Scent of Sabotage by Dana Mentink

Scent of Sabotage
by Dana Mentink
Narrated by Abby Craden

ISBN-13: 9781488236723
Audiobook, Unabridged
Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense
Released: December 30, 2025

Source: audiobook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Detective Beth Wolfe’s reunion with investigative journalist Jack St. James is interupted when a masked assailant attacks them, a severe blow leaves Jack with some amnesia. Beth and her K-9, Arthur, are determined to keep Jack safe while he continues to work a case relating to the son they placed for adoption decades ago. When their investigations lead them inside a booby-trapped amusement park, it’s a race against the clock to put all the pieces together before the park owners’ kill them.


My Review:
Scent of Sabotage is a Christian romantic suspense. Beth and Jack dated in high school and had a baby, which they gave up for a closed adoption. Three decades later, Jack has never married, but Beth married, had kids, and is now widowed. Both have matured and changed in that time. Jack contacted Beth to tell her that he's trying to find a missing woman--the girlfriend of their son, whom he's recently found and been in contact with. Out of concern for Jack and not wanting to let her unknown son down, Beth helped Jack track down the girlfriend.

The main characters were likable, kind, and reacted realistically to events. Beth and Jack respected each other and worked well together, rekindling old feelings as they spent time together. The ongoing suspense came from bad guys who were willing to kill anyone who got in their way, plus there were wildfires burning nearby. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this exciting novel with an interesting setting (an amusement park).

The narrator of the audiobook did a good job, making it easy to follow who was talking and what was going on. She used different voices for the different characters and narrated the story in a way that allowed me to become immersed in the story.


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