You Can Hide by Rebecca Zanetti (Book Beginnings & Friday 56)

 

Title: You Can Hide

Author: Rebecca Zanetti

Publication: 29 November 2022

Amazon Description

What do you do when a sociopath loves you? Rising star FBI profiler Laurel Snow is about to find out …
 
Calling Laurel Snow’s relationship with her newly discovered half-sister challenging is an understatement. Not only does Laurel suspect Abigail is behind the mysterious disappearance of their father, but her erratic behavior also makes life in Laurel’s small hometown interesting, to say the least. Still, when Abigail claims someone is now out to kill her, Laurel’s instinct to protect her sister goes into overdrive. Then things get even more dicey as dead bodies start turning up in the icy waters of the Sauk River and there’s only one connection among them: Abigail . . .
 
Having Fish and Wildlife Captain Huck Rivers bringing in those bodies with his dive team only complicates matters. Huck is as impulsive and fiery as Laurel is coolly analytical, which makes their alliance risky at best. But standing up to such a demonically brilliant killer is going to take all the help Laurel can get. Because Laurel’s attempt to save her troubled sister’s life might cost her own . . .

“Another jam-packed tale of action, intrigue, and endearingly awkward social interaction…Zanetti excels at marrying solid plot and rapid pacing with distinctive characterization.” – Publishers Weekly

Ramble-y Teaserish Stuff

Back in January I read my first Rebecca Zanetti -- You Can Run -- and I knew that I would be devouring the rest of the Laurel Snow series just as quickly as I could. Well, "just as quickly" wasn't as quickly as I had hoped. The second book hit my NetGalley shelf in August, the book was released a week and a half ago, and I'm just now losing myself in it .... but it has been well-worth the wait.

I'm currently on vacation and have a day with no other obligations so all I have had to worry about is food, beer, and what is going to happen next with Laurel and Huck and the latest serial killer wreaking havoc in the snowy northwest. It hasn't been the "festive" murder and mayhem I've been lining up for the month, but it does take place in January so it's not that  far off .... and there most definitely been murder and mayhem and sooooo many twists and turns that it all works. 

I thought that I had it figured out. There are so many ideal candidates for "whodunnit" and I didn't completely miss the mark .... but, yeah, I totally did.

And is Laurel's half-sister Abigail still "batshit crazy?" 

Well, yes .... yes, she is.

Am I totally going to grab the next installment once it hits NetGalley?

Well, yes .... yes, I am.

Am I going to scream from the hills "read these in order?"

Of course I am. Are you new here or something?

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Friday 56 (share a blurb from the 56th page or 56% mark) is hosted at Freda's Voice 

& Book Beginnings (share the first few sentences) is at Rose City Reader

You Can Run by Rebecca Zanetti (Tuesday Intros & Teaser Tuesday)

 

Title: You Can Run

Author: Rebecca Zanetti

Publication: 25 January 2022

Format: Kindle eBook

<<<the Amazon Description would normally be here ... 

but I didn't much care for it. They gave away weird bits without

doing any justice at all to the awesomeness of the book>>>

Ramble-y Teaserish Stuff

I am absolutely bending the rules for the Tuesday Intros this week. It's still from the first chapter ... well, the Prologue ... but it's towards the end of that rather than the beginning. I couldn't help it. It was the best blip and stuck with me. I have a feeling a lot of this book is going to stick with me. 

FBI Special Agent Laurel Snow is called home to Genesis Valley, Washington, where her uncle is being accused of being a serial killer after multiple body parts were found on Snowblood Peak. 

Really. Snowblood Peak. Just the name says "STAY AWAY! DON'T GO THERE!" You know, like Midsomer County or St Mary Mead.

Laurel is an expert when it comes to serial killer profiling, and the mountain is part state land and part federal, so she is able to pull some jurisdictional strings to go check it out. Her guide up the mountain when she first arrives is the gruff and moody and oh so steamy Huck Rivers from the Fish and Wildlife Department (and, of course, his dog Aeneas).

Big shock : From the moment he hit the page I was 99.9% certain that Huck is going to be the "romantic" part of the "romantic thriller" here. Even if he isn't for Laurel, he had better be for somebody so he sticks around. The second book, You Can't Hide, was placed on my "Want to Read" list for Goodreads before I hit the 25% mark.

Even if her uncle wasn't involved, Laurel would be determined to solve the mystery of what had happened to the women discovered on the mountain ... especially when the discoveries don't stop. She has a good team working with and for her -- a fellow FBI agent, the aforementioned Huck and his Fish and Wildlife team, and her assistant Kate (along with her three daughters). Of course, being a fed she also runs into hassles with local and state authorities ... and one rather peculiar college professor. 

Granted, Laurel is peculiar all on her own. She went to college at eleven years old. She has multiple degrees. She knits baby clothes when she's trying to settle her brain to figure things out. Her mother is a bit of a hippie. She has no idea who her father might have been.

Still. 

All of Laurel's peculiar bits have nothing on Doctor Abigail Caine's.  I seriously cringed every time I saw her name on a page. Laurel called her "batshit crazy" at one point and I think she may have been understating things more than a little. This woman is whacked in the brain.

At the time of this writing I am 25% away from being finished. 

There have been more victims.... and I wouldn't mind at all to see a certain professor go flying off the top of Snowblood Peek.... and I already can't wait to see what's next for Laurel.

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"First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros" is from the first paragraph or two of a book being read now (or in the future) and is hosted by Socrates' Book Reviews. 

"Teaser Tuesday" at The Purple Booker asks for a random line or two from anywhere in the book currently being read.