Hunting Hour
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4.8 • 12 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Flashes of memory had been haunting her for months, and sleepless nights stacked up one after another. Only when total exhaustion took over could she fall asleep.
Deputy Mattie Cobb's much needed therapy session is interrupted by a call from the police station - a girl has gone missing from the junior high in Margaret Mizushima's third K-9 mystery, Hunting Hour.
With K-9 partner in crime Robo at her side Mattie rushes to the junior high, finding the distressed parents of Candace Banks waiting for her. Her police dog Robo has one vital skill that humans don't - a hypersensitive sense of smell - and his highly trained nose leads them right to Candice's body . . .
But as one girl is found another disappears. The trouble rattling Timber Creek has only just begun. Each hour a child is missing lessens the chance of finding them alive, but as each clue leads to a dead end Mattie and Robo's hunt will be their hardest yet.
Critically acclaimed Margaret Mizushima bring us another thrilling small town mystery full of complex emotions and shocking cases which will have you on the edge of your seat.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Mizushima's suspenseful, meticulously detailed third mystery set in Timber Creek, Colo. (after 2016's Stalking Ground), Deputy Mattie Cobb is working with a therapist to process the complex emotions engendered by a recent case when she receives a call to go to the junior high school. There she meets the parents of student Candace Banks, who suffers from asthma and has gone missing without her inhaler. Mattie and her police service dog, Robo, to whom she feels closer than any person, search the wooded hill area behind the school and discover Candace lying dead in the brush. Scrapes on the girl's face and hands suggest foul play. Mattie suspects Candace's abusive father, who has a drug and gambling problem, but her investigative team can't find any solid evidence against him. Mizushima offers a compassionate portrait of Mattie, who has distanced herself from her colleagues and her budding romantic interest, veterinarian Cole Walker, in this rewarding small-town police procedural.)
Customer Reviews
Enjoyed the book
I enjoyed the book and find the author good at bringing things together.
Excellent story
Loved the book and revisiting Mattie, Robo and Timber Creek. The story dwelled heavily on mental illness and post traumatic stress events but is well balanced with humour and action.
The story was slightly spoiled with quite a few grammatical errors throughout however, nearly all of them due to incorrect use of hyphens. Looking forward to the next story in the series.