About the Book

Book: Cold Case Pursuit

Author: Dana Mentink

Genre: Romantic Suspense

A cold case solved by the K-9 unit…

but the past is not so easily escaped.

Decades after her parents’ murders, Penelope McGregor’s grateful the killer’s finally been identified—until he comes after her. Now Detective Tyler Walker and his K-9 partner, Dusty, must protect Penelope and catch the culprit…while making sure his little girl stays out of the crosshairs. But can the single father outplay a killer whose endgame will leave no one safe?

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Guest Review from Mindy Houng

I always enjoy Dana Mentink’s romantic suspense but she has outdone herself with this book. It’s now one of my favorites from her writing! Packed with intense action, pursuit, and suspense, this book will have you biting your nails until the end of the book. The romance between Penny and Tyler is sweet and tender, even if both of them have reservations about starting any relationship. Penny is gentle, loving, and compassionate though she’s still running scared from the trauma that took her parents away from her twenty years ago. Now the suspected murderer of her parents has resurfaced for Penny and it’s up to Tyler to keep her safe. Tyler is a great hero – brooding from his divorce and rejection, hard-working and dedicated as a police detective in the K-9 unit, tender and protective as a single father. His interactions with his mother is quite endearing as is his friendship with Penny’s older brother Bradley. The police dogs, as well as Penny’s pet Scrappy, are easy to fall in love with and rounded out a lovely set of secondary characters.

This is book 7 from the True Blue K-9 Unit: Brooklyn series and it can definitely be read as a stand-alone but it does seem to address two threats that have been hanging over this department throughout the series. The author does a great job of cluing the reader in to these on-going plot lines and I didn’t have a problem understanding them even though I haven’t read any other book in the series.

I received a copy of the book via Celebrate Lit Tours and was under no obligation to post a positive review. All comments are solely my own.

About the Author

Dana Mentink is a two time American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award winner, a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award and a Holt Medallion winner. She is a national bestselling author of over forty titles in the suspense and lighthearted romance genres. She is pleased to write for Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense, Poisoned Pen Press, and Harvest House. Besides writing, she busies herself puttering around her Northern California backyard. Mostly, she loves to be home with Papa Bear, teen bear cubs affectionately nicknamed Yogi and Boo Boo, Junie, the nutty terrier, and a chubby box turtle. You can connect with Dana via her website at danamentink.com, on Facebook, YouTube (Author Dana Mentink) and Instagram (dana_mentink.)

More from Dana

I love book covers with adorable children on them, don’t you? There’s something so angelic about those wee folks on the covers. I have two bear cubs myself, young adults now, and I love them devotedly. Tell you what though. Sometimes, just occasionally mind you, they were a wee bit naughty. Don’t tell anyone, but one reason I enjoyed writing Cold Case Pursuit so much is that hero Tyler is the single dad of a little girl named Rain who is….er…a handful. Sure, she’s adorable, but she’s prone to disobedience and the occasional tendency to flush things down the toilet. So in addition to the edge of your seat pursuit of a murderous clown killer, there are the shenanigans of a precocious preschooler, a highly trained yet distractible police K-9, and a romance that doesn’t exactly run smoothly. Fun to write? You betcha! I hope you enjoy coming along with me on this True Blue adventure!