This was a real edge of your seat thriller, with so many twists and turns, you wont know which way is up! Fantastic and gripping read!

Another great read in the series and great to catch up with Katie again. I love her character and the case was interesting. Looking forward to the next one!

Why did I take so long to read this - because I hadn't read the first one. Unfortunately I still haven't read the first one but now really want to after read this - I was a little lost at times, but this was gripping from the start, well written and a great storyline. A new author for me and I want more

This is a new to me series and I have now binged all the books. I love the story of Katie and how they are solving cold cases. I can not wait for the next one to come out.

Great book! Engaging from the beginning to the end. Looking forward to reading more by this author! Highly recommended!

A complex, suspenseful plot with tension so thick that it felt palpable. Wonderfully-developed characters with depth and substance. I was immediately drawn in and held captive from beginning to end.

Readers got to meet Detective Katie Scott in the first book of the series, Little Girls Sleeping. Katie dealt with a difficult case previously as it reminded her of when her friend had gone missing years before. So, she suffers from anxiety attacks, and with her current case, things get more difficult for her. Coping with PTSD is hard on anyone, with her being still rather new in her job Katie definitely has her challenges.

Her newest case is that of a woman found by joggers. Katie recognizes the woman to be a local nurse named Amanda Payton. Previously, Amanda went to the police, bruised and battered, saying she had escaped a kidnapper. The police did not have enough evidence so things were left unresolved. Tragically, soon Katie and her fellow officers are shocked to discover that it is Amanda's body that has been found. When another woman goes missing, connected to the same hospital that Amanda worked at, Katie realizes that the clock is ticking before yet another body is discovered.

I already fell in love with Katie in the first book, but even more so no. I deal with some emotional issues, including PTSD, so I was easily able to relate to Katie. However, because of her job, her handle on the triggers relating to that had to be handled, all while she kept putting one foot in front of the other. I also got to really got to see Katie's relationship with her K9 partner Cisco grow. As I always enjoy this type of partnership in books, this was an extra bonus. Also, she is again partnered with Deputy McGaven and they make a good team.

Her Last Whisper is an excellent sophomore novel to a series that I am thoroughly enjoying. It is well-written, with compelling characters, an excellent plot, some nice twists and turns and a riveting conclusion.

Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.

I loved this book so much, that I went back and bought the first one in the series. Detective Katie Scott is brilliant, characters are good, the plot is good. Recommended.

Her last whisper by Jennifer chase.
This is book 2 in the Detective Katie Scott series.
Another book I really enjoyed. Detective Katie Scott is back. She starts another cold case. Amanda Payton had ran into a passing payroll car saying she escaped her kidnappers. But the case went cold. Can Katie close this case before a body is found dead?
I really enjoyed this book. Lots of action. I love Katie's character. She doesn't stop till she knows the truth. I love Cisco too. 5*.

Her Last Whisper – Jennifer Chase

It is Detective Katie Scott’s first day on the job as the leader for the cold case unit for the Pine Valley PD. A young Army veteran, Katie returned home from Afghanistan with her K9 partner, Cisco, and a troubling case of PTSD. Fully rested after her last assignment assisting her uncle, the police chief, Katie is now ready to begin her new assignment. While reviewing some files left for her to review, Katie quickly becomes intrigued with a case involving a young nurse who was found nearly naked and claiming she had been kidnapped. But no crime scene was ever found, and the case was quickly shelved.

As Katie, and her partner McGaven begin to dig, Katie is troubled for the start. The victim will only reluctantly talk to her and appears terrified, fearful that her abductor will get to her, no matter where she hides. Uttering a cryptic clue, “I told the truth” and describing a ‘blue door with white trim’. Shortly thereafter, the victim is found dead, and the case swings into high gear as Katie & McGaven hunt for a killer.

As the investigation ensues, Katie is drawn to a home in an abandoned development, that looks exactly as the victim had described, but with no trace of any crime. As she and McGaven dive deep into the history of the abandoned neighborhood looking for answers, another woman goes missing…and, someone has resorted to leaving clues for Katie - but is he friend or foe?

This is the second in a (hopefully) series of novels featuring Detective Katie Scott and her K9 Cisco. Katie is an engaging, spunky and likeable character with her own flaws as she struggles to overcome her anxiety & panic attacks resulting from her time deployed, as she asserts herself in the civilian law enforcement world. Cisco – well who can resist a spirited dog? A great read, with all of the action, mystery and suspense you’re looking for in a good who-dun-it!! Now I anxiously await the next adventure for this duo!

I received this book as an Advance Reader Copy from Netgalley, in exchange for an objective review.

***Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review***
I am definitely going back to read the first in this series! Katie Scott is not your normal protagonist. She is a war veteran and suffers from anxiety. The story is fast-paced and kept my interest.

