CSI Colton and the Witness

The Coltons of New York #11

by Linda O. Johnston

As partners, they maintain their distance…
But danger has forced them together.

Crime scene investigator Patrick Colton’s attraction to his partner, Kyra Patel, is inappropriate, and not just because it’s unprofessional—Kyra is also very pregnant. Patrick struggles to keep his feelings in check as they work together. But when Kyra becomes the only eyewitness to a serial killer, Patrick moves in with Kyra to protect her. Now Patrick has more than just a killer to worry about—he needs to guard his heart, too.

288 pages, ebook

First published October 18, 2023

About the author

Linda O. Johnston's first published fiction appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for Best First Mystery Short Story of the Year. Since then, Linda has had more short stories and novellas published, plus, by the end of 2018, she will have had fifty novels published, including mysteries and romance.

Linda currently writes the Barkery and Biscuits Mysteries cozy mystery series for Midnight Ink, and also wrote the Superstition Mysteries for them, both featuring dogs. She has also written the Pet Rescue Mystery series for Berkley Prime Crime, which was a spinoff from her Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter mystery series. And yes, they involved dogs, too.

Linda also writes for Harlequin Romantic Suspense, including a new miniseries about a K-9 ranch where dogs are trained. Linda additionally writes paranormal romance for Harlequin Nocturne including the Alpha Force miniseries about a covert military unit of shapeshifters--and all the werewolves also have cover dogs.

Linda, a currently inactive transactional attorney, now writes fiction full-time. She is a member of the Los Angeles chapters of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. She is also a member of Romance Writers of America, including the Los Angeles, Orange County and Santa Clarita chapters.

Reviews

[Paula Legate · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book that can be read as a standalone. In the series the FBI team is working to find the Landmark killer. In this book very little was mentioned, like it had been put on that back burner. The book starts out with Kyra Patel, and Patrick Colton gathering evidence at a crime scene. A lady screams, and Patrick takes off to help. Shortly after Kyra who is pregnant is attacked. The attacker is another serial killer. He manages to take all the evidence Kyra had found. She did however pull his hood down, so she knows what he looks like. Patric moves in with Kyra to protect her. The relationship that built between the two was sweet. They feel for each other hard. It was a sweet romance with action and suspense. I’m looking forward to reading the last book in the series.

[Harlequin Books]

Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Romance, Suspense
Miniseries
The Coltons of New York (Book #11)