You Can Run (Laurel Snow #1) by Rebecca Zanetti-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 25, 2022

FBI Special Agent Laurel Snow, a rising star profiler, strives to stay one step ahead of the criminal mind—and discovers that her own demons may be the hardest to outrun…

Laurel Snow wouldn’t call hunting a serial killer a vacation, but with a pile of dead bodies unearthed near her Genesis Valley, WA, hometown, she’ll take what she can get. Yet something about this case stirs her in unexpected ways. Like the startling connection she feels to Dr. Abigail Caine, a fiercely intelligent witness with a disturbing knack for making Laurel feel like she has something on her. Then there’s Laurel’s attraction to Huck Rivers, the fish and wildlife officer guiding her to the crime scene—and into the wilderness…

A former soldier and a trained sniper, Huck’s thirst for blood is rivaled only by his fierce pursuit of Laurel. He’s been burned by love, wounded by the government, and betrayed before, and to say he has trust issues is the ultimate understatement. Plus, he might be closer to this killer than anybody knows…

Once in the heart of darkness with Huck, Laurel must negotiate her distracting desire for him, her complex rapport with Abigail—and her mission to find a serial killer among a growing list of suspects and a danger that’s far too close to home. So close in fact, Laurel fears she will never find her way back to the woman she once was…

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REVIEW:YOU CAN RUN is the first instalment in Rebecca Zanetti’s contemporary, adult LAUREL SNOW suspense thriller focusing on FBI profiler Laurel Snow.

Told from third person perspective YOU CAN RUN follows FBI profiler Laurel Snow as she returns to her home town of Genesis Valley, WA in the wake of a possible serial killer taking aim at the local town. A call from her mother finds our heroine asking to be assigned to the murder investigation where she will meet Fish and Wildlife officer Huck Rivers, a man with just as many secrets as the town to which she is returning. As the bodies begin to amass, a pattern emerges, a pattern that points to any number of suspects in Genesis Valley WA. What ensues is the search for a killer as Laurel accidentally discovers some secrets about her past.

We are introduced to Fish and Wildlife Office Huck Rivers, who may or may not be interested in our story line heroine: Laurel’s long suffering mother Diedre, and her brother Uncle Carl; Dr. Abigail Caine, her brother Robert; Sheriff Upton York, and Laurel’s new assistant Kate Vuittron.

YOU CAN RUN is a story of secrets and lies, obsession and betrayal, murder, vengeance, family, and relationships. Laurel Snow was a child prodigy; a woman with multiple doctorates and degrees but a woman who struggles to uncover the truth about her past. The small town of Genesis Valley holds too many secrets, secrets that are about to reveal a myriad of sins, and well-connected sinners.The premise is intriguing and compelling; the characters are energetic, dynamic, complicated and lost.

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Reviewed by Sandy