No Man's Land

FBI K-9 #4

by Sara Driscoll

FBI handler Meg Jennings and her search-and-rescue dog, Hawk, are on the trail of a killer hiding where others fear to tread . . .

For Meg Jennings and her K-9 companion, Hawk, exploring a deserted building is an exciting way to sharpen their skills without the life-or-death stakes they face as part of the FBI’s Human Scent Evidence Team. But deep in an abandoned asylum, Hawk finds the body of an elderly woman. Soon, Meg learns of more elders found dead in neglected urban structures.

Meg is sure a murderer is on the hunt, and she can prove it if she can just find a connection. It will take the expert coordination of her whole team, along with help from Clay McCord and Todd Webb, to uncover the means, let alone a motive. And to stop someone who has operated in the dark for so long, Meg will need to risk more than she has to give . . .

Genres: Mystery, Animals, Dogs, Thriller, Suspense, Fiction, Crime

304 pages, Paperback

First published November 26, 2019

About the author

Sara Driscoll is the pen name of Jen J. Danna, coauthor of the Abbott and Lowell Forensic Mysteries and author of the FBI K-9s and the NYPD Negotiators. After over thirty years in infectious diseases research, Jen hung up her lab coat to concentrate on her real love—writing “exceptional” thrillers (Publishers Weekly). She is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada and lives with her husband and four rescued cats outside of Toronto, Ontario. You can follow the latest news on her books, including the FBI K-9s, at www.saradriscollauthor.com.

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

All the stars 🌟 for No Mans Land by Sarah Driscoll, this is the fourth book in this fabulous series, once again I am out of order as I got it from my library & snapped it ⬆️ up.


WHO IS KILLING THE ELDERLY IN ALLENTOWN!!!!!
Reminds me of Billy Joel singing it was humming to myself through out Meg Jennings & her K~9 rescue dog Hawk are investigating a number of murders in a rundown insane asylum in AllenTown Pennsylvania a woman’s body found in the asylum Massonpax insane asylum she had been there for quite sometime. Meg, Hawk & the human scent evidence team try to investigate the brutal findings, but Meg is thinking how did she get in there by herself.?

More bodies start to pile up so the race is on to find the culprit?
This was a heart pounding quick read that I thoroughly enjoyed the author gives you a lot of history about the abandoned asylum that kept my interest , short sharp chapters the writing was top notch a very entertaining read.

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book four in the Meg Jennings series has a serial killer hunting senior citizens. Meg and Hawk initially find the body of an 85 year old woman in an abandoned mental hospital while urbexing.

I’ve enjoyed all the prior books in this series. Driscoll does a great job of showing us the work done by the rescue teams. And in this book, we learn all about urbexing, or the exploration of abandoned buildings.

It’s always interesting when a book takes place in a setting that the reader knows well. Here, one of the initial scenes takes place at the Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem. Driscoll does a great job of bringing the place to light. I wished that the other places had also been real. Because I used to live in Baltimore, I had checked out the Bowie Meat Packing Company only to discover it doesn’t exist. She also needs to use a better map when she writes about road routes taken. It’s minor, but it’s irritating when she indicates the characters take a road that doesn’t take you anywhere close to the town to which they’re heading.

This is the first in the series I’ve listened to. Angela Dawes was a decent narrator but the voice she assigned Cara was like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. And I’m not sure if it’s because I listened to this book rather than read it, but it seemed more drawn out and slow than the previous books in the series.

It’s entertaining but not engrossing. A sold 3 stars.

["Avonna · Rating 5 out of 5]

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NO MAN’S LAND (An FBI K-9 Book #4) by Sara Driscoll is the latest in this thrilling and fast-paced series featuring Special Agent Meg Jennings, her K-9 companion, Hawk and the FBI’s Human Scent Evidence Team. While each book can be read as a standalone, the characters continue to evolve and become more intertwined.

