Book Review: Snapped by Laura Griffin

Title: Snapped
Author: Laura Griffin
Publisher: Pocket Star
Publication Date: August 30, 2011
Paperback: 432 pages
ISBN: 978-1451617368
Genre: Romance Mystery, Suspense

From the Publisher:

SOPHIE BARRETT THINKS SHE’S LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. SHE MAY BE DEAD WRONG.

On a sweltering summer afternoon, Sophie Barrett walks into a nightmare. A sniper has opened fire on a college campus. When the carnage is over, three people—plus the shooter—are dead and dozens more are injured. Sophie escapes virtually unscathed. Yet as details emerge from the investigation, she becomes convinced that this wasn’t the random, senseless act it appeared to be. No one wants to believe her—not the cops, not her colleagues at the Delphi Center crime lab, and definitely not Jonah Macon, the homicide detective who’s already saved her life once.

Jonah has all kinds of reasons for hoping Sophie is mistaken. Involving himself with a key witness could derail an already messy investigation, not to mention jeopardize his career. But Sophie is as determined and fearless as she is sexy. If he can’t resist her, he can at least swear to protect her. Because if Sophie is right, she’s made herself the target of a killer without a conscience. And the real terror is only just beginning. . . .

My Review:

Snapped by Laura Griffin is a brilliant suspense novel about a highly specialized forensics team.  Griffin has successfully written a series of tantalizing stories based on a group referred to as Tracers, a specialized and eclectic group of Forensic experts.  Snapped, Griffin’s fourth in this series, reads as a stand alone novel, but I highly recommend her previous three as they are equally suspenseful and intriguing.  Inspired by the true events of the University of Texas at Austin shooting in 1966, events witnessed by Griffin’s mother, Snapped will hold the attention of its readers until the last page as a college campus sniper kills three but Sophie Barrett, who avoids injury, begins to see the shootings as something beyond an impulsive act of violence.  As Jonah Macon becomes involved in the investigation, and with Sophie, will Jonah be able to objectively carry out his investigation?  Held in suspense through much of the story, readers will be compelled to keep reading as the plot unfolds with its many twists and turns.  I highly recommend Snapped to those readers looking for an excellent suspense thriller mixed with romance as Griffin’s fourth in the Tracer series will provide both of these.

To learn more about author Laura Griffin and her books, please visit her website: www.lauragriffin.com

I received a complimentary arc of Snapped by Laura Griffin from Gallery Books Publicity to review. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned novel.

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