Reviewed by True
TITLE: Moving Mountains
SERIES: Secret Santa
AUTHOR: S.J. Coles
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 189 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 13, 2022
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A Secret Santa story
Jacob would move mountains to spend Christmas with someone special. A suspicious death and Park Ranger Cody Spencer will help him do just that.
Special Agent Jacob Miles was looking forward to spending Christmas with someone special, but the job always gets in the way— or so his FBI agent ex keeps telling him. So, it’ s looking like another lonely holiday at home.
But first, he’ s got to get to the bottom of a suspicious death in the picturesque mountain town of Silveridge, Colorado. A local drug dealer has been killed, and the local sheriff’ s minimal investigation seems to suggest that something’ s not quite right.
Jacob isn’ t thrilled to be sent undercover a week before Christmas to look into what he is sure is a case of country-cop incompetency, but then his local contact, Park Ranger Cody Spencer, has him looking at his trip, Christmas and the case in a whole new way.
Can Jacob decide which matters more, the case or his heart, before the holiday is over and one— or both— are lost?
REVIEW:
Special Agent Jacob Miles was sent just before Christmas to investigate a death in Silveridge, a small mountain town. The death of a local drug dealer was suspicious. It’s an undercover case for Jacob, he’s here as an insurance investigator.
US National Park Ranger Cody Spencer is of help. Jacob can stay with him in his cabin.
Cody knows everyone and everything in Silveridge, Jacob can use him for info.
What started as use, becomes more, Jacob is conflicted to keep lying but can’t lay down his cover.
Trying to catch a fish while being thwarted, makes Jacob stay longer than planned. There seems only dead ends in the case. It’s all so much more complicated than it looks, so much more!
To be honest, mystery and crime are not my first choice, I wanted to read this one because of the author. While the story wasn’t what I preferred, it was certainly entertaining, it was consistent, the writing and the plot were well done. The romantic and pining part was wonderful, it felt honest. So for the real lovers of crime and investigation, this one is a recommendation worthy.
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