Book Review: Tell No Lies by Allison Brennan

Tell No Lies
Author: Allison Brennan
Series: Quinn & Costa Thrillers (Book 2)
Publication: MIRA; Original edition (March 30, 2021)

Description: The unsolved murder of a young activist leads to the discovery of much darker crimes in New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan’s latest compelling thriller to feature the young, edgy detective Kara Quinn and the loner FBI agent Matt Costa. This time they work to uncover possible ties to a high-stakes cartel in the Southwest desert.

Something mysterious is killing the wildlife in the mountains just south of Tucson. When a college intern turned activist sets out to collect her own evidence, she, too, ends up dead. Local law enforcement is slow to get involved. That’s when the mobile FBI unit goes undercover to infiltrate the town and its copper refinery in search of possible leads.

Quinn and Costa find themselves scouring the desolate landscape, which keeps revealing clues to something much darker—greed, child trafficking and more death. As the body count adds up, it’s clear they have stumbled onto much more than they bargained for. Now they must figure out who is at the heart of this mayhem and stop them before more innocent lives are lost.

My Thoughts: The second Quinn and Costa thriller starts out with the murder of a college student. She was concerned with bird deaths that she had noticed while hiking. She feared that there was some source of contamination killing birds.

The FBI Response Team is called in to investigate. They are concerned with a copper company that they think might be illegally dumping their waste products. Kara goes in undercover as a bartender tasked to making friends with the son of the company head who had alerted the FBI to some possible chicanery. 

Michael also goes undercover, his first undercover assignment, as a worker at the copper company. Other team members are in the area too. Though not undercover, they are trying to be discreet. Many other agencies are involved to including the sheriff and the local environmental agency. 

Just to add to the suspense, there are also traffickers and a couple of children who have escaped from them. 

This was an entertaining thriller. I liked the characters and found the plot interesting too. 

Favorite Quote:

She'd been a con artist before she was a cop, and being an undercover cop was, essentially, being a con artist, but with a badge.

I bought this one May 24. You can buy your copy here.