Can’t Run

A Nora Price Mystery #1

by Kate Bold

FBI agent Nora Price is haunted by the childhood memory of being abducted with her sister by a notorious serial killer—and escaping while her sister was never found. When a case eerily similar to her own arises, Nora is determined to see if it’s the same killer—and if her sister is still alive…

“This is an excellent book… When you start reading, be sure you don’t have to wake up early!”
—Reader review for The Killing Game
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CAN’T RUN is book #1 in a new series by #1 bestselling mystery and suspense author Kate Bold, whose bestseller NOT ME (a free download) has received over 1,500 five star ratings and reviews.

A page-turning and harrowing crime thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured FBI agent, the NORA PRICE series is a riveting mystery, packed with non-stop action, suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you flipping pages late into the night. Fans of Rachel Caine, Teresa Driscoll, and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love.

Future books in the series are now available.

“This book moved very fast and every page was exciting. Plenty of dialogue, you absolutely love the characters, and you were rooting for the good guy throughout the whole story… I look forward to reading the next in the series.”
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“Kate did an amazing job on this book and I was hooked from the first chapter!”
—Reader review for The Killing Game
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“I really enjoyed this book. The characters were authentic, and I see the bad guys as something we hear about daily on the news... Looking forward to book 2.”
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“This was a really good book. The main characters were real, flawed and human. The story went along quickly and wasn't mired in too many unnecessary details. I really enjoyed it.”
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“Alexa Chase is headstrong, impatient, but most of all brave with a capital B. She never, repeat never, backs down until the bad guys are put where they belong. Clearly five stars!”
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“Captivating and riveting serial murder with a twist of the macabre… Very well done.”
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“WOW what a great read! Talk about a diabolical killer! Really enjoyed this book. Looking forward to reading others by this author as well.”
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“Page turner for sure. Great characters and relationships. I got into the middle of this story and couldn’t put it down. Looking forward to more from Kate Bold.”
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“Hard to put down. It has an excellent plot and has the right amount of suspense. I really enjoyed this book.”
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“Extremely well written, and well worth buying and reading.

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Amazon, Suspense, Fiction

151 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 5, 2023

About the author

Bestselling author Kate Bold is author of the ALEXA CHASE SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising six books (and counting); of the ASHLEY HOPE SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising six books (and counting); of the CAMILLE GRACE SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising eight books (and counting); of the HARLEY COLE SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising ten books (and counting); of the KAYLIE BROOKS SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising five books (and counting); and of the EVE HOPE SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising five books (and counting). Kate loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.kateboldauthor.com to join the mailing list, receive free ebooks, hear the latest news, and stay in touch.

BOOKS BY KATE BOLD

EVE HOPE SUSPENSE THRILLER

IN HIS BLOOD (Book #1)

IN HIS SIGHTS (Book #2)

IN HIS REACH (Book #3)

IN HIS MIND (Book #4)

IN HIS WAY (Book #5)

(and counting)

KAYLIE BROOKS SUSPENSE THRILLER

LAST BREATH (Book #1)

LAST CHANCE (Book #2)

LAST WISH (Book #3)

LAST SHOT (Book #4)

LAST MISTAKE (Book #5)

(and counting)

HARLEY COLE SUSPENSE THRILLER

NOWHERE SAFE (Book #1)

NOWHERE LEFT (Book #2)

NOWHERE TO RUN (Book #3)

NOWHERE LIKE THIS (Book #4)

NOWHERE GIRL (Book #5)

NOWHERE TO HIDE (Book #6)

NOWHERE CERTAIN (Book #7)

NOWHERE PURE (Book #8)

NOWHERE SOUND (Book #9)

NOWHERE SANE (Book #10)

(and counting)

CAMILLE GRACE SUSPENSE THRILLER

NOT ME (Book #1)

NOT NOW (Book #2)

NOT WELL (Book #3)

NOT HER (Book #4)

NOT NORMAL (Book #5)

NOT AGAIN (Book #6)

NOT SAFE (Book #7)

NOT TODAY (Book #8)

(and counting)

ALEXA CHASE SUSPENSE THRILLER

THE KILLING GAME (Book #1)

THE KILLING TIDE (Book #2)

THE KILLING HOUR (Book #3)

THE KILLING POINT (Book #4)

THE KILLING FOG (Book #5)

THE KILLING PLACE (Book #6)

(and counting)

ASHLEY HOPE SUSPENSE THRILLER

LET ME GO (Book #1)

LET ME OUT (Book #2)

LET ME LIVE (Book #3)

LET ME BREATHE (Book #4)

LET ME FORGET (Book #5)

LET ME ESCAPE (Book #6)

(and counting)

Reviews

[Shelley Amazon ca reviews as Purrrplehaze · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short, fast-paced serial killer thriller.

