Summer storms can bring unwelcome surprises.During the rainiest July on record for the people of Ventris County in Oklahoma, in the midst of a violent thunderstorm, a stranger is murdered. When a friend becomes the second person to die under suspicious circumstances, local sleuth Darcy Campbell is drawn into the investigation. Evidence points toward someone she cares about, but has loyalty … has loyalty blinded her to the truth? Danger is closer to Darcy and her mother, Flora, than either of them suspect. And if the human threat is not enough, Lee Creek and the Ventris River flood, bringing Mother Nature into the fray.
Has the whole world turned on Darcy and Flora?
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This is rainiest July on record in Ventris County in Oklahoma and a stranger is found murdered during a thunderstorm. Since the storm, one of their friends has disappeared. After this friend becomes a suspect and a 2nd person is found dead under suspicious circumstances Darcy can’t help but get involved in the investigation. The danger is closing in on Darcy and her mother Flora. Can they solve the deaths and missing person case while escaping danger from mother nature and a killer?
This is another entertaining cozy mystery in a fun series. Although book 4 you can enjoy the story as a stand-alone. The characters are realistic and interesting, they have great chemistry and are loyal in their relationships. The mystery is well plotted with several twists and turns along the way to the big reveal. I never saw the killer as a suspect.
I was lucky enough to get to listen to the audio version of this book. Narrator Michelle Babb brings an already good cozy mystery to new heights. She is a natural storyteller. She brings each character to life, has wonderful timing and pace. I recommend getting the audio version if you can.
I voluntarily agreed to read a copy of this book that was supplied by the Narrator. All thoughts and opinions are my own and in no way have been influenced.
This review is for the audio book.
This was a fun cozy mystery. With so much going on it is hard to choose what I liked best but I think it has to be the characters. They are so down to earth and it is easy to imagine curling up on a Sunday afternoon with my gran to watch it on tv because the books don’t contain any sex scenes, violence or swearing, just perfect for a little adventure and with the characters continuing from one book to the next it is fun learning a little bit more about them each time or what happened to them after the previous book. Good to hear Ranger the dog was still around having said that each book is a stand alone so you don’t need to have listened to the previous ones but it does help fill in the back ground.
After the earthquake a couple of months back it seems mother nature hasn’t finished playing games with Darcy and her mother Flora it is during a storm that a strange comes banging on there door for help. But when he learns Flora’s name he goes running back out into the night. Unsure what to make of it the ladies forget about him until Darcy stumbles over his body. Who is the stranger and why did he look so scared? It is only when a connection to a family friend is made that they can start to ask the right questions and with the family friends son missing they will have to wait to ask him and what about the food that is going missing? Is that connected? They don’t have long to ponder this thought before they are welcoming a new priest to there church and letting him stay in there old home as there new house is ready. The new Priest is very different to.there old one which gets people talking bit when the man leading those questions is also found dead they begin to wonder if there really is more to the priest than meets the eye. To top it all off mother nature hasn’t finished with them yet and the creek by there home starts to flood putting everybody’s life in danger.
Every time Michelle Babb acts as the narrator the book gets a five star for the narrator’s performance from me because I haven’t listened to one of her books yet where she gives nothing but her very best and she has a way of making every one entertaining and exciting