This is the second book in the series featuring a Detective Katie Scott. Katie is an ex army officer working for the Pine Valley Police force. She is still suffering from PTSD and anxiety and is given a post as Head of Cold Case department. She is a very strong and tenacious character so she will do her best to solve the cases. One particular case involves a young woman who was kidnapped and held prisoner but managed to escape but her abductor was never found. Katie decides to interview her to investigate the case further but then realises that there is more to the case than she thought especially when the woman is found murdered. Another victim is too traumatised to remember anything and then a further young woman goes missing and appears to have been abducted. Katie is joined by her partner from her previous case in book one but they struggle to make any headway or any arrests, I really enjoyed learning more about Katie’s personal life and background. The book contains plenty of drama, interesting characters and plenty of twists and turns. I look forward to reading the next book in this series.
Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

Part two in the Detective Katie Scott series another gritty wild ride of a read.Full of twists and turns chilling tense kept me racing through the pages.Looking forward to next in series.#netgalley#bookoutture

I don't expect much more than some some quick and easy entertainment when I pick up a thriller or a mystery, and while this one did have that, it also had just too many distractions for me to really like it.

Pros: I did like that the main character was a female detective who had her life pretty focused even with PTSD. I will always love when a dog is thrown into the mix, especially a hero dog. The book was fast paced and the basic mystery was... fine. You don't know who the bad guy is until it's revealed, and it wasn't an illogical choice. Also, though this is Book #2, there appears to be no need to have read Book #1.

Cons: Dialog wasn't always logical (to my mind), and there were a lot of weird red herrings that didn't really go anywhere and also didn't really make sense. It was also really weird that Katie's uncle (the sheriff) was worried that she was taking too much on and was overworked. The woman had ONE case to solve, and at that point hadn't been working more than 8 hour days. She even had time for a side search for her friend's missing brother *during* those 8 hours. She wasn't remotely overworked. I skimmed through the PTSD flashbacks. The circumstances of Nick's arrival made no sense and seemed just a reason to cause drama (why drop by in the middle of the night thumping around the house in the dark, when you have another place to stay and could have just come by in the daytime like a normal person???). And finally my one giant pet peeve: The killer delays killing the protagonist just so he can brag/confess everything he's done.

It is a quick and easy thriller with a bunch of unforced errors that killed my enthusiasm. This book could have easily been cleaned up, deleted a bunch of these left turns in the plot, and ended up with a very nice mystery/thriller. I wish they had, but as is I can't give it more than 3 stars.

Side Note: The synopsis on Goodreads and NetGalley is not at all accurate and that really irritates me. Who wrote it?? Did you even read the book? This had no effect on my review, but that is seriously irritating. Give me that job.

I did receive an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading this, but I wouldn't encourage it either. I do see a great future for the character of Katie Scott and hope her next mystery is a little more cleaned up.

This is my first Katie Scott book, but it didn’t matter that I hadn’t read the first one. I was soon acquainted with the characters and the background.
Katie is back in her home town under the watchful eye of her uncle, the Sheriff - he promotes her to Detective and she is working on cold cases. She interviews a woman who claims she was kidnapped but the trail has gone cold.
When the woman - Amanda - is found murdered, Katie is asked to lead the investigation with her sidekick McGavan.
Further murders follow, can Katie figure out who the killer is before it’s too late?
I enjoyed the side story of Katie’s time in the armed forces, with her faithful dog Cisco and the PTSD she keeps hidden. Also her budding romance with her childhood friend Chad.
I really enjoyed this book and am very much looking forward to the next one.

Interesting and involved case for Katie and her new partner's first cold case. The reasons for the crimes and the chosen victims isn't clear for awhile so when it comes together it works. My only complaint is Katie going into dangerous situations leaving her dog --who was her dog while in the military --in the car. She was given permit to bring him to work since she often went out on her own That was unrealistic to me as was her immediate recovery from being losing consciousness and being kicked viciously by the bad guy wearing steel tied boots

I am kicking myself for not starting this earlier - but stupidly it got pushed to the bottom of my pile!!
Having read the first book, it didn’t take long to get back in the swing of things! Katie is now a cold case detective and stumbles across an abduction case that she is curious about. When that victim ends up dead, she steps the investigating up a notch!
Great plot, great characters and an amazing dog - what more can a Sunday afternoon offer! Once again I cannot wait for the next one!

Reading the previous book in the Detective Katie Scott series got me hooked on not only the character of Katie but that of all in this series. So when the second installment of this series was out I absolutely HAD to get my hand on it! Her Last Whisper is an equally thrilling and gripping crime thriller I enjoyed devouring! It opens with a scene that grips you from the get-go and keeps the momentum going till the very end!