A traumatized FBI agent and her partner are tasked with tracking and capturing a serial killer.

Dealing with her own demons, she has first- hand knowledge and experience on how to deal with and then track these remorseless monsters.

There are a few red herrings thrown in the mix, and I was THRILLED that I did NOT guess the perpetrator!

Will definitely be reading more from this author!

[Frank · Rating 5 out of 5]

A brilliant storyteller

A very enjoyable read, the entertainment of the chase and ultimately finding the truth is completed with ease.
Kate Hold is rapidly becoming one of my favorite writers.

[Loryn Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh it was alright. Felt like it had no depth to it

[Evie Whybrow · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars - it’s was ok obvious ending

[Tia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick and easy read that kept me interested the whole time. The main characters were likable and I’ll definitely read the next book in this series.

[Marsha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book started off slow for me: it seemed pointless and undirected. There were several different actions that similarly seemed unconnected, and there still didn't seem to me a real point to it. Eventually, it all tied together and made for a surprising and pointed story.
The main FBI agents were great, and the relationship between the two Encouraging to each other and to the reader! It was particularly refreshing that the writer did not insist that just because they were opposite sexes, they had to have a room ending involvement!
The ending was surprising but satisfying- well , not totally surprising, although the details definitely were :-)

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can't Run, A Nora Price FBI Suspense Thriller, Book One by author Kate Bold is just that - suspenseful. Also very engrossing.

Nora and her sister were abducted when they were younger. Nora managed to escape, however, Sophia didn't. Now, Nora & her FBI partner are investigating several kidnappings, some of which ended in the victim being killed, but two who were able to escape. The current cases are eerily like Nora & Sophia's kidnapping, which triggers Nora's insecurity of being a failure.

Kate Bold writes very well, has detailed characters and her plotlines flow very smoothly. Can't Run is no exception. The story is well told and pulled together nicely in the end. Unusual for me, I guessed at the killer identity before the book's end, but was still surprised by the reveal of the killer's identity.

Unfortunately, there were two errors in the book; both the same error. In the beginning, Nora's partner called her Char and did so again near the end. I'm guessing for some reason, Ms. Bold decided on changing the main character's name to Nora but missed these two instances.

Overall, this book is a great suspenseful book. I've read several of Kate Bold's books and I know I'll read many more. Ms. Bold grabs the reader's attention and doesn't let go till the very last word in the book.

[Maryann Hornbaker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting story line

Although I enjoyed the story, I had issues with the poor editing. There are run on sentences , incomplete sentences and some area that needed to be reread in order to fully understand. Plus this is another book where the title has nothing to do with the story.

Nora, and her partner are called in to unravel the reasoning and capture a serial kidnapper and murderer. There are women and girls being kidnapped without any connection to each other. Some get away and some are killed but placed where they can be found.

This all takes place in a small country town. The area is full of woods with ramshackle deserted cabins and those who would like to hide away from people.

The few who escaped told of a captor who wore a mask and changed his voice.

Nora and her partner have little to go on but finally find something that connects the victims and it’s not as expected.

I hope you enjoy this book.

[Avid · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a book I would skip if I had known in advance what it would be like. The audio is terrible. I allow for AI to make odd phonetic mistakes, as well as accept certain words to be massacred or used wrong, and an oddball attempt at slang that can actually be funny. However, when the entire book is full of mistakes where you want to send the AI reader to school and are more focused on the multitude of mistakes being made than any of the story, it is an issue.

WHY doesn't the author listen to it before letting it out? Or, have someone else listen to it and make sure they provide a candid review! It doesn't do them any favors when they hear everything is great, and they put it out on the market, and people hate it.

I'd skip it.

