A review by abercrombie1986
Her Dying Kiss by Jennifer Chase

mysterious medium-paced

5.0

I am always such a fan of a case being personal for a detective and it seems in this one, the case ends up linked to something very personal, the disappearance of the detective’s fiancé.  Or so Katie’s new case appears to indicate.  How have I not read this series before now?  I was drawn into this one before the book even begins and it wasn’t the cover, but a foreword or acknowledgement by a specialist in training dogs for the military that helped the author with her facts.  I always seem to forget how much research an author does when they use that research seamlessly in the plot.

This is a fast paced story, that upped the stakes in the prologue if that is possible.  How does someone disappear into thin air leaving just a trail of blood, but no footprints?  I was left to ponder that as the story jumped forward into the Katie’s life after her fiancé’s disappearance.  This easily reads as a standalone unless you count that cliffhanger at the end.  What is it with series doing this?  And then making us wait for what seems like forever to see what happens next?

Katie is highly observant and that increases when she is paired with Cisco, her K9 dog.  Shes an army veteran and very relatable in this story since I felt for her circumstances.  The story is complicated and unravels at a quick pace.  Seems I am a fan of this series and will have to look up the past cases while I wait to see what happens next.