As if on cue, one of the park’s many rattlesnakes shook his tail in warning. The sound was far enough away she wasn’t alarmed but she scanned the ground as a precaution. She packed away her tools and camera, stood, peeled off her sweaty gloves into a ball and brushed at the knees of her pants. She hefted her light backpack onto her shoulders and reluctantly picked up the box. A flash of gold, twenty feet away caught her eye.

She frowned and lowered the box to the ground again, hurrying now because she was fast losing the light. She bent to see a gold medallion on a chain with a broken clasp, caught on the spines of a prickly pear cactus. She pressed her lips together as she considered it. She used her cell to take a few photographs and then jiggled the necklace into a paper envelope. She marked the GPS coordinates on the front, along with the date.

Unnerved by the sudden silence, she glanced around, and froze as she spotted an expensive-looking black and pink sneaker attached to an unmoving leg. The rest of the body was hidden by foliage.

Sorrow hit her in the throat.

“Zoe!” Fred’s voice echoed off the canyon walls, closer now.

Fred, James, and Karen had spread out farther back on the other side of the wash when they’d found something that was likely a human rib.

“Five minutes!” she shouted, her voice cracking. Her friends would be anxious to get out of the desert before nightfall. So was she.

She eased her way past a looming saguaro. The breath left her body as she took in the scene before her.

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Cold Justice World Overview

All books can be read as standalone stories.

COLD JUSTICE® SERIES

A Cold Dark Place (Book #1)

Cold Pursuit (Book #2)

Cold Light of Day (Book #3)

Cold Fear (Book #4)

Cold in The Shadows (Book #5)

Cold Hearted (Book #6)

Cold Secrets (Book #7)

Cold Malice (Book #8)

A Cold Dark Promise (Book #9~A Wedding Novella)

Cold Blooded (Book #10)

COLD JUSTICE® – THE NEGOTIATORS

Cold & Deadly (Book #1)

Colder Than Sin (Book #2)

Cold Wicked Lies (Book #3)

Cold Cruel Kiss (Book #4)

Cold as Ice (Book #5)

COLD JUSTICE® – MOST WANTED

Cold Silence (Book #1)

Cold Deceit (Book #2)

(Book #3) - Coming Soon

The Cold Justice® series books are also available as audiobooks narrated by Eric Dove, and in various box set compilations.

Also by Toni Anderson

‘HER’ ROMANTIC SUSPENSE SERIES

Her Sanctuary (Book #1)

Her Last Chance (Book #2)

Her Risk to Take (Novella ~ Book #3)

THE BARKLEY SOUND SERIES

Dangerous Waters (Book #1)

Dark Waters (Book #2)

SINGLE TITLES

The Killing Game

Edge of Survival

Storm Warning

Sea of Suspicion

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