Laurel Snow, F.B.I. profiler and genius in a number of fields, and her team are investigating a rather unusual death. It is a man found in a purple tent, stabbed and with candy hearts shoved down his throat. The method reminds all that YOU CAN DIE in some very unusual ways. The worst is that her secretary Katie is a suspect and it’s her ex-husband who is the first victim.
With the help of her team, her lover Huck Rivers, and impeded by her crazy half-sister Abigail, Laurel moves forward and finds similar crimes with ties to a church and campgrounds from years ago. Marring things even more is the return of Laurel and Abigail’s demented father, the ex-husband’s new wife, and his various lovers.
YOU CAN DIE is one of Rebecca Zanetti’s best Laurel Snow books. There is the usual intrigue and danger, but the best part is watching Laurel, a genius but somewhat socially inept, as she begins to get the hang of dealing with people, especially her team and Huck.
Huck is a loner, who is stuck in his ways but in YOU CAN DIE, we get to see the caring side, especially after finding out that … sorry this little fact might be considered a bit of a spoiler … so you really need to read this book to find out what softens Huck and shocks Laurell.
As with Ms. Zanetti’s other offerings in this series, there are a number of twists and turns, some moments of “what?” and times that you will laugh out loud. If you love romantic thrillers, then YOU CAN DIE will be a book you want in your hands.
Men are dying in the Pacific Northwest, their bodies found near churches, charities, and counselling centers—each with valentine candy hearts shoved down their throats. They’re good men with families and community ties—or so they seem until Laurel Snow and her team begin to investigate. Then the case takes a shockingly personal turn when the father she’s never met, a former pastor, is attacked in exactly the same way.
Now, besides solving the case, Laurel is on the hunt to discover where her father has been. Complicating things is Laurel’s troubled half-sister, Abigail, a brilliant sociopath determined to prove that they’ve both inherited their father’s malignant narcissism.
Assisting Laurel is Washington Fish and Wildlife Captain Huck Rivers, a dangerous loner whose reliance on gut instinct puts him at odds with Laurel’s coolly analytic approach. But the choice may be moot when the killer hones in on Huck’s own dark secrets—putting him and Laurel squarely in the crosshairs.
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