Big secrets run deep. Former FBI agent Jack McBride took the job as Chief of Police for Stillwater, Texas, to start a new life with his teenage son, Ethan, away from the suspicions that surrounded his wife’s disappearance a year earlier. With a low crime rate and a five-man police force, he expected it to be a nice, easy gig; hot checks, traffic violations, some drugs, occasional domestic … drugs, occasional domestic disturbances, and petty theft. Instead, within a week he is investigating a staged murder-suicide, uncovering a decades’ old skeleton buried in the woods, and managing the first crime wave in thirty years.
For help navigating his unfamiliar, small-town surroundings, Jack turns to Ellie Martin, one of the most respected women in town–her scandal-filled past notwithstanding. Despite Jack’s murky marriage status and the disapproval of Ethan and the town, they are immediately drawn to each other.
As Jack and Ellie struggle with their budding relationship, they unearth shattering secrets long buried and discover the two cases Jack is working, though fifty years apart, share a surprising connection that will rattle the town to its core.
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excellent
I enjoyed this book. A bit more romance than my preference, but hopefully that will be settled and the 2nd book will be more of what I look for … mystery/whodunnit/police procedural. Interesting story line. I will read the 2nd in the series when I can find it at a reasonable cost.
Did not say upfront it was TBC. Will not buy the next one.
This book started out OK but then it introduced way too many low level characters that did not contribute to the story. The story became very unbelievable. When a little sex, not romance, was added it was down right tacky, it was a waste of ink because again it was unnecessary to the plot of the story. I finished the book hoping some of the loose ends would be answered but the answers were lame. I t was BAD!
Loved the characters but was too much foul language and would never read another by this author because of taking the Lord’s name in vain over and over.
I really enjoyed the story and the characters in this book but because of all the f— words I found unnecessary, I had to give it a rating of 3.
Good imaginative writing. Several twists one never sees coming or figures out ahead of time.
Personally, I hated the ending. I hate to be left hanging. I think it an authors cheap trick to sell the next book.
I was really getting into this mystery, good writing, but then… the author did not end the book, he/she just stopped with so many balls in the air. Did not like it because of that. What a horrible way to get you to read the next book. No, ain’t gonna do it.
Just ok.
I really enjoyed reading this book, but it stopped before it ended. Now, I need to find a follow up book to see how it ends.
Pulled you in and ended where you want the next chapter, but did not offer the next book!