Meg and Hawk are out learning about “Urbexing” with her boyfriend and his coworker. The sites are run-down relics, creepy and sometimes dangerous, but interesting and extra training for Hawk. While exploring an abandoned asylum, Hawk finds the body of an elderly woman in an area that would have been impossible for her to reach on her own. After Meg reports the victim, she soon learns that there have been other elderly corpses found in urbex sites.

At first the team can find no evidence linking the victims and no evidence of the killer other than his method of killing. With the help of her team at the FBI and reporter Clay McCord, they are able to save one of the targeted victims, but they still have no motive.

As Meg gets closer to the elusive killer, she may take one too many risks to bring this killer to justice.

I love this series of books and this is another great addition. The plot was interesting as it intertwined the urbex information and culture with the surprising motive for the murders. The colleagues, friends and family are all fully fleshed and real to me, so I love catching up with their interpersonal relationships in each book. All the dogs also add to my love of these stories. I felt Meg was harder on herself than usual and took extreme risks in this story that surprised me, but I am hoping it was only because it was such a frustrating case. The team aspect of the FBI unit and the help of family, friends and dogs is what shines for me in these stories.

I highly recommend this book and series!

[Susan (on hiatus) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I find myself in the land of dissent since I was disappointed after reading the stellar reviews and high ratings for this book.

It didn't pull me in and I felt that the writing was dry and difficult for me to pay attention to even though the story was interesting.

A highlight for me was that one of the main characters was a search and rescue dog - a black lab named Hawk making the book more palatable.

No Man's Land has received many accolades and I'm of just one opinion - albeit an outlier.

[Jacqui · Rating 5 out of 5]

In Sara Driscoll's fourth book in her FBI K-9 series, No Man's Land, Meg Jennings and her search and rescue dog Hawk, part of the FBI's Human Scent Evidence Team, become involved in a particularly heinous murder case where elderly people as old as their '80s are being left to die in abandoned urban locations, to live out their last moments alone and maybe in pain. Meg gets the case when Hawk finds the first body, entirely by chance, while he and Meg are on a non-work related exploration of a deteriorating urban building. In trying to track down the person's identity, they find that there are others--many others--and come up with a way to find these kidnappings before they become deadly. Through it all, Hawk and Meg place themselves in constant danger as they tromp through crumbling buildings after a killer who would think nothing of murdering them to continue his vendetta.

This is a wonderful story about how working dogs save lives. To Meg, her dog Hawk is a respected partner, no less important than any human and often more so. If you liked Alex Kava's working dog series (about Ryder Creed), you’ll love this book. If there was anything that bothered me about what should be the best book in the world (it's about dogs after all), it was that Meg seemed a bit full of herself, as though she was the one who had to do everything and if it went wrong, it was on her. Everyone had to compliment her for her good work or her fragile ego would collapse. I don’t remember feeling this way about earlier books in the series so it could have been the mood I was in--which is why I didn't deduct a star for it.

[Gloria · Rating 5 out of 5]

No Man's Land is the fourth of the FBI K-9 series and the second that I have read. This is a murder mystery with an interesting premise. Urbex or urban exploration is a new concept to me but basically is an activity that people do to observe condemned sites that are left to deteriorate on their own. Explorers are going on these sites periodically to see how much they have changed, not to damage but observe. Meg Jennings and her search and rescue dog, Hawk, of the FBI K-9 unit, Meg's boyfriend and EMS firefighter Todd Webb, and friend/firefighter Chuck Smaill are touring one of these sites, an old hospital, when Hawk hits on the scent of a human. The victim, deceased, was an elderly woman, left to die alone and unable to save herself. This discovery leads to a spree of such killings where the elderly are left at urbex sites to die. Finding out the motive and killer is an undertaking that encompasses a group effort of the FBI K-9 group and FBI agents, Webb and Smaill as well as an investigative reporter and others. This is an interesting and different mystery that is engaging and a page turner. The scenes come to life with a group of friends and colleagues. Highly recommended.
I received a complimentary ARC from Kensington Books through NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are mine only.

