Title: Decoding the Truth
Series: Kansas City Crime Lab #2
Author: Julie Miller
Format: 🎧
Narrator: Lianne Maksin
Publisher: Harlequin Audio
Genre: Mystery/Romance
Audiobook Pub Date is scheduled for - March 18, 2025.
Originally Published November 10, 2022
My Rating: 2.5 Stars
Pages: 232

Chelsea O’Brien is a computer geek who can who helps solve crimes.
She has been helping retired police officer Buck Buckner search for his missing son Bobby who disappeared four years ago, shortly after he turned eighteen and was heading off to college.

Chelsea has been doing the investigation during her free time. She was delighted when she discovers that it appears Bobby is alive. However is suspicious when her investigations suddenly show Bobby's DNA appearing at multiple crime scenes. Found it odd that his DNA was at so many places. Someone is not pleased with her discovery and send her a message to stop. Next she is shot; thankfully Buck was with her., she would have been killed. Chelsea becomes suspicious about the sudden appearance of so many DNA matches.
Buck is much older than Chelsea and very much surprised that she is interested in him. Chelsea is attracted immediately.

This was my first Julie Miller. I read the great reviews before selected this story. Since most loved this Mystery/Romance - as well as the series. My expectations were rather high.
I love mysteries, especially cozy mysteries but this was not a cozy mystery. So was disappointed as I wasn’t expecting the foul language nor the love scenes.
Of course, doesn’t mean it wasn’t good – just wasn’t what I was expecting and therefore didn't really work for me! 🤔

Want to thank NetGalley and Harlequin Audio for this audiobook.
Audiobook Publishing ReRelease Date scheduled for March 18, 2025