Cold Light of Day

December 12, 2022
In this first installment of the Missing in Alaska series, Goddard (Perilous Security Detail) weaves a gripping mystery set in southeast Alaska. Autumn Long, police chief of Shadow Gap, is dealing with a crime wave—murders, a missing woman—that’s undermining public confidence in her leadership and imperiling her job. Soon she meets town newcomer Grier Brennan, who is evasive about his background, and while this isn’t unusual (“People often came to Alaska to start fresh or disappear,” she acknowledges), Autumn wonders if he’s hiding something. Grier has his own reasons for keeping under the radar but can’t avoid getting tangled up in the town’s goings-on, as he crosses paths with Autumn and an attraction builds that feels almost fated by God. As the body count rises, Autumn and Grier join to track down the killer, who may have a link to their own pasts. The Alaskan wilderness is a character all its own, and Goddard expertly ratchets up suspense as Autumn and Grier look for the killer. Readers will be eager for the next in the series.

January 1, 2023
After her father's injury and subsequent retirement, Autumn Long took over as police chief in the small town of Shadow Gap in the Inside Passage of the Alaskan Panhandle. Returning from a trip to Anchorage, she and her pilot spot someone drowning in one of the local inlets. Grier Brenner only arrived in town a few months ago and has been trying to keep a low profile, but when he sees the woman in peril, he dons his wetsuit and swims out to her rescue. The woman's near death is the start of a crime wave in the previously peaceful little town. As the body count rises, Autumn and Grier must work together to track down a killer while Autumn contends with a town council looking for any excuse to fire her, and Grier works to clear his name. The first book in Goddard's Missing in Alaska series will keep readers glued to their seats as the tension escalates in this thrilling romance with light faith elements.

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