[Hazel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great new series starter by Kate Bold. Nora Price, a FBI agent, has a complicated past. As the survivor of an abduction when she was a teenager, she can empathize with the victims that she serves. Nora is still haunted by the fact that her sister, Sophia didn't survive the kidnapping, or at least has never been seen since. When she and her partner, Jason are assigned a kidnapping case that is eerily like her own, Nora is determined that she will save the young woman and bring the guilty party to justice.

[Josephine Pizzimenti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Page turner

I know every FBI agent in books has a missing or dead sister and it is a tad annoying but this time it did not bother me. It seemed relevant to the work the agent was involved in. Well written and I could not put it down. Actually read it in two sessions. Looking forward to the next

[Krystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m not really sure how Nora is even an FBI agent?? With her past trauma causing her current issues it seems psychologically she wouldn’t even be allowed to be an agent. The way she would zone out or have a panic attack….she could be putting herself and/or her partner in very dangerous situations.

[Diana E Jackson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Deja Vu again & again

FBI agent who is troubled partnered with a good looking man. Trying to solve her issues whi!e working on the case. Runs off by herself without telling her partner. This is a repeat of one Blake Pierce's books. Do you not think we wi!l not recognize the pattern. Did Blake really write this book? Disappointed to say the least. But not the first time.

[Gwen Klapal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nora and Justin

I was so into this book I would fall asleep late with my glasses on! The suspense kept me reading all morning until l

knew l had to get things done in my house. I am 88 and live by myself so have lots of time to read. I then read when in bed

at night from about 9=1:00!.

thank you for giving us such good reading!but
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Gwen
rosemamo1937@gmail.com

[diannscollins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Senseless Violence

The race to find out who is kidnapping women in the area is disturbing to an FBI agent who was also kidnapped as a child. She gets weird flashbacks to her kidnapping as she investigates these present cases.

[Patty U. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book

Enjoyed this book very much. The characters are very believable. So are the different situations these women find themselves in. The identity of the killer was surprisingly.

[Judy Richardson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

This was a book full of suspense and beautifully written. Characters were believable and the story kept you guessing to the very end. I also liked the extra story after the killer was caught.

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

😊

Really good psychological thriller based around abductions and the race to find the perpetrator.
Nora, an FBI agent was abducted as a child along with her sister. She survived, her sister might not have. Thing is no one knows for certain.

[Liza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nora keeps phasing out when in uncomfortable crime situations. She's busy seeing shrinks and not getting past her history.

Wouldn't/Shouldn't the shrinks recommend to the FBI that she be removed from those cases? It would only increase her PTSS.

Wrong investigator

[Garrett Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very entertaining and interesting story well told.

Nora Price and her partner have their hands full trying to capture the person killing all these people when Nora gets captured herself.

[Stephan Huston · Rating 1 out of 5]

This plot is too thin. And there are too many crime novels these days that repeat the theme of a detective reliving childhood trauma, oftentimes the loss of a sibling. The clues in this one are too thin to make me believe they would lead to identifying the killer. Just not very interesting.

[Frieda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can't run , A Nora Price suspense thriller by Kate Bold

This book was so hard to stop reading . had a good time reading this book with it's twist and turns then smooth landing. Will try to get the next book " Can run" this will be another bread read.

[Jeanette S. Stracner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Suspense Novel

Kate Bold did a great job on this book. Nora Price is an FBI Special Agent. She was assigned Jason Snyder as her partner. They are good together. She and her sister were abducted and Nora escaped. Jeanette Stracner

[Kelly Lawrence · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a steady paced book with some character development. It is a series starter so I may need to give the 2nd book a read to see how it develops.

Tv series can take more than 1 episode to get into maybe this takes more than 1 book to be hooked.

[Jennifer Delany · Rating 3 out of 5]

The beginning was scary, and a bit creepy and I don't usually get spooked from reading a book. Unfortunately, the weak premise the book is based on ("I can't remember") just ruined the rest of the implausible story line. The book was just ok.

[Jeanette K · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! Story keeps your interest all the way to the end!

[Dawn Allred · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice twist

The story is interesting, it held my attention, and is definitely a page turner. It was a great poolside read!!

[Janet Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fast paced interesting book that held my interest to the end. Highly recommended.

[Marion Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the book.

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yeah! A good start to another series of FBI agents. Nora is damaged, but I definitely enjoyed this book. Kate has a great niche.