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No Man's Land

(FBI K-9 #4)

Sara Driscoll (Goodreads Author)

4.32 · Rating details · 499 ratings · 87 reviews

Special Agent Meg Jennings and her search-and-rescue dog are on the trail of a killer hiding where others fear to tread...

For Meg Jennings and her K-9 companion, Hawk, exploring the ruins of a deserted building is an exciting way to sharpen their skills without the life-or-death stakes they face as part of the FBI's Human Scent Evidence Team. But deep in the echoing rooms ...more

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Jan 09, 2020 Liz rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Book four in the Meg Jennings series has a serial killer hunting senior citizens. Meg and Hawk initially find the body of an 85 year old woman in an abandoned mental hospital while urbexing.

I’ve enjoyed all the prior books in this series. Driscoll does a great job of showing us the work done by the rescue teams. And in this book, we learn all about urbexing, or the exploration of abandoned buildings.

It’s always interesting when a book takes place in a setting that the reader knows well. Here, ...more

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Jan 10, 2020 "Avonna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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NO MAN’S LAND (An FBI K-9 Book #4) by Sara Driscoll is the latest in this thrilling and fast-paced series featuring Special Agent Meg Jennings, her K-9 companion, Hawk and the FBI’s Human Scent Evidence Team. While each book can be read as a standalone, the characters continue to evolve and become more intertwined.

Meg and Hawk are out learning about “Urbexing” with her boyfriend and his coworker. The sites are run-down relics, cre ...more

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Oct 25, 2019 Jacqui rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

In Sara Driscoll's fourth book in her FBI K-9 series, No Man's Land, Meg Jennings and her search and rescue dog Hawk, part of the FBI's Human Scent Evidence Team, become involved in a particularly heinous murder case where elderly people as old as their '80s are being left to die in abandoned urban locations, to live out their last moments alone and maybe in pain. Meg gets the case when Hawk finds the first body, entirely by chance, while he and Meg are on a non-work related exploration of a det ...more

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Nov 18, 2019 Gloria rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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No Man's Land is the fourth of the FBI K-9 series and the second that I have read. This is a murder mystery with an interesting premise. Urbex or urban exploration is a new concept to me but basically is an activity that people do to observe condemned sites that are left to deteriorate on their own. Explorers are going on these sites periodically to see how much they have changed, not to damage but observe. Meg Jennings and her search and rescue dog, Hawk, of the FBI K-9 unit, Meg's boyfriend an ...more

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Nov 28, 2019 Kathy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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No Man’s Land by Sara Driscoll is the 4th book in the F.B.I. K-9 series, and once again the subject matter covered is a step into unchartered territory for me. I love how this series expands my knowledge. In the first book, Lone Wolf, the theme addresses bombings, a homegrown terrorist, and how rescue with dogs works in a bombed building or site. In the second book, Before It’s Too Late, there was the cryptanalysis and Civil War sites. In the third book, Storm Rising, readers saw what went on du No Man’s Land by Sara Driscoll is the 4th book in the F.B.I. K-9 series, and once again the subject matter covered is a step into unchartered territory for me. I love how this series expands my knowledge. In the first book, Lone Wolf, the theme addresses bombings, a homegrown terrorist, and how rescue with dogs works in a bombed building or site. In the second book, Before It’s Too Late, there was the cryptanalysis and Civil War sites. In the third book, Storm Rising, readers saw what went on during search and rescue efforts after a hurricane and the horrific issue of human trafficking. And, now, in book #4, readers learn about the world of exploring abandoned, dilapidated buildings to observe their rate of decay, an activity called urbexing. As with each of the books, there is a term defined at the beginning of each chapter helping to explain the subject matter, just a short sentence that aids in understanding the jargon used by those involved. At the heart of all these books is the theme of rescue, both physical and mental. The pairing of the main character Meg and her dog Hawk came about as a rescue of one another, she from a job where she had lost a beloved dog and Hawk from being homeless. Their rescue of one another makes for a firm bond that helps them succeed in the F.B.I.'s Human Scent Evidence Team and is a part of the appeal of this series.

