Love the characters and an easy read that draws you in!

The twists in the end were great!

Unpredictable is an understatement when it comes to this new addition. I like both, Blood & Payne they exemplify the tenacity, grit and empathy needed for successful crime agent careers. Their story is irresistibly compelling, the mystery solving is intense, detail-orientated with momentum and shocking, jaw-dropping twists that kept me deeply engaged as they find a killer and their own happiness. As usual, the love interest is the icing on the cake. Romantic thriller at it's best! I was provided a free advanced copy without obligation and I am voluntarily reviewing.

Toni Anderson’s Cold Wicked Lies is an exceptional book! I couldn’t put it down until I finished it! The murder of a young woman and shooting of a US Fish and Wildlife Officer brings the “The Critical Incident Response Group” together to face off with a compound that holds the key to solving the murder. The tension between Negotiator SSA Blood and HRT’s SSA Novak over how to move forward on the case causes the Incident Commander to take drastic steps to bring unity to the groups’ leaders. The conflict provides humor, frustration and admiration while both officers learn to work together. The twists and turns that take place to resolve the stand off and solve the murder are intense and suspenseful to the very end.

Once again, Toni hits it out of the park with a kick-ass heroine and smart, sexy hero. Lots of suspense and an intricate story that makes putting the book down impossible. Highly recommended if you like well written, smart stories with deep characters and lots of chemistry.

A stand-off between a mysterious group in a heavily fortified bunker and the FBI brings together two agents that appear as different as night and day. Charlotte Blood and Payne Novak go into this operation with preconceived opinions of each other. Not of the good kind. Forced to work together the tension and angst these two generate is at first witty and then smoking. But their priority has to be the case, and they prove to us and each other they are both qualified and capable. With clues coming one little bit at a time the suspense is palpable. The breakneck pace of the story keeps us entranced from beginning to end. And the end is one sweet sexy HEA, sigh 🥰.