BOOK REVEIEW- COLD SHOT by Dani Pettrey

In college, Griffin McCray and his three best friends had their lives planned out. Griffin and Luke Gallagher would join the Baltimore PD. Declan Gray would head to the FBI and Parker Mitchell would go on to graduate school as a crime scene analyst. But then Luke vanished before graduation and their world--and friendships--crumbled.

Now Griffin is a park ranger at Gettysburg, having left life as a SWAT-team sniper when a case went bad. The job is mostly quiet--until the day he captures two relic hunters uncovering skeletal remains near Little Round Top. Griffin just wants the case to go away, but charming forensic anthropologist Finley Scott determines that the body is modern--a young social justice lawyer missing since spring--and all evidence points to the work of an expert sniper. When FBI agent Declan Gray takes over the case, past and present collide. Griffin soon realizes he'll need to confront some of the darkest days of his life if he--and those he cares about--are going to escape a downward spiral of murder that crosses continents.
AMAZON 5 STARS

What a great story.  This book starts out with a bang right from the start.  I have to be honest I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book so it came as a surprise that I liked it so much.  I have read several of Dani Pettrey's books so I knew she wrote stuff I usually liked.

It has great main characters, interesting secondary people and a plenty of action and surprises.  Oh and don't forget the romance.  It's a clean story with the Christian elements of people who have invited God into their lives and are working their lives out. I liked that but I know others might not.  In some Christian books that would mean that the story might be not as good, that isn't the case here. 

Finley Scott, keep an eye on her because she is going to play an important part in this book.  She's smart, and good at her job.  She reminds me of Dr. Temperance Brennan from the TV show, "Bones".  Although there are some major differences like Finley's faith in God but also she tends to draw people to her and she is not socially awkward.
Of course another difference is no in-depth autopsy pictures or gruesome explanations.
Griffin is trying NOT to keep his eye on Finley but he's fighting his interest in her .  But as you can guess, it's not working very well.  He has so much on his plate emotionally that he doesn't want to be romantically involved.  But as much as he tries to backpedal, he can't.  And now he is going to have to spend more time with her on this case. 

I liked both Declan, and Parker who are brought into this case because their skills are needed.  They were good additions to the book, but their stories went only so far because I suspect they each have their own stories too. Which I would like to read as well.  We did see what we needed to see about what caused the animosity between Parer and Griffin. 

It was good to see the "old team" working together again and doing a pretty good job of it.  Of course, Finley is part of the newer members of the unofficial team working with them.  Also add Avery Tate to that list.  She has a story to tell but it wasn't told here. 

I'm looking forward to more of the books in this series.  After reading this one with all the twists and turns, it's looking good for the other ones.