Monday, October 6, 2025

Death Grip (Marcotte and Collins Investigative Thrillers, #4) ~ Book Review!

 

DEATH GRIP
Marcotte and Collins
Investigative Thrillers, Book 4
by Travis Tougaw

Suspense / Mystery / Thriller
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Rose Writing
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 11, 2025
Print length ‏ : ‎ 299 pages

ABOUT THE BOOK: What starts as a test of athletic skills turns into a race against death, where an unknown evil lurks around every turn.

Brad and his best friend, Shelly, travel to Montana to compete in an adventure race. Midway through the competition, Shelly disappears, and a volunteer is found murdered. With the help of his detective partners, Vince, Hadley, and Eddie, Brad launches a search for his missing friend. As they delve deeper into the wilderness, they discover a startling truth—Shelly is not the only missing woman. With time running out, the detectives must overcome a lack of evidence, a reluctant sheriff, and the perils of the untamed landscape to rescue Shelly and apprehend the kidnapper before his deadly spree claims another victim.

Death Grip is the new, must-read installment in the Marcotte/Collins Investigative Thrillers series. Filled with suspense, treachery, and memorable characters, Travis Tougaw’s latest is a white-knuckled thrill ride. Don’t miss the team’s most dangerous adventure yet!

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BOOK REVIEW
I don't spend time on plot summary, so please read the book synopsis above.

HALL WAYS REVIEW: What a first chapter! From the very beginning, I was hooked on Death Grip and all it’s action-packed, page-turning fabulousness. I devoured this book, flipping digital pages so fast that my eReader may have overheated. I was so involved in the story that I barely took any notes; this says a lot about the writing. (And it’s also a nod to the outstanding editing. Bliss.) I didn’t want to get taken out of this story for even a minute. 

Even though Death Grip is the fourth and final (?) installment in Travis Tougaw’s Marcotte and Collins Investigative Thrillers series, and it's the first book I've read in it, there is never a hiccup jumping in here. The characters’ relationships are established, but instead of being confusing, it makes the reader want to go back to their roots in prior installments.

Interestingly, I’ve recently read two other new releases with a Montana setting, like in Death Grip, and I’m wondering if it’s a trend. Whether it is or isn’t, I can see why authors would set a book there. I’ve never been, but Tougaw’s rich descriptions make the landscape’s beauty and perils pop from the pages. He’s also adept at writing realistic characters to love and loathe while also cleverly steering readers’ suspicions so that we’re on the fence about a character or two. Early on, my spider senses were tingling at the introduction of one person, and I wasn’t wrong in guessing that one was the baddie. But how the story unfolded, and the twisted mind and deeds of the perpetrator, had my spine tingling, too.

With the sharp writing, terrifically twisty plot, and excellent characterization found within the pages of Death Grip, readers need to prepare for an intense and wild ride that will likely lead them to binge reading the full series. *Says one of those readers.* Highly recommend.

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