In the Line of Fire, Rosalind Noonan
In the Line of Fire, Rosalind Noonan
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In the Line of Fire
A Laura Mori Mystery

Author: Rosalind Noonan

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 9 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/13/2019


Synopsis

In the vein of Lisa Jackson and Julia Maynard, a dark and compulsive mystery about secrets too big for the small town’s britches.When secrets are too big to buy, it’s worth killing to bury them.Growing up, Laura Mori was constantly overshadowed by her far more successful siblings. She had a tough time appeasing her parents, and now that she’s a police officer, recently promoted to detective, they still seem less than fazed. Everyone knows a cop’s salary―it’s meager, to say the least. But Laura has found her calling―she was born to be a detective and is determined to prove it, if not to her parents, then at least to the boys club that is Sunrise Lake PD. She sticks out like a sore thumb as the only young female minority, but she has resolved to at least seem like an unshakeable thumb.The next case file on her desk turns out to be a bank heist and it should be easy enough, but what starts off as a one-and-done job quickly begins to seem too by-the-book and oddly like a notorious series of deadly bank hits from years past dubbed Twilight. But it’s a dead end―Twilight is only ever mentioned in hushed tones, and there’s little to no history on it in the department. And then she receives her first sign, of many more to come, that her investigation is not welcome. Alongside her partner Z and stunningly attractive FBI agent Nick Derringer, she begins to pull on the frayed thread, and that’s when she sees the bloody writing on the wall: the only other young female cop on the force was KIA during Twilight.With too much on the line to lose, including her own life, Laura must get to the bottom of the case and fast, or she, too, will become history.

About Rosalind Noonan

Rosalind Noonan, a graduate of Wagner College in New York, is a New York Times bestselling author. She writes mysteries under the name R. J. Noonan. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she writes in the shade of some towering two-hundred-year-old Douglas fir trees.

About Emily Woo Zeller

Emily Woo Zeller is an Earphones award-winning audiobook narrator. After beginning her voiceover career with Asian animation, she returned to the United States and began narrating a broad spectrum of audiobook genres. Her multilingual, multicultural framework brings a particularly unique, clear-eyed, and intimate perspective to the Asian American narratives she specializes in.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristina on August 19, 2019

In the Line of Fire is the second novel in A Laura Mori Mystery series. It can be read as a standalone since the Where the Lost Girls Go is summarized for new readers. The mystery is complex and multi-layered. I did feel, though, that the author was trying to put too much into one book. I like that......more

Goodreads review by Stanley on August 13, 2019

Only the second in the series, this narrative can function as a standalone with a few references to the previous case that resulted in Laura Mori making detective grade with the Sunrise Lake PD, a small town in the Pacific NW. She is a natural with her investigative calling but has something to prove......more

Goodreads review by Madhu on April 10, 2020

My Rating : 3.5🌟 . Kindle/ Netgalley/ April2020 . Thank you so much Netgalley for the review copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and not influenced in any way. . This story is the second in series, but can also be read as a stand-alone. It follows our main character Laura mori w......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on July 04, 2019

Detective Laura Mori is a newly promoted, very young, very inexperienced member of the Sunrise Lake police department. She's Japanese American. She has to contend with the entrenched old boys' network and deal with her own anxiety issues and fear that she isn't living up to her parents' expectations......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on August 13, 2019

A very entertaining and complex mystery with a female detective who doesn’t give up. Laura Mori has always known that she was meant to be a detective with the Sunrise Lake P.D. When a bank robbery occurs in their small town, it reminds Laura of similar robberies from several years, called Twilight,......more


Quotes

“Laura’s sensitive approach to law enforcement makes a refreshing change from the standard police procedural. Readers will hope to see more of this appealing heroine.” Publishers Weekly

“Caught me from page one and wouldn’t let me go! I loved it!” Lisa Jackson, New York Times bestselling author, on Where the Lost Girls Go

“Noonan does a wonderful job of blending the mystery behind the crime with a cast of well-developed characters whose personal stories pull the reader into the novel.” RT Book Reviews on In a Heartbeat