[Scott A. Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great find these Driscoll books have been. This might have been the most interesting. These K9 books are truly original, the characters believable and the mysteries solid in every way.

I had never even considered Urban Exploration before but it seems to be very interesting. Learning the history of the sites used in the book was cool too. I love discovering new authors and books that have several stories available to read. Inevitably, I dive in and get to the point where I have to start waiting for the next one. One more and I’ll be there again.

If you haven’t given these books a try please do so. I think you will love them.

[Valleri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked No Man's Land better than I did the previous book: Storm Rising. This time around Meg takes Hawk to an abandoned, decaying, former mental hospital, looking to expand his SAR skills. What starts out so innocently becomes another desperate puzzle to figure out ... RIGHT NOW! I definitely like all of the members of the FBI’s Human Scent Evidence Team - even the unofficial ones. (Sometimes ESPECIALLY the unofficial ones!) They work together so well. Yes, credibility gets reeeally stretched in this series but it doesn't stop me from wanting to read the next book

I had never heard of urbex (urban exploring) and I was fascinated by it! Now I'm inspired to find some abandoned buildings near me where I can take some photos.

I feel No Man's Land can be read as a stand-alone.

[Laz the Sailor · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to give this author credit - she researches the hell out of some arcane topics.

However, the return to the trail-of-crumbs structure has lost it's spark. The supporting cast performs their roles diligently, but without inspiration.

That said, there are a couple of really intense scenes that are very well executed.

I'll read the next one in hopes that this one is just a dip in the series.

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

No Man’s Land by Sara Driscoll is the 4th book in the F.B.I. K-9 series, and once again the subject matter covered is a step into unchartered territory for me. I love how this series expands my knowledge. In the first book, Lone Wolf, the theme addresses bombings, a homegrown terrorist, and how rescue with dogs works in a bombed building or site. In the second book, Before It’s Too Late, there was the cryptanalysis and Civil War sites. In the third book, Storm Rising, readers saw what went on during search and rescue efforts after a hurricane and the horrific issue of human trafficking. And, now, in book #4, readers learn about the world of exploring abandoned, dilapidated buildings to observe their rate of decay, an activity called urbexing. As with each of the books, there is a term defined at the beginning of each chapter helping to explain the subject matter, just a short sentence that aids in understanding the jargon used by those involved. At the heart of all these books is the theme of rescue, both physical and mental. The pairing of the main character Meg and her dog Hawk came about as a rescue of one another, she from a job where she had lost a beloved dog and Hawk from being homeless. Their rescue of one another makes for a firm bond that helps them succeed in the F.B.I.'s Human Scent Evidence Team and is a part of the appeal of this series.

No Man’s Land starts out with a day trip to an abandoned psychiatric hospital for Meg, her dog Hawk, Meg’s firefighter and paramedic boyfriend Todd Webb, and Todd’s firefighter friend and urbexer Chuck Smaill. It’s a chance for Hawk to get in some training and exercising, and it’s an interesting forage for the humans into some amazing old architecture and a world long forgotten. But, Hawk seems to be on alert from the beginning, indicating that perhaps other humans have tread the grounds and buildings recently. Meg finally realizes that Hawk might be onto something and takes him off leash to do his thing. The result is the discovery of a body, an elderly woman who has been dead for at least several days. Whether she was dead before ending up at this site or died on site is uncertain, but one thing is for certain and that is she couldn’t have gotten to the area she was found by herself. Foul play was at some point involved. A tragedy, but one for local authorities to deal with, until in talking about their day at the home of Meg and her sister Cara, Cara’s journalist boyfriend Clay McCord mentions a similar case six months earlier where an elderly person was found dead at an urbex site. Meg doesn’t like the coincidence and brings the matter up to her boss Craig at the F.B.I.’s Human Scent Evidence Team, who discovers more deaths of the elderly at abandoned urban sites. When another senior goes missing in the area, the team starts an active investigation into trying to find the victims before they die and trying to find a murderer who is preying on those too old and infirm to defend themselves. The rescue efforts take the team into places that are dangerously unstable structures, and the murderer seems to pick some of the most precarious perches in the buildings to leave the helpless, dying elders. It is as time sensitive as rescues can get, and Meg must deal with her aversion to heights in situations where the highest point is a favorite disposal location for the murderer being chased. With the crimes being particularly cruel in the fear factor to the elderly victims, first kidnapped and then left to die alone in a decaying and scary structure, the team and their outlying sources of Todd Webb, Clay McCord, and Chuck Smaill are on a 24-7 schedule to stop the madness.

This F.B.I. K-9 series checks so many boxes for me. As a fan of the television show Criminal Minds (an F.B.I. team unit show), as a dog lover, as a puzzle enthusiast, I get lots of interests addressed. The dogs and their handlers are always racing against the clock, building suspense on every page. These stories are just plain exciting. It’s truly like Criminal Minds with dogs. This series, like all series, builds on each book, especially in the character and relationship areas, but what is rather unique about this series is that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this last book or any of them as a stand-alone read. Of course, I have wanted to and have read them all and consider each book an amazing story, but if someone were particularly interested in one of the subjects addressed, like urbexing in No Man’s Land, I would green light it as a single read. However, that brings us to the character development that Sara Driscoll (Jen J. Danna and Ann Vanderlaan) is so adept at. Each book brings more insight into these strong, confident characters that work together so well on unmasking danger and murder. Meg and Hawk, while the stars of the show, benefit and need the help of her boyfriend Todd Webb, who is a D.C. firefighter and paramedic, her sister Cara, who is a dog trainer and yoga instructor, and Cara’s boyfriend Clay McCord, who is a journalist with connections and super human research skills. Then there are the rest of the dogs—Blink, Saki, Coy, and Lacey. All the dogs, those that are rescue and those not, will help readers see dogs as important anchors in life. The rescue dogs, Hawk and Lacey, are fascinating in their abilities as part of the F.B.I.’s Human Scent Evidence Team. And, the storylines and subject matter are endlessly captivating, a constant source of learning for me.

I highly recommend No Man’s Land and the entire F.B.I. K-9 series. It’s an adventure you don’t want to miss. I received an advanced reader’s copy of this book from the publisher, and the thoughts and opinions above are absolutely my own assessment.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 stars - This book was both informative and entertaining. It's the 4th book in the series, but the first I've read. It worked pretty well as a standalone, but it took me a little while to figure out the relationships between all the characters. I liked both Meg and her sister, Cara, and of course I loved Meg's K-9 companion, Hawk. The book was tense and suspenseful, and I will definitely be reading more in this series.

[Maranda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love reading the stories about service dogs especially those who are part of the Human Scent Evidence Team. Agent Meg Jennings and her pooch Hawk are FBI. When they are not actively on a case or a rescue they work to make their skills even better. No Man's Land is the fourth in this FBI K-9 series by Driscoll but they all stand alone story wise. The characters just keep getting more and more vital to this reader. Never heard of Urbexing before which is exploring the dilapidated and dangerous abandoned buildings that were once the boom to the community. Description of these evacuated past structures were made read because of the Driscoll Skill. To make these places even darker, a killer is hiding elderly persons there to die. "A copy of this book was provided by Kensington Books via NetGalley with no requirements for a review. Comments here are my honest opinion." LOOK FORWARD TO MORE IN THIS SERIES!

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Meg and her search and rescue dog Hawk get pulled into another mystery. Helping to solve the mystery of why elderly people are dying and being left at vacant sites is her partner Brian, her paramedic boyfriend, and investigative reporter. This is the 4th in the series. Good plot and interesting characters.

[Darcy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was interesting, starting out with Meg on her day off, checking out a potential new hobby, or at least a new way to train Hawk. I find Urban Exploring to be a bit odd. I can see the appeal of those wanting to see the crumbling places, but there is no way I'd go in there, would be too afraid for my own safety. Meg, unfortunately found a different bad aspect to urban exploring when she found a dead body and Meg being who she is couldn't let it go and found out more. The more seemed to lead to more and more and more, until Meg and her crew were in full out investigative mode, tracking down a killer, a killer who killed "old" people and left them in odd places.

The more that the team learned the more things seemed odd. When they finally figured out the "why" I was sad, sad that it was such a banal reason for people to loose their lives. Like the team I hated how things ended with the bad guy, feel he sort of found the easy way out.

[Monica Mac · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read all of the books in the series so far and this book is a little different to the others. It reads well as a standalone, but the others are terrific books so why not read them too?

It has to be said that I prefer the format of the previous books a little more than this one e.g. Meg and Hawk are involved in searching for people after a natural disaster usually, whereas this one is about abducted people they are trying to find. Nevertheless, it is a well-written book and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about Meg and Hawk (and the other characters) all the same. My heart was in my mouth several times when Meg was trying to get to a particular part of an abandoned building, it has to be said!

I really like how Meg's relationship with Webb is realistic, and not in-your-face in any way, which makes a nice change from a lot of books.

4.5 stars from me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books.

[Maureen Caupp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although I would never enjoy exploring abandoned building myself, it was interesting learning about the explorations. I also enjoyed the descriptions of abandoned buildings in the area and how they operated before they closed down.

[Kristine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the 4th book in a series that I seem to be flying through. While this wasn't my favorite storyline, I did still enjoy it.

In this book, Meg and Hawk are exploring an old deserted building (this was a new thing that I had never heard before - Urbexing - the exploration of old deserted urban sites....who knew?) when they discover a recently deceased elderly woman. The victim was in a location that was impossible for her to have ended up there on her own. They pass of the case to the local PD but then Meg happens to mention it to friend Clay McCord. McCord, an investigative reporter, realizes that the circumstances sound a little familiar and after some checking, realizes that this isn't the first odd death of an elderly person in this type of location.

The team gets back together when they realize after more checking that there are MANY possible deaths that fit this pattern. Once they determine possible reasons for the deaths, they are then fighting against the clock to try to save the next victims before they are killed.

As usual, it is Meg and Hawk in a fight against time to try to keep these people alive. The storyline of this case was a little bit "out there" for me, but I still enjoyed it. I think however, that I might take a break from this series and jump into a new genre for a couple of books before I come back and finish the series.

[Carla · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars, rounded up. No Man's Land is the 4th book in the FBR K-9 series by Sara Driscoll. This series features Special Agent Meg Jennings, her K-9 partner, Hawk and the FBI’s Human Scent Evidence Team. While each book can be read as a standalone, the characters and their relationships continue to develop in each book. In this outing, Meg and Hawk are out learning about “Urbexing”, Urban Exploration, with her boyfriend, Todd Webb (EMS firefighter) and his coworker, Chuck Smaill and Urbexer. The sites are run-down buildings, sometimes dangerous, but interesting and extra training for Hawk. While exploring an abandoned asylum, Hawk picks up a scent and finds the body of an elderly woman in an area that would have been impossible for her to reach on her own. After Meg reports the victim, she soon learns that there have been other elderly victims found in urbex sites around the area. It seems that there is nothing linking them except the way they are killed, but when another elderly man disappears, Meg calls in reporter Clay McCord. With is help, the team is able to save the victim, but there is still no motive. Once they figure out a motive, they may be able to find the killer.

I really enjoy this series and this books is another great addition to it. I liked how the storyline was intertwined with urbex information and culture, as I learned about that. The characters are all wonderful in this series. Meg, Todd, Cara and Clay are all regulars and I have gotten to know them well. The secondary characters who are colleagues, friends and family are all well developed and realistic. I love the dogs in these stories as well and have learned a lot about working K-9s. One of the things I really like about this series is the team aspect of the FBI unit as well as utilizing the help of family, friends and of course the dogs. Meg really kicks it up a notch in this book taking chances and facing her fears. I'm not sure if that will continue as it had her as a maverick in this story. No Man's Land is a well written and plotted story, with a motive that was a surprising one. I was once again gripped by this story and am certainly going to continue reading/listening to this series. The audiobook is narrated by Angela Dawe. I enjoyed her performance of this story, but some of her voices were a bit off for me. Overall she does a good job, but this is not one of my top narrators.

[Cathy Geha · Rating 5 out of 5]

No Man’s Land by Sara Driscoll
FBI K-9 #4

Have any idea what urbex is? I sure didn’t when I began reading this book but it was definitely something new and intriguing. Who knew that people go out dare-devilishly exploring buildings that are wrecks and no doubt should be condemned and knocked down BUT for Meg and her K-9 partner who go into dangerous places looking for survivors an urbex site is a great place to train...with someone that knows what they are doing. The descriptions of the derelict buildings in this book reminded me of an exhibition at the Sursock Museum in Beirut that I attended this year. The photographs were of abandoned buildings in Lebanon. It was haunting and disturbing and this book’s sites were no doubt the same. And, to have a fiendish killer leaving bodies in such buildings even more creepy.

With the clock ticking, more elderly people disappearing and dying and a team of civilian and FBI working the case as they try to get ahead of and capture the killer they look for clues, research angles, try to save people, become frustrated with near misses and finally manage to put all the pieces together to determine who the culprit is. The drama was real. The locations well described and creepy. The killer intelligent, committed and methodical. Dogs superb. The characters well crafted. The camaraderie warm and believable. And...I REALLY enjoyed this book!

This story brings back the sisters and their boyfriends as well as the FBI K-9 team with their human handlers and also introduces a new person or two that may show up in future books in the series. I would love to see find out more about Meg’s teammates Lauren and Scott as well as their dogs. I wonder if Chuck, Webb’s friend, will show up in future books. I also wonder if the introduction of the two new women will see them appearing in future cases. I am curious to see what will happen next with Meg and Webb as well as with Cara and McCord.

This series has wonderful characters that work together and make me feel I am coming home each time I pick up the next book. I can’t wait to read book five as soon as it is written!

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

"No Man's Land" is a suspense/mystery. This book is the fourth in a series, but you don't need to read the previous books to understand this one. This novel did spoil a previous mystery's whodunit, though.

The characters were engaging, interesting, and reacted realistically to events. Meg and her K9 partner mainly focused their efforts on racing to save the next victim from within ruined buildings. The danger to everyone from the buildings and from the killer kept the suspense high. Her team found clues and eventually figured out who the killer was, but Meg's role was mainly to discover the initial body and track down subsequent victims.

There was some bad language. There were no sex scenes. Overall, I'd recommend this suspenseful novel.

I received an e-book review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

[Sue Plant · Rating 4 out of 5]

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this book

hawk a k9 search and rescue dog and handler meg are out exploring a new site that will give hawk some new challenges

but hawks scents something and after a while they find the body of an oap in a position where she wouldnt have gotten in herself or out...why an abandoned building

as more oaps are being found alone in abandoned buildings a pattern is realised but what is the motive...

hawk and meg and her band of k9 rescuers have their work cut out...and its a startling discovery as to why they are being picked...

can meg and hawk get to the perp before they kill again....

not a bad storyline love the k9 stories

[Tango · Rating 2 out of 5]

Way too much boring Meg; not nearly enough fabulous Hawk. Sara Driscoll needs to clue up - characters, mystery, and romance are all pretty tepid in this series. The dogs are what make it different and worth reading. In this episode, the focus is all on MarySue Meg (seriously, in the big climactic moment, Meg leaves her dog behind and single-handedly goes after the perpetrator) and a totally lame romance. Just plain dull. Angela Dawe, the narrator, was great but couldn't save this.

[Barbara Blindauer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the adventure feel and the unique setting. Also enjoyed the history about the buildings. Then I got tired of reading about decrepit buildings that were impossible for a normal person to get to, being used as murder sites.

[Noelle]

Set in the US, the reader is faced with vulnerability, greed, urbex (love this!), survival, rescue – physically and mentally, and a search for the truth.
Another winning read from Sara Driscoll and the K9 series! The opening was tense and had me hooked from the start! The minute Hawk was introduced on the page, I smiled – #GottaLoveHawk! I knew a body would not be far off…and I wasn’t wrong! One of the things I enjoy about this series are the tidbits of facts/information given at the start of each chapter. This may not be to everyones taste – but I absolutely LOVE it! You get a unique insight into the training and techniques used/described in each chapter and when a fictional book can teach me something… well I’m a fan! I loved the storyline – a clever motive had me guessing until it was revealed. Great characterisation where we learn more about the key players in this series and an absolutely fascinating setting/sense of place – I was engrossed from the first page to the last!
Characters are at the core of this novel. Meg and Hawk stealing the show – but just about as Todd Webb (Meg’s EMS fire -fighting boyfriend) and Clay McCord (Cara’s boyfriend) are a close second as we learn more about this pair as the group use their collective skills in the hunt for a killer.
Would I recommend this read? Oh hell yeah! I am hooked on this series – authentic, riveting and clever – No Man’s Land was another gripping read in this addictive series! Can’t wait for the next one – highly recommended! (Each novel is written in a way that they can be read on their own for the story – however, they are SO good – I would definitely recommend you start at the beginning as the character arc(s) and backstories are interesting to watch as each new book is released!)

[Darlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book #4 in the FBI K-9 series, and what an exciting addition to the series this was. As always the characters were fabulous and the dogs were amazing. The loyalty the dogs show to their owners is breathtaking beautiful. Meg, the FBI canine handler, and her dog, Hawk, are simply an amazing duo. Hawk knows how to read every emotion Meg emits and knows exactly how to respond.
Meg and Hawk, on their day off are exploring an abandoned building with two other companions when Hawk get the scent of a human body. This starts the chase of who is killing elderly, frail people and why.
I’m telling you there was never a stop to the excitement in this book. A great, great series that I highly recommend.

[Audrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Someone is abducting senior citizens and killing them, dumping them in deserted and neglected buildings. Meg Jennings, her dog, Hawk, with the rest of the team search these dangerously dilapidated structures in the hope of saving the victims and arresting the killer before time runs out.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is amazing. I love the way Meg and Hawk get caught up in their cases. Meg does get over involved emotionally but that makes her a caring person. The hunt for this serial killer was terrifying because of the environments he used—abandoned, decaying complexes where something might collapse at any moment. Again, the teamwork needed to pull everything together was fantastic.

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unique murder settings opens up the whole reality of urbexing. Meg Jennings and her dog Hawk try to reach new targets before it's too late, as they try to link a series of cruel murders of elderly victims. Great premise, nice international twist. Unfortunately, for me it began to feel like the adventures of the cool kids. Meg and her friends are all smart, physically fit, they have all the assorted special skills needed to solve the crime, they can face down their fears and take risks and no one but the bad guys get hurt.

[Judy Crudele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although this book was good, I felt that some of the rescue scenes were a little over the top. Climbing 3 -4 stories in a rotten, crumbling building in the pouring rain and fierce wind and not getting hurt???? Possible but not probable.

[Robin Mandell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is so satisfying: engaging characters, well-plotted mysteries,and solid writing. And, of course, there are the dogs!