Tess O’Rourke dreams of becoming the first female chief of police in Long Beach, California. As commander of the East Division, she is well on her way . . . until the night she responds to an officer-needs-assistance call and fatally shoots an unarmed teenager. Despite being cleared of wrongdoing by a grand jury, Tess is so hounded by the public that she takes a job in Oregon to escape the bad press.
Winning over the residents of Rogue’s Hollow might be more difficult than adjusting to her new role as police chief in the small, backwater town. Especially when her closest friend, the pastor’s wife, goes missing and the woman’s cousin is found shot. Tess finds an ally in sheriff’s deputy Steve Logan, but as they track down Rogue’s Hollow’s first murderer, she worries that she’s breaking one of her rules and getting too close to him.
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Sexual Content - 0/5
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Violence - 2/5
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Language - 0/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 1/5
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Summary
Crisis Shot. I would have read this book by the cover alone, I think it is very eye catching. However since I am already a Janice Cantore fan, I would have read the book even with a bad cover. The story and book cover did not disappoint.
The storyline seemed to be ripped from the headlines with the attacks of the media based on a cop shooting with inaccurate facts.
Cantore creates a likeable and realistic character in Tess. Tess comes from a family of police officers and feels that it is in her blood. It is all she ever wanted to do. Once call and one blogger can change it all. She shoots an unarmed teenager. She eventually has to make the decision of what to do next. The author created heartbreaking scenes as Tess worked through what she should do.
My only feedback is I wanted to see more of Logan. Hopefully the relationship will develop and we will see more of him in the next book. Janice was even able to create a drug addict that was likeable and evoked compassion. Although the book is not a cliff hanger, it is torture to wait for the next book in the series.
sexual content 0 - not even kissing
violence - violence related to police work
drugs - one of the main characters is a drug user; this is not presented in a favorable light,