Name: Nicola Sarah Brooks's review of Cold Truth by Toni Anderson
Item: Cold Truth
Rating: 5
Author: Nicola Sarah Brooks

Toni Anderson

Rowena Smith may be a top-shelf librarian, but solid investigative skills won’t keep her safe after her newest research project—tracking down her biological father—leads her to a brutally murdered body. The scene offers up one hope for assistance: the card of FBI Supervisory Special Agent Kurt Montana. Alone and terrified in a foreign country, Rowena places the call.

About to board a flight home after a failed mission, Kurt can’t ignore the plea in Rowena’s voice. She could be the killer or she could be an innocent bystander—either way, he senses she holds information vital to his case. When Kurt’s flight takes off without him—only to crash into the African savanna killing everyone onboard—he knows it’s no coincidence. Rowena saved his life.

On the run from powerful enemies, he and Rowena pose as a couple—never mind that she’s much too young for him. As danger escalates and they inch closer to the secret someone is trying desperately to prevent them from revealing, their fake relationship spirals into something far more perilous. And deeply personal.

The game gets deadlier with each and every step toward the truth. But there’s no turning back and they’ll need to rely on their skills and their wits—and each other—if they hope to survive.

Cold Justice: Most Wanted #6

Cold Truth

Nicola Sarah Brooks

We finally get to the root of where Montana has been during his "death" in the last few books!  He has been a very busy special agent, getting involved in all manner of things and yet still has found time to save the girl!

Tying all those little hints from the previous books together, the story of Montana and Row really cements the overarching story together and if you didn't hate Tech Bro billionaires before, you really will by the end of this! (Did I have to scrub my brain with bleach to get rid of the images of a certain rubber faced tech bro as the villain?  Yes I did!!!!!)

Kurt was the perfect foil to Row.  She was naïve, eager, determined for answers and he was measured, careful, experienced and determined to keep her safe - even rom him.  He was the one with the hang ups and the "do not be the dirty old man".  Row certainly never saw him as a predator or someone she did not feel safe with, just the opposite.

I did have a wee chuckle and flashback to The Mummy when Row was introducing herself as a Librarian.  The found family she had for herself in her local library crew was so sweet.  The extended African family she had also made her so welcome, even with no biological tie to them, she was theirs to protect and look after.

Similarly Kurt's FBI family has been grieving his loss and coming to terms with their new normal, some better than others.  But the way they all come together to finally solve his reappearance was so well done.  I had literal tears at their reunion.

However poor Jordan has put the cat amongst the pigeons after his interactions with Kurt's daughter, Daisy and I've no idea how that situation is going to resolve itself without her wanting to kill him at least 3 times a day!

We finally get to the root of where Montana has been during his "death" in the last few books!  He has been a very busy special agent, getting involved in all manner of things and yet still has found time to save the girl!

Tying all those little hints from the previous books together, the story of Montana and Row really cements the overarching story together and if you didn't hate Tech Bro billionaires before, you really will by the end of this! (Did I have to scrub my brain with bleach to get rid of the images of a certain rubber faced tech bro as the villain?  Yes I did!!!!!)

Kurt was the perfect foil to Row.  She was naïve, eager, determined for answers and he was measured, careful, experienced and determined to keep her safe - even rom him.  He was the one with the hang ups and the "do not be the dirty old man".  Row certainly never saw him as a predator or someone she did not feel safe with, just the opposite.

I did have a wee chuckle and flashback to The Mummy when Row was introducing herself as a Librarian.  The found family she had for herself in her local library crew was so sweet.  The extended African family she had also made her so welcome, even with no biological tie to them, she was theirs to protect and look after.

Similarly Kurt's FBI family has been grieving his loss and coming to terms with their new normal, some better than others.  But the way they all come together to finally solve his reappearance was so well done.  I had literal tears at their reunion.

However poor Jordan has put the cat amongst the pigeons after his interactions with Kurt's daughter, Daisy and I've no idea how that situation is going to resolve itself without her wanting to kill him at least 3 times a day!

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Cold Truth by Toni Anderson

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