No Man’s Land starts out with a day trip to an abandoned psychiatric hospital for Meg, her dog Hawk, Meg’s firefighter and paramedic boyfriend Todd Webb, and Todd’s firefighter friend and urbexer Chuck Smaill. It’s a chance for Hawk to get in some training and exercising, and it’s an interesting forage for the humans into some amazing old architecture and a world long forgotten. But, Hawk seems to be on alert from the beginning, indicating that perhaps other humans have tread the grounds and buildings recently. Meg finally realizes that Hawk might be onto something and takes him off leash to do his thing. The result is the discovery of a body, an elderly woman who has been dead for at least several days. Whether she was dead before ending up at this site or died on site is uncertain, but one thing is for certain and that is she couldn’t have gotten to the area she was found by herself. Foul play was at some point involved. A tragedy, but one for local authorities to deal with, until in talking about their day at the home of Meg and her sister Cara, Cara’s journalist boyfriend Clay McCord mentions a similar case six months earlier where an elderly person was found dead at an urbex site. Meg doesn’t like the coincidence and brings the matter up to her boss Craig at the F.B.I.’s Human Scent Evidence Team, who discovers more deaths of the elderly at abandoned urban sites. When another senior goes missing in the area, the team starts an active investigation into trying to find the victims before they die and trying to find a murderer who is preying on those too old and infirm to defend themselves. The rescue efforts take the team into places that are dangerously unstable structures, and the murderer seems to pick some of the most precarious perches in the buildings to leave the helpless, dying elders. It is as time sensitive as rescues can get, and Meg must deal with her aversion to heights in situations where the highest point is a favorite disposal location for the murderer being chased. With the crimes being particularly cruel in the fear factor to the elderly victims, first kidnapped and then left to die alone in a decaying and scary structure, the team and their outlying sources of Todd Webb, Clay McCord, and Chuck Smaill are on a 24-7 schedule to stop the madness.

This F.B.I. K-9 series checks so many boxes for me. As a fan of the television show Criminal Minds (an F.B.I. team unit show), as a dog lover, as a puzzle enthusiast, I get lots of interests addressed. The dogs and their handlers are always racing against the clock, building suspense on every page. These stories are just plain exciting. It’s truly like Criminal Minds with dogs. This series, like all series, builds on each book, especially in the character and relationship areas, but what is rather unique about this series is that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this last book or any of them as a stand-alone read. Of course, I have wanted to and have read them all and consider each book an amazing story, but if someone were particularly interested in one of the subjects addressed, like urbexing in No Man’s Land, I would green light it as a single read. However, that brings us to the character development that Sara Driscoll (Jen J. Danna and Ann Vanderlaan) is so adept at. Each book brings more insight into these strong, confident characters that work together so well on unmasking danger and murder. Meg and Hawk, while the stars of the show, benefit and need the help of her boyfriend Todd Webb, who is a D.C. firefighter and paramedic, her sister Cara, who is a dog trainer and yoga instructor, and Cara’s boyfriend Clay McCord, who is a journalist with connections and super human research skills. Then there are the rest of the dogs—Blink, Saki, Coy, and Lacey. All the dogs, those that are rescue and those not, will help readers see dogs as important anchors in life. The rescue dogs, Hawk and Lacey, are fascinating in their abilities as part of the F.B.I.’s Human Scent Evidence Team. And, the storylines and subject matter are endlessly captivating, a constant source of learning for me.

I highly recommend No Man’s Land and the entire F.B.I. K-9 series. It’s an adventure you don’t want to miss. I received an advanced reader’s copy of this book from the publisher, and the thoughts and opinions above are absolutely my own assessment. ...more

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Oct 09, 2019 Maranda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Love reading the stories about service dogs especially those who are part of the Human Scent Evidence Team. Agent Meg Jennings and her pooch Hawk are FBI. When they are not actively on a case or a rescue they work to make their skills even better. No Man's Land is the fourth in this FBI K-9 series by Driscoll but they all stand alone story wise. The characters just keep getting more and more vital to this reader. Never heard of Urbexing before which is exploring the dilapidated and dangerous ab ...more

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Jan 01, 2020 Maureen Caupp rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Although I would never enjoy exploring abandoned building myself, it was interesting learning about the explorations. I also enjoyed the descriptions of abandoned buildings in the area and how they operated before they closed down.

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Nov 15, 2019 Monica Mac rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I have read all of the books in the series so far and this book is a little different to the others. It reads well as a standalone, but the others are terrific books so why not read them too?

