Format: Mass Market, 400 pages
Release Date: January 25, 2022
Publisher: Zebra/Kensington
Source: Publisher
Genre: Thrillers / Suspense
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…
You Can Run is the first installment in author Rebecca Zanetti's new series called Laurel Snow thriller. Special Agent Laurel Snow, of the FBI, has just wrapped up a serial killer case in Texas when she receives a frantic call from her mother Deidre. Deidre claims that the local Sheriff in Washington State is harassing her Uncle Carl thinking that he's a serial killer after kids discover a dumping ground for women who were murdered. With approval from her boss, the Deputy Director of the FBI, Laurel, whose specialty is serial killers, catches the first flight to her home town of Genesis Valley, Washington.
Laurel is an interesting character in that she left home at Eleven, and started college. She has odd eyes, a curious color of hair, and an insatiable intellect that has seen her study everything from Data Science to Gene Therapy. Laurel doesn't belong to any unit, but has quickly reached a supervisory position which allows her to travel to where the serial killers happen to be. Laurel immediately finds herself at odds with Washington Fish and Wildlife, who are licensed police officers, as well as Captain Huck Rivers who is something of a mystery, as well as the before mentioned arrogant Sheriff Upton York.
As the bodies begin to pile up, and the women all appear to have the same hair coloring, and have a connection to a certain church, the questions start getting hard, and the suspects are a plenty including Huck, who seems to have secrets that may or may not have anything to do with the crimes, the Sheriff who thinks Laurel is a screw up, and Dr. Abigail Caine who seems to gravitate towards wanting to know more about Laurel and where she came from thanks to her unusual eyes and her hair coloring. One could definitely say that she has a narcissistic personality disorder.
Laurel has to put together her own team including a disgraced FBI agent named Walter Smudgeon and Kate Vuittron and her daughters who help Laurel with much needed research. After several attempts on her life, and the Sheriff looking at Huck for the murderers because of his background, Laurel has to swim thru quicksand in order to get answers she needs. But with the killer looking at making Laurel his next victim, her time might be quickly running out. With
multiple degrees, she has been successful in her career, but doesn’t
work with a partner and sometimes misses underlying signals from others
in social situations. She knows there is something that stirs the blood when it comes to Huck, but she's not ready to settle down and start a family or have kids. She also has to deal with a family secret that will need to be fully addressed in the next book since this one left some twisted answers.
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