When a corpse surfaces during an archaeological dig, Bodhi King’s in the wrong place at the wrong time. Bodhi tags along as his girlfriend’s plus-one at a convention of small-town police chiefs. While Bette is learning the latest in law enforcement advancements, he plans to meditate in the resort’s Japanese garden and hike its mountain trails. Instead, he ends up helping an archaeology professor … he ends up helping an archaeology professor determine how, why, and when someone buried a woman near the cabin of a post-Civil War sharecropper. As the circumstances around the dead woman’s demise come to light, the secrets of the past threaten to unleash destruction in the present.
The cold case heats up to a boiling point when his old flame joins the team and a murderer strikes.
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Bodhi accompanies Bette to a convention in Alabama for small town police chiefs. There he happens to meet Davina, an archaeological professor who recently discovered a dead body and needs assistance. Unfortunately, the unearthing of this body seems to cause a stir, and some would rather it was forgotten about entirely. Something Bodhi and Davina are not willing to do.
I really enjoyed this book. The whole possibility of finding a body like this one was intriguing! And I loved reading the letters at the start of some chapters, it gave more history to the story.
Bodhi’s thought processes are a big part of who he is, and how he reacts in certain situations is not the norm for most people. I always find it interesting to read. His beliefs really force him to think things through before acting. I loved seeing Eliza again in this one, and getting more insight into the dynamic of Bodhi and Bette’s relationship.
Great read and I would love to read more of Bodhi’s story.
Cold Path is a great read. I really enjoyed it from beginning to end. The ending was a total surprise and worth the wait. Bodhi King is a cool operator and always figures out who committed the murder. If you like thrillers you will like this book. Melissa Miller does a wonderful job of not tipping her hand until the end. As usual Melissa does her homework and makes sure the facts surrounding the fiction or accurate and believable. Go ahead, order your copy today and enjoy the ride, I sure did.
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Cory
I totally enjoyed Bodhi’s latest adventure. Meeting an archeologist who discovers an iron coffin which dates to the mid 1800’s caught my interest and that stayed with me throughout the entire story. Wonderfully written and really enjoyed. Pace was steady and kept me guessing what would happen next. I rated this 5 Stars
I always enjoy reading Bodhi King novels.
I really liked how not only do we have a murder to solve but we also get to see Bodhi have the tables turned on him some what with getting life advice instead of giving it like he usually does. This is a great twisted tale in regards to who it is in the iron coffin along with who can be trusted and who is hiding something and I was nicely surprised with who was who. I felt like we really got to know Bodhi on a much more intimate level with book as well as she him have a few revelations of his own and this along with the murder made a fantastic read!
Davina knew that fast tracking when doing archeological work to uncover the past, was not possible. With the benefactor and university wanting it done that way of getting more donations. Under a black cherry tree, land of a sharecropper, Professor Davina uncovers a iron coffin with a glass window showing a pale woman. Was it possible to be a woman from the 1800’s. Then they suspend her from the site, and she will have no credit for this discovery.
Bodhi gets a text from Bette wanting him to attend a small town conference in Alabama, An unexpected visit with Saul, brings him to accept and go to Alabama and Bette, whom his friends have not met,
While on a meditative walk he meets Davina, and she can’t believe a miracle has come with him being a consulting forensic pathologist that could authenticate the body for her. The conference he was to attended was of this discovery by the family/ benefactors. The monarch was interested in something other than the body and of which involved Davina. This turns to murder and how it ties to the coffin woman.
Meeting and learning more about Bodhi, his silent ways, and how he gets to view the body. Once again the author has given us a plot that is rich in detail of her find, more about Bodhi and Bette. A story to reread, and enjoy more each time, with it being part of a good series.
Given ARC for my voluntary review and my honest opinion