It has to be said that I prefer the format of the previous books a little more than this one e.g. Meg and Hawk are involved in searching for people after a natural disaster usually, whereas this one is about abducted people they are trying to find. Nevertheless, it is a well-written book and I thoroughly en ...more

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Oct 26, 2019 Darcy rated it liked it · review of another edition

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This one was interesting, starting out with Meg on her day off, checking out a potential new hobby, or at least a new way to train Hawk. I find Urban Exploring to be a bit odd. I can see the appeal of those wanting to see the crumbling places, but there is no way I'd go in there, would be too afraid for my own safety. Meg, unfortunately found a different bad aspect to urban exploring when she found a dead body and Meg being who she is couldn't let it go and found out more. The more seemed to lea ...more

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Apr 22, 2020 Cathy Geha rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

No Man’s Land by Sara Driscoll
FBI K-9 #4

Have any idea what urbex is? I sure didn’t when I began reading this book but it was definitely something new and intriguing. Who knew that people go out dare-defilishly exploring buildings that are wrecks and no doubt should be condemned and knocked down BUT for Meg and her K-9 partner who go into dangerous places looking for survivors an urbex site is a great place to train...with someone that knows what they are doing. The descriptions of the derelict b No Man’s Land by Sara Driscoll
FBI K-9 #4

Have any idea what urbex is? I sure didn’t when I began reading this book but it was definitely something new and intriguing. Who knew that people go out dare-defilishly exploring buildings that are wrecks and no doubt should be condemned and knocked down BUT for Meg and her K-9 partner who go into dangerous places looking for survivors an urbex site is a great place to train...with someone that knows what they are doing. The descriptions of the derelict buildings in this book reminded me of an exhibition at the Sursock Museum in Beirut that I attended this year. The photographs were of abandoned buildings in Lebanon. It was haunting and disturbing and this book’s sites were no doubt the same. And, to have a fiendish killer leaving bodies in such buildings even more creepy.

With the clock ticking, more elderly people disappearing and dying and a team of civilian and FBI working the case as they try to get ahead of and capture the killer they look for clues, research angles, try to save people, become frustrated with near misses and finally manage to put all the pieces together to determine who the culprit is. The drama was real. The locations well described and creepy. The killer intelligent, committed and methodical. Dogs superb. The characters well crafted. The camaraderie warm and believable. And...I REALLY enjoyed this book!

This story brings back the sisters and their boyfriends as well as the FBI K-9 team with their human handlers and also introduces a new person or two that may show up in future books in the series. I would love to see find out more about Meg’s teammates Lauren and Scott as well as their dogs. I wonder if Chuck, Webb’s friend, will show up in future books. I also wonder if the introduction of the two new women will see them appearing in future cases. I am curious to see what will happen next with Meg and Webb as well as with Cara and McCord.

This series has wonderful characters that work together and make me feel I am coming home each time I pick up the next book. I can’t wait to read book five as soon as it is written!

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for the ARC – This is my honest review.

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Jan 04, 2020 Noelle marked it as to-read

Set in the US, the reader is faced with vulnerability, greed, urbex (love this!), survival, rescue – physically and mentally, and a search for the truth.
Another winning read from Sara Driscoll and the K9 series! The opening was tense and had me hooked from the start! The minute Hawk was introduced on the page, I smiled – #GottaLoveHawk! I knew a body would not be far off…and I wasn’t wrong! One of the things I enjoy about this series are the tidbits of facts/information given at the start of eac ...more

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Oct 29, 2019 Debbie rated it it was amazing

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"No Man's Land" is a suspense/mystery. This book is the fourth in a series, but you don't need to read the previous books to understand this one. This novel did spoil a previous mystery's whodunit, though.

The characters were engaging, interesting, and reacted realistically to events. Meg and her K9 partner mainly focused their efforts on racing to save the next victim from within ruined buildings. The danger to everyone from the buildings and from the killer kept the suspense high. Her team foun ...more

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Nov 03, 2019 Sue Plant rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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hawk a k9 search and rescue dog and handler meg are out exploring a new site that will give hawk some new challenges

but hawks scents something and after a while they find the body of an oap in a position where she wouldnt have gotten in herself or out...why an abandoned building

as more oaps are being found alone in abandoned buildings a pattern is realised but what is the motive...

hawk and meg and her band of k9 rescue ...more

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Nov 24, 2020 Laz the Sailor rated it liked it · review of another edition

I have to give this author credit - she researches the hell out of some arcane topics.

