Shadow Ridge by M.E. Browning

Mercy Creek by M.E. Browning

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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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Shadow Ridge by M.E. Browning

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Shadow Ridge by M.E. Browning was a great book.  I can’t remember a time recently where I enjoyed a book this much.  I can’t wait to read more from this author in the future, especially more books in this series.  I fell in love with this book right from the first page, and as the book went on, I fell more and more in love.  I didn’t want to put this book down until I was finished reading.  This was one of those books that I stayed up too late reading on more than one occasion, which isn’t something that often happens to me.  I loved that this author gave the right amount of details, so I didn’t get bogged down in all of them, but I also didn’t wish that she had spent more time describing other scenes.  As you can see I loved this book and its author.  I can’t wait to see what comes in this series.  If you love mystery books as I do, you will love this book and need to pick it up and give it a read.

About The Book

Genre: Mystery (police procedural)
Published by: Crooked Lane Books
Publication Date: October 6th 2020
Number of Pages: 395
ISBN: 1643855352 (ISBN13: 9781643855356)
Series: A Jo Wyatt Mystery, #1

Death is one click away when a string of murders rocks a small Colorado town in the first mesmerizing novel in M. E. Browning’s A Jo Wyatt Mystery series.

Echo Valley, Colorado, is a place where the natural beauty of a stunning river valley meets a budding hipster urbanity. But when an internet stalker is revealed to be a cold-blooded killer in real life the peaceful community is rocked to its core.

It should have been an open-and-shut case: the suicide of Tye Horton, the designer of a cutting-edge video game. But Detective Jo Wyatt is immediately suspicious of