When the cold body of beloved local nurse Amanda Payton is discovered on a jogging trail in Pine Valley, Detective Katie Scott known for her skillful handling of cold cases is assigned the case. Weeks earlier, Amanda was discovered by two police officers running away. incoherent and in a deep state of emotional trauma. But with no viable leads, the case soon goes cold. Katie gets Amanda to help the police with finding her kidnapper promising to protect her and get her the justice she deserves. Soon after Amanda is silenced, her death shocking Katie to the core. When Katie discovers another case with a similar story and accusations of kidnapping, she tracks down the victim who refuses to help her out. Soon Katie realizes that someone is on the hunt for women, kidnapping them and torturing them. When another office-worker goes missing, Katie must race against time to save her. Will she be too late?

The plot of this book is excellent and the twists really kept me going till the very end. I found this book very hard to put down. I really like how driven Katie is and how methodically she approaches every case. Katie primarily deals with cold cases, so often discovers skeletons in the closet, pun intended. Her cold cases take her to cases in the present where the perpetrator is still active and kicking and killing. Off course this and a current threat to someone are what keeps the chapters so tense, that its a crime not to read just that one more chapter. I find the battle between will she? or won't she to be too hard to resist. However, it would be great to see her dig into cases that have gone cold a long time ago. Apart from the kidnapping-killing case, this book also has her working on another personal case. Katie is helping a fellow vet, find his missing brother. Although the coverage of this case is way less than the other one, it shows us yet another compassionate and emotional side of Katie Scott. With her ever-increasing episodes of PTSD, her juggling two cases at a time show me just how driven and passionate she is about her job and doing the right thing. I am a fan of this series and can't wait for the next.

Thank you, NetGalley, Bookouture and Jennifer Chase for an arc!

Her Last Whisper is the second book in the Detective Katie Scott series. Katie Scott is a former member of the military who returned home and joined her Sheriff Uncle's department. She now is the cold case department and on her first day discovers the six month old kidnapping of Amanda Payton. As she starts to look into the case, Amanda turns up dead. There might also be more women who were kidnapped and fear that he will come back for them too.

I enjoyed this book and found it to be a quick read. The story weaves both Katie's cold case as well as some of her military past. This is a series that does require you to have read the previous novel. I story picks up shortly after the last one left off and does not really recap any of the previously set character development. If you are looking for a female lead detective series pick this one up.

Her Last Whisper
(Detective Katie Scott #2)
by Jennifer Chase

Kindle Edition, 330 pages
Published October 21st 2019 by Bookouture




Goodreads synopsis:
Katie focuses her mind, trying to keep another anxiety attack at bay. The victim’s long brown hair is slick and wet, her body rigid in the grass. She looks more like a mannequin than the woman Katie had spoken with only yesterday, the woman she had promised to protect…

When a cold, naked body is discovered by a couple on a jog through the lush woodlands of Pine Valley, California, new recruit Detective Katie Scott is stunned to discover the victim is Amanda Payton – a much-loved local nurse and the woman at the heart of an unsolved case she’s been investigating whilst getting a grip on her crippling PTSD.

Weeks earlier, Amanda had run, battered and bruised, out into the headlights of a passing patrol car. She claimed to have just escaped a kidnapping, but with no strong evidence, the case went cold. The Pine Valley police made a fatal mistake…

Katie is certain the marks on Amanda’s wrists complete a pattern of women being taken, held captive and then showing up dead in remote locations around Pine Valley – and she won’t let someone die on her watch again.

But then a beautiful office worker with a link to the hospital where Amanda worked goes missing. With only days before the next body is due to show up, can Katie make amends for her past by saving this innocent life?

Totally gripping crime fiction for fans of Lisa Regan, Rachel Caine and Melinda Leigh. Nothing will prepare you for this nail-biting roller-coaster ride…


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4.5 Stars

This is the second book in the Detective Katie Scott series by Jennifer Chase.

What a great read! I am really enjoying detective fiction and police procedurals right now.

Katie is a new hire in the police department in Pine Valley. She is now head of the cold case division. And her first case turns out to be a doozy. A woman is discovered by two police officers bloody and nearly naked claiming she had been kidnapped. But the officers can find no truth behind her claims. The case goes cold and now six months later, Katie is digging into the details.

I am fascinated by this stuff. There are a couple of love interests here. A bestie from the service, Nick, who asks her for a favor and Chad the firefighter who is jealous of Nick and the time he spends with Katie. It seems the only family around is her uncle who got her the new job and her dog Cisco who used to go on cases with her but now is sort of retired from investigation work.

This isn’t the type of book that scares you and keeps you up at night but it is a solid read that makes you yearn for more. I can’t wait to see what else Jennifer Chase comes up with next for Katie Scott. I will definitely be there at the checkout with my money in hand.

If you love detective fiction or police procedurals, you will want to add this to your TBR for sure!

I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title.