However, the return to the trail-of-crumbs structure has lost it's spark. The supporting cast performs their roles diligently, but without inspiration.

That said, there are a couple of really intense scenes that are very well executed.

I'll read the next one in hopes that this one is just a dip in the series.

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Dec 11, 2019 Kathy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Unique murder settings opens up the whole reality of urbexing. Meg Jennings and her dog Hawk try to reach new targets before it's too late, as they try to link a series of cruel murders of elderly victims. Great premise, nice international twist. Unfortunately, for me it began to feel like the adventures of the cool kids. Meg and her friends are all smart, physically fit, they have all the assorted special skills needed to solve the crime, they can face down their fears and take risks and no one ...more

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Feb 05, 2020 Barbara Blindauer rated it liked it · review of another edition

I liked the adventure feel and the unique setting. Also enjoyed the history about the buildings. Then I got tired of reading about decrepit buildings that were impossible for a normal person to get to, being used as murder sites.

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Feb 05, 2020 Judy Crudele rated it liked it

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Although this book was good, I felt that some of the rescue scenes were a little over the top. Climbing 3 -4 stories in a rotten, crumbling building in the pouring rain and fierce wind and not getting hurt???? Possible but not probable.

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Oct 28, 2019 JoAnn rated it it was amazing

No Man’s Land is a very good suspense. I enjoyed the well written plot and the characters. I have read other books in the series and enjoyed them as well. I definitely will be reading future books in the series. I received an arc from the publisher and this is my unbiased review review.

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Dec 11, 2019 Lisa Henderson-Farr rated it it was amazing

Thank you to Kensington Books and NetGalley for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is the second book of this series that I have read. I haven't read the first or third book of the series but believe me I am going to find the time to rectify that because this is one very intense series that will appeal to a lot of readers. A group of FBI agents with lovable furry partners, because how can you not love a series that includes man's best friend, that place themselves ...more

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Sep 25, 2019 Jane rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

It's all about the details, and Sara Driscoll is a master at drawing you in with the details. Meg Jennings, Hawk and the rest of her 'family' are back at it, only this time it involves a previously unknown (to me) past time called Urbexing. This is basically the exploration of abandoned and/or nearly inaccessible structures, for fun! Only now someone is using these locations to play out their own adventures and it comes at the expense of the elderly. Meg and Hawk, along with Clay McCord and Todd ...more

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Nov 28, 2019 nancy cashmere rated it liked it · review of another edition

CONFUSING

Not as good as the previous books in the series. The story was confusing and convoluted. Not enough emphasis on the dog Hawk.

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Dec 28, 2019 OpenBookSociety.com rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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No Man’s Land
FBI K-9 #4
By Sara Driscoll
ISBN 9781496722478
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Synopsis:

Special Agent Meg Jennings and her search-and-rescue dog are on the trail of a killer hiding where others fear to tread…

For Meg Jennings and her K-9 companion, Hawk, exploring the ruins of a deserted building is an exciting way to sharpen their skills without the life-or-death stakes they face as part of the FBI’s Human Scen ...more

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Nov 18, 2020 Anne, Unfinished Woman rated it really liked it

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This installment of the FBI K-9 series is framed around the activity of urbexing, the exploration of abandoned or nearly inaccessible man-made structures. It involves trespassing and can be extremely dangerous, as the buildings are deteriorating and falling down. When Meg Jennings and Hawk accompany friends DCFEMS firefigher, Chuck Smaill, an urbexer, and her boyfriend, Lt Todd Webb on the exploration of the Massaponax Psychiatric Hospital, long abandoned, Hawk alerts, and they find SPOILER ALERT

