Stone Cold Heart by Laura Griffin

Stone Cold Heart (Tracers, #13)

by Laura Griffin

New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin “delivers another top-notch thriller" (RT Book Reviews) in her beloved Tracers series, about a leading forensic anthropologist who uncovers eerie clues in a high-stakes case that threatens to deliver her to the doorstep of a cold-blooded murderer.

When local rock climbers stumble upon abandoned human bones in a remote Texas gorge, Sara Lockhart is the first to get the call. She has a reputation as one of the nation’s top forensic anthropologists, and police detective Nolan Hess knows she is just the expert he needs to help unravel this case. Although evidence is scarce, Nolan suspects the bones belong to a teenage climber who vanished last summer.

But as Sara unearths strange clues, she finds chilling similarities to a case from her past—a case that now threatens to rock Nolan’s community. While Sara digs deep for answers, the stakes rise higher as another young woman disappears without a trace. Investigators work against the clock as Sara races to discover the truth, even if her harrowing search brings her face to face with a stone-cold killer.

With her signature breathless pacing and suspenseful twists and turns, Stone Cold Heart demonstrates why “Laura Griffin never fails to put me on the edge of my seat” (USA TODAY).

Reviewed by thebookdisciple on

4 of 5 stars

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Stone Cold Heart is a great mystery story with a few cameos from other characters in the Tracers series. Sarah is a forensic anthropologist called out to check out some bones found in a cave. Nolan is the local detective assigned to the case. There is some attraction between the two, but Sarah lives in San Marcos, about 2 hours away. Plus, she has kind of a rocky relationship history. Nolan however isn't deterred by Sarah's walls. Their relationship builds while the dead bodies pile up! I love Griffin's writing and the tracers series is so great. You really don't know how everything will pan out-will the find the missing person they were looking for initially? Will they find the current missing girl alive or dead? Will there be MORE dead bodies? Is the killer someone they all know?

COYER: takes place in the summer

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