When a couple who are engaging in an affair use a dark forest by the lake for their fun and end up getting killed, police detective Daniele "Dani" Harper catches the case. When she gets to the scene, she is determined to find the murderer. The problem is, while there are clues all over the place, nothing seems to make any sense. This causes her to pay a visit to the Delphi Center crime lab for some help in sorting things out. After stepping one foot in the building she regrets her decision pretty quickly when their chief firearms examiner turns out to be Scott Black, her secret long-term crush. This could be one of the worst things to happen to Dani right now because she has just been put in charge of her first investigation and she cannot allow Scott to distract her from her job.

Scott has close to the same problem when it comes to being distracted while working one of the oddest and most puzzling cases of his career. He is a ballistics expert and used to be a Navy SEAL until an attack put him out of commission in that capacity. Scott is positive that he can help Dani solve her case because he knows firearms and he knows how to fight. He has managed to hide his attraction to Dani for years, mainly because she is his best friend's little sister. All bets are off, though, when the investigation lights some major sparks between them. While he promises to keep his hands off of Dani and focus only on catching a killer, things change rapidly. They change even more when the killer makes Dani his target because Scott is never going to let Dani be taken away from him before he has a chance to make her belong to him.

AT CLOSE RANGE is another exciting entry in the Tracers Series and brings you all of the suspense and excitement that you have come to expect from Laura Griffin's series. The very first page hooked me with a heated, illicit sexual encounter which lead immediately into a completely chilling murder.

Fans of Griffin's Tracers Series will not be surprised at this, of course, but they will be thrilled to have another plot that will send tingles down their spines -- in more ways than one. AT CLOSE RANGE features action, tension, and plenty of hot physical encounters. These are not short little encounters, either. They will keep you breathless for quite a while. Actually, the entire book will have you gasping in terror as well as satisfaction.

AT CLOSE RANGE has all the ingredients of a perfect plot for readers who crave excitement, tension, action, and lots of heat. I kept thinking that this would be a perfect movie. I promise you, it will be impossible to take your eyes from it. That is also how the book is. Do yourself a favor and make sure that you have plenty of time to read it from start to finish because you will not want to put it down once you begin.

Book Summary

New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin “delivers the goods” (Publishers Weekly) again with the eleventh title in the gritty, heart-pounding Tracers series.

When a lakeside tryst ends in a double murder, police detective Daniele Harper arrives on the scene determined to get answers. Clues are everywhere, but nothing adds up. Dani turns to the Delphi Center crime lab for help, but soon regrets it when her secret attraction to their chief firearms examiner threatens to distract her from the most important case of her career.

As a ballistics expert and former Navy SEAL, Scott Black knows firearms, and he knows he can help Dani unravel her case. Scott has managed to hide his interest in his best friend’s younger sister for years, but when her investigation brings them together, the sparks between them quickly burn out of control. Scott resolves to keep his hands off Dani and his eyes on the goal—identifying a killer. But when that killer zeroes in on her, all bets are off. There isn’t a line Scott won’t cross to convince Dani to trust him so that he can help her take down a ruthless murderer who has her in his sights.

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