This installment of the FBI K-9 series is framed around the activity of urbexing, the exploration of abandoned or nearly inaccessible man-made structures. It involves trespassing and can be extremely dangerous, as the buildings are deteriorating and falling down. When Meg Jennings and Hawk accompany friends DCFEMS firefigher, Chuck Smaill, an urbexer, and her boyfriend, Lt Todd Webb on the exploration of the Massaponax Psychiatric Hospital, long abandoned, Hawk alerts, and they find an elderly woman, dead in a huge coal bin. There is no way she could have gotten into the container let alone out of it. Clearly it is a suspicious death. When mentioned to Clay McCord, reporter for the Washington Post, he recalls a similar death. Further research reveals that Donna Parker and Norman Stanley, from NJ, were related to Indian ancestry. Meg takes the disturbing information to her boss Craig Beaumont, who sees reason to further investigate. Twenty three missing elderly bodies are identified though not all are part of this case. A second person then disappears, Warren Roth, and though they find him soon after he was abducted and abandoned at the old Bethlehem Steel Works, he could not be saved. The third woman, spirited from an assisted living facility, Bahni Devar is still alive when they find her at the Bowie Meat Packing Plant. There Meg is attacked by the suspect and nearly loses her life as part of the structure disintegrates under the two of them. The suspect again gets away. The fourth man pulled off the street, Vikram Pillai is taken to New Castle Coal Dumper and though not saved, the killer is caught an then falls to his death as he tries to escape across a dangerous path. Meg who tries to save him has to be lifted from the beams. In each case members of the Human Scent Evidence Team of the FBI accompany Meg and Hawk in looking: Brian Foster/Lacey, Scott Park/Theo, Lauren Wycliffe/Rocco. Chuck Smaill assists by identifying quickly the sites to which the victims might be taken in each area, and Todd accompanies them as medical help. The victims are spread across multiple states. Throughout the investigation McCord is scurrying to find more and more information about the victims and their backgounds.

At first McCord believes that the killings might reflect the Indian practice of geronticide, killing elderly family members before they become too large a burden on poor families, known as thalaikoothal. They would use green coconut milk laden with potassium, which would immediately put the victims into renal failure. While illegal, it is still practiced in some areas of India associated predominantly with the Tamil Nadu. The team believes that the suspect is a urbexer, as he would need to have prior knowledge of the places where he leaves the victims, who have been poisoned with difethialone. Meg also recognizes a "bug" symbol at each of the sites, the participants marking sites they have been to. Chuck determines that it is a Trilobite and that there is a urbexer with that mark. SA Kate Moore who is enlisted to head the case finds the connection of all the victims, that they were receiving payments from an annuity. Set up in India where still legal, the members of the investment were from the US, and the annuity was set up a tontine. The death of each member enlarged the payments to the remaining members, the last one to be alive getting not only the income but the principle. The suspect who has been glimpsed is too young to be one of the members getting an income, but is probably a relative of one of the remaining of the tontine. They identify the remaining and put protection on all. By elimination they determine that Brett Stevenson, the nephew of Peter who is dying of pancreatic cancer is hurrying the demise of the other members.

I love theses mysteries using all the dogs that are so essential to the search and rescue of victims of whatever event. The introduction of urbexing, an activity completely new to me, using definitions of jargon used by the participants, was not just fascinating but creative and clever as an integral part of the crimes. Further use of the tontine was genius. The author is brilliant at creating atmosphere and describing the sites and threats to the rescuers. It is clear the risks these responders face in not just rescuing victims, but also from criminals involved. ...more

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Nov 12, 2019 Jeanie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I loved this fabulous novel! This one-of-a-kind mystery is challenging, finely plotted and executed with excellence. It is like visiting with old friends to spend time with the characters again, both Meg and her closest search and rescue buddy at the FBI, her sister and the guys they are dating. This story has exclusive victims and a setting that I have not seen before.

The setting the murders are woven into is that of going into urban exploration sites, buildings or building complexes that are l I loved this fabulous novel! This one-of-a-kind mystery is challenging, finely plotted and executed with excellence. It is like visiting with old friends to spend time with the characters again, both Meg and her closest search and rescue buddy at the FBI, her sister and the guys they are dating. This story has exclusive victims and a setting that I have not seen before.

The setting the murders are woven into is that of going into urban exploration sites, buildings or building complexes that are long abandoned and disintegrating. It is a first-time venture into an urbex site that brings a death to the attention of Meg and her team. Meg and Hawk, her search-and-rescue partner/ black lab, are out with boyfriend Webb and his firefighting co-worker Chuck, are out to get a new training experience. Not only are the sites dangerous, but they would not have scents of living people as Hawk is trained for. Hawke has a surprise for them when he alerts and leads them to the roof. Deep inside the coal bin lies the remains of an older woman who died within the last couple days. There is no possible way she could have gone to the roof and into the coal bin on her own.

