River.

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    2. Edward Arrington

      I have not heard of the book nor the author. Let us know what you think. I failed to mention in my comments below about the Charles Martin book that a co-worker from 50 years ago recommended the book to me.

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  5. Barbara Diggs

    I think a blog get together on your friends deck was be nice! 🙂 Beautiful sunset and verse.

    I agree Jessica does keep you turning pages!! Good review!

    I’ve had a delightful week of reading a series of WWll fiction books. The Cryptographer’s Dilemma by Johnnie Alexander, Saving Mrs. Roosevelt by Candice Sue Patterson ( a new author to me) The Escape Game by Marilyn Turk and now I’m reading Escape from Amsterdam by Lauralee Bliss ( another new author) “Pop, pop, pop, What was that? Sharp prickles of fear raced through Helen Smit’s fingertips.” Oh my goodness, all excellent! Well crafted characters and a great storylines and suspense.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Thank you, Barbara and for letting me know about the malfunctioning video. 🙂 Johnnie Alexander’s The Cryptographer’s Dilemma is awesome! I brainstormed with her on that one. 🙂 Escape from Amsterdam sound very intriguing!

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      1. Barbara Diggs

        Johnnie’s book was excellent, Pat. I saw where she listed you in the credits. Fun doing spy work, huh? 🙂

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      3. Johnnie Alexander

        Thanks for the shout-out for The Cryptographer’s Dilemma, Barbara! The entire Heroines of World War II series is terrific and I’m thrilled to be included with so many gifted storytellers!

      1. Barbara Diggs

        Oh Tim, I agree. It was fantastic. Saving Mrs. Roosevelt was a spy story and real page-turner, if you want to check that out! I’ve had my DiAnn Mills book on pre-order for weeks. I agree with Pat everything she write is amazing.

      3. Tim Johnson

        Johnnie, I have not read your other Heroines of WWII series. I will remedy that soon.

        For some reason, there wasn’t a Reply button on Johnnie’s reply to me.

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    2. Phyllis Maureen Scott

      One of my favorite WWII authors is RoseanneM. White, the book I’m thinking of is The Number of Love. Rom/Suspense of helping the Allies decode messages from Germany.

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  8. Gloria A

    Lovely, peaceful sunset photo! This sounds like a great book. I am reading Lost and Found by Suzanne Woods Fisher. The first line:
    The horse knew the way to the Bent N’ Dent store so well that David Stoltzfus only had to hold the buggy reins loosely in his hand, his mind free to wander on tis warm August morning.

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  11. Edward Arrington

    Let’s have a party on your friend’s sundeck at sunset. We could all gather along the rail and watch the sun go down. Do you think he would go for that? That is a beautiful scene and an excellent verse.

    I just finished reading Long Way Gone by Charles Martin yesterday afternoon. I need to share more than the first line because all it says is: I’d seen him before. Somehow, that makes me think “Oookaaayyyyy. So what?” Let me continue with the next several lines.

    Old guy was probably seventy-five. Maybe eighty. Gnarled, arthritic fingers. Four-packs-a-day voice. Cottony-white hair with yellowed ends. Wrinkled ebony skin. A high-mileage chassis. He wore threadbare, blue-and-gray striped pants that had previously belonged to a wool suit and a soiled white button-down shirt that he’d fastened clear to the top. (Skipping a few lines) And his guitar was as road-worn as he.

    This is the first book I have read by Charles Martin, but it won’t be the last.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Edward, I love Charles Martin’s books! He was the keynote at ACFW this year and I wanted to go just to hear him speak! He has such a way with words.
      And I’ll ask my friend which night we can get together. 🙂

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  13. Erika Luther

    The picture is beautiful. It almost reminds me of a painting. The verse fits it well. This book sounds really good. I’m reading Body of Evidence by Irene Hannon. Someone was in the mortuary prep room.

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  14. Ms. Dottie

    The photo is amazing, so relaxing! Wouldn’t that be a great place to take a nap on a warm , Fall afternoon?? I’m still reading The Secret to Happiness by Suzanne Woods Fisher, the second one in The Cape Cod Creamery series. It’s a cute story and you learn a lot about making ice cream!
    Patricia, I loved your book StandOff and the whole series, especially Deception. Do you think there is a chance of a 5th book in the Natchez series?? I hated to see this series end.

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  15. Caryl Kane

    Beautiful photo for the scripture!

    Prologue

    From Johanna Berglund to Charles Donohue, attorney-at-law

    January 26m 1945

    Dear Mr. Donohue,

    If i were an expert in criminal law, I’d be sick to death of outraged clients claiming to be falsely accused, and especially of weepy female clients wringing their hands and saying things like, “How could it have come to this?” Things We Didn’t Say – Amy Lynn Green

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