A Cook Investigations Novel Salt Wound: A Cook Investigations Novel, Book 4, (Paperback)

<p><b>A missing child. A corrupt system. A detective still learning how to live with her own wounds.</b></p><p>Former police captain turned private investigator <b>Ellie Cook</b> is barely holding her recovery together-counting pills from a time-lock safe, balancing therapy with Dr. Vivian Rose, and rebuilding her relationship with Dr. Alexa Mendoza one fragile layer at a time.</p><p>But when a case involving a vulnerable teen hits too close to home, Ellie is pulled into a web of institutional failure, buried evidence, and predators protected by powerful families. As the investigation deepens, Ellie's physical limits and old addiction patterns collide with a conspiracy designed to silence the people who dare to look too closely.</p><p>With the help of Chief Jesse Tran, paramedic Joe Park, and a mysterious figure known only as <b>The Watcher</b>, Ellie must navigate lies, trauma, and a system built to let children slip through the cracks. But saving someone else means risking the progress she's fought tooth and nail to make. </p><p><b>Salt Wound</b> is a gritty, emotional crime thriller threaded with queer romance, chronic-pain realism, slow-burn suspense, and the relentless heart of a woman who refuses to walk away-even when it hurts.</p><p>Fans of <b>Tana French, Karin Slaughter, and Ann Cleeves</b> will love Ellie Cook.</p>

• A Cook Investigations Novel Salt Wound: A Cook Investigations Novel, Book 4, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798278292562
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2025-12-11
• Page Count: 520