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Mercy Creek by M.E. Browning was a great book. Even though this is the second book in the “Jo Wyatt Mystery,” I loved that you don’t have to read the whole series if they don’t interest you. You get all the information you need in each book, and the books don’t build on each other as other series do. I read the first book in this series, and if you want to check out my review of that book, you can click here and read my review of that book. I enjoy this author’s writing and her stories. I am sure one of the reasons that I love her mystery books is because she used to be a cop and knows how things are done, which makes this book even more realistic. I loved that this book didn’t waste time telling us something we didn’t need to know and started right from the first page with the story. This book had just the right amount of suspense in it, which means that I read it pretty quickly and then was sad when it was over. The author did a great job of making the story come to life as I was reading. If you love mystery books, then I would for sure recommend this book to you.
About The Book
Genre: Mystery
Published by: Crooked Lane Books
Publication Date: October 12th 2021
Number of Pages: 288
ISBN: 1643857622 (ISBN13: 9781643857626)
Series: A Jo Wyatt Mystery, Book 2 || Each mystery in the A Jo Wyatt Mystery series is a stand alone novel.
In an idyllic Colorado town, a young girl goes missing—and the trail leads into the heart and mind of a remorseless killer.
The late summer heat in Echo Valley, Colorado turns lush greenery into a tinder dry landscape. When a young girl mysteriously disappears, long buried grudges rekindle. Of the two Flores girls, Marisa was the one people pegged for trouble. Her younger sister, Lena, was the quiet daughter, dutiful and diligent—right until the moment she vanished.
Detective Jo Wyatt is convinced the eleven-year-old girl didn’t run away and that a more sinister reason lurks behind her disappearance. For Jo, the case is personal, reaching far back into her past. But as she mines Lena’s fractured family life, she unearths a cache of secrets and half-lies that paints a darker picture.
As the evidence mounts, so do the suspects, and when a witness steps forward with a shocking new revelation, Jo is forced to confront her doubts, and her worst fears. Now, it’s just a matter of time before the truth is revealed—or the killer makes another deadly move.
About The Author
M.E. Browning writes the Colorado Book Award-winning Jo Wyatt Mysteries and the Agatha-nominated and award-winning Mer Cavallo Mysteries (as Micki Browning). Micki also writes short stories and nonfiction. Her work has appeared in dive magazines, anthologies, mystery magazines, and textbooks. An FBI National Academy graduate, Micki worked in municipal law enforcement for more than two decades and retired as a captain before turning to a life of crime… fiction.
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