McCord, who Meg met several months earlier at a rescue site, is an investigative reporter for the Washington Post. He provides priceless research for FBI cases in exchange for an exclusive story when the case is resolved. McCord is now dating Meg’s sister Cara. He recalls a story about a man who died in an abandoned building earlier that year in a nearby state, and there is a possibility that it could open a case for the FBI.

When her boss at the FBI canine unit finds at least two possibly related deaths, they are alerted whenever an elderly person goes missing. It takes McCord to find a potential, outlandish link between the victims, leading the special agent brought onto the case to the real link between them. As additional seniors are taken, Chuck and McCord help them find the best urbex sites to search, which brings results to tie the urban exploration community with the murders.

This novel is fraught with incredible tension that took away my breath and kept my heart pounding through several outstanding scenes! This armchair sleuth felt as if I were there at the sites, especially the one on which Meg and Hawk go with only McCord giving her information by phone. I cannot imagine what first responders such as Webb and Chuck go through as firefighters, and first responders in general when trying to rescue people from disasters of any kind! The mystery is very well designed and completed, and I can’t wait to read the next one. I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys well-written mysteries with K-9 teams, one-of-a-kind motives and settings, with intense, stunning scenes and resolutions. Another not to be missed in this series!

From a thankful heart: I received a complimentary copy of this novel; a review was not required.
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Dec 09, 2019 Stanley McShane rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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A new author and series for me, Book 4 won't be the last. Love it when I can learn something new and No Man's Land teaches while it winds a heart-racing mystery around a service animal, search and rescue mystery. Hawk is a black lab and Meg Jennings, part of the FBI's Human Scent Evidence Team.

Meg is off on a weekend, looking to expand Hawk's skills in a new and exciting stage, exploring the ruins of abandoned buildings, long since deserted, left to decay and crumble into life-threatening ruins ...more

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Nov 10, 2019 Katherine rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

No Man’s Land begins with Meg and her FBI K-9 dog Hawk spending their day off urbexing (urban exploring) with friends in an abandoned psychiatric hospital. The plan is to get some interesting search and rescue practice but things get real fast when Hawk leads them to a recently deceased elderly woman. As the woman is found inside a coal bin that she almost certainly would not have been able to enter on her own there is immediate concern that she was murdered. After Meg’s investigative reporter f ...more

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Apr 15, 2020 Elizabeth rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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My thoughts

Would I recommend it? Yes

Would I read more of this series? Yes, its one of my all time favorite series and I've been reading it ever since the first book came out so of course I'm going to keep read and re reading this series .

Would I read more by this author? Yes

Since the first book came out of this series I've been hooked so of course as soon as I saw this on NetGalley there was no way I wasn't going to read it, right from the very start I was hooked and the characters become some o ...more

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May 15, 2020 Cindy Dyson Eitelman rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Urban exploration. I'd never heard of it.

Urban exploration (often shortened as UE, urbex and sometimes known as roof-and-tunnel hacking) is the exploration of man-made structures, usually abandoned ruins or hidden components of the man-made environment.

In this challenging case, Meg and Hawk go along on a jaunt to check out an abandoned building, just for training purposes. But, of course, they find a recently deceased body. (Hawk is not a 'cadaver dog' but if someone has died recently enough, t ...more

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Aug 22, 2019 Lori rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I am a huge fan of all the Jen J. Danna books, and I really enjoy the Sara Driscoll series. This book took Meg and Hawk into decaying buildings used for Urbexing. I had never heard of people exploring buildings the way some explore the out-of -doors and so was led into new vocabulary and new locations. In the beginning Hawk finds an elderly woman injured and trapped in an impossible place in an abandoned mental hospital. But nothing is as it seems, except locations. The bodies start to accumulat ...more

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Oct 07, 2019 Mendenbar rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Sara Driscoll's latest foray into the world of Search and Rescue with Meg and Hawk is an amazing look into the mind of a serial killer. One expects excellent writing, meticulous research and close plotting in these books and this one is up to the usual standard and beyond. I was totally surprised by the whodunnit part though (I thought I was good at figuring these out before the reveal but this one took me by surprise!) The story starts with a sad beginning (as is not unusual for SAR work) and t ...more

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