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Salt Wound: A Cook Investigations Novel
Paperback
Series: A Cook Investigations Novel, Book 4
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 11 2025
Pages: 520
Weight: 1.97
Height: 1.05 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
A missing child. A corrupt system. A detective still learning how to live with her own wounds.
Former police captain turned private investigator Ellie Cook is barely holding her recovery together-counting pills from a time-lock safe, balancing therapy with Dr. Vivian Rose, and rebuilding her relationship with Dr. Alexa Mendoza one fragile layer at a time.
But when a case involving a vulnerable teen hits too close to home, Ellie is pulled into a web of institutional failure, buried evidence, and predators protected by powerful families. As the investigation deepens, Ellie's physical limits and old addiction patterns collide with a conspiracy designed to silence the people who dare to look too closely.
With the help of Chief Jesse Tran, paramedic Joe Park, and a mysterious figure known only as The Watcher, Ellie must navigate lies, trauma, and a system built to let children slip through the cracks. But saving someone else means risking the progress she's fought tooth and nail to make.
Salt Wound is a gritty, emotional crime thriller threaded with queer romance, chronic-pain realism, slow-burn suspense, and the relentless heart of a woman who refuses to walk away-even when it hurts.Fans of Tana French, Karin Slaughter, and Ann Cleeves will love Ellie Cook.
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