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Sentenced To Life
Detective Mia Goodwin is no stranger to adversity. As the only female detective in the Cut Bank Police Department, she’s spent years proving herself in a profession that often tries to sideline her. But when a serial killer terrorizes her quiet Montana town, Mia refuses to be pushed aside. Determined to bring justice to the victims, she throws herself into the case—only to find herself in over her head.
Enter FBI Special Agent Elliot Harp. A sharp-witted profiler with a reputation for solving the unsolvable, Elliot arrives in Cut Bank with a practiced confidence that immediately grates on Mia. He’s everything she doesn’t trust—polished, perceptive, and far too sure of himself. But as the case grows more complex and the two are forced to work together, Mia begins to question not just his motives, but her own instincts.
Set against the stark backdrop of 1990s rural Montana, Sentenced to Life is a gripping mystery that weaves together redemption, resilience, and the unexpected connection between two guarded souls. As Mia and Elliot hunt a killer, they must also confront the walls they’ve built around themselves. Through the pursuit of justice, they just might find something even more life-changing—something that helps heal their wounds.
Enter FBI Special Agent Elliot Harp. A sharp-witted profiler with a reputation for solving the unsolvable, Elliot arrives in Cut Bank with a practiced confidence that immediately grates on Mia. He’s everything she doesn’t trust—polished, perceptive, and far too sure of himself. But as the case grows more complex and the two are forced to work together, Mia begins to question not just his motives, but her own instincts.
Set against the stark backdrop of 1990s rural Montana, Sentenced to Life is a gripping mystery that weaves together redemption, resilience, and the unexpected connection between two guarded souls. As Mia and Elliot hunt a killer, they must also confront the walls they’ve built around themselves. Through the pursuit of justice, they just might find something even more life-changing—something that helps heal their wounds.
290 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 11, 2025
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November 29, 2025
Lovely easy-to-pick up and follow read! Well developed characters and exciting plot keeps you engaged in the investigation and relationships between the officers and townsfolk. Such a page turner and can’t wait for more from this author!!
April 29, 2026
This book was a really quick read. Easy writing, short chapters. It is a dual point of view between the two main characters.
Mia is a small town girl, born and raised in Cut Bank. She followed in her father's foot steps and became one of two detectives at the police department. The passing of her father at the age of 18 is brought up multiple times and shows she still struggles being in a small town where everyone knew her father and compares her abilities to his. Also, as the only women in law enforcement surrounded by men that knew her when she was a child she is put down and under minded. This too is brought up a lot within the book.
Elliot was also raised in a small town and decided he wanted more for himself. He took up a career at the FBI due in part to his sister's murder. He felt as though he wasn't here for her when he was a kid so he was going to make amends by protecting others and catching killers. He is a stone cold jerk because he feels if he isn't he will miss out on important information, resulting in the deaths of others.
If you simply read the book and didn't look to deep into it you would really enjoy. However and lot of things were happening that took me out of the story. I would read something and then think to myself 'wait, didn't they just say this...how could that be happening then?'
For example:
- Mia and Elliot are on a stack out for their primary suspect. When Elliot is reviewing their suspects appearance he says 'White Male, Early 30s-' (pg 58)
- Yet on page 54 they state the suspects DOB at 5/12/1945
- Chapter 31 we learn it is the Fourth of July 1997
-1997-1945 = 52 making the suspect 52 years old not in his mid 30's.
Things like this occurred often within the book and that just continued to remove me from the story,
Additionally I did not care for the characters, aside from Jenkins. I did not feel as though Elliot and Mia were actually in love. And honestly it felt like they were doing everything but solving the case during their time together. The book opens with a murder and then another is not committed until Chap 34 Pg 176. It just didn't flow for me.
Mia is a small town girl, born and raised in Cut Bank. She followed in her father's foot steps and became one of two detectives at the police department. The passing of her father at the age of 18 is brought up multiple times and shows she still struggles being in a small town where everyone knew her father and compares her abilities to his. Also, as the only women in law enforcement surrounded by men that knew her when she was a child she is put down and under minded. This too is brought up a lot within the book.
Elliot was also raised in a small town and decided he wanted more for himself. He took up a career at the FBI due in part to his sister's murder. He felt as though he wasn't here for her when he was a kid so he was going to make amends by protecting others and catching killers. He is a stone cold jerk because he feels if he isn't he will miss out on important information, resulting in the deaths of others.
If you simply read the book and didn't look to deep into it you would really enjoy. However and lot of things were happening that took me out of the story. I would read something and then think to myself 'wait, didn't they just say this...how could that be happening then?'
For example:
- Mia and Elliot are on a stack out for their primary suspect. When Elliot is reviewing their suspects appearance he says 'White Male, Early 30s-' (pg 58)
- Yet on page 54 they state the suspects DOB at 5/12/1945
- Chapter 31 we learn it is the Fourth of July 1997
-1997-1945 = 52 making the suspect 52 years old not in his mid 30's.
Things like this occurred often within the book and that just continued to remove me from the story,
Additionally I did not care for the characters, aside from Jenkins. I did not feel as though Elliot and Mia were actually in love. And honestly it felt like they were doing everything but solving the case during their time together. The book opens with a murder and then another is not committed until Chap 34 Pg 176. It just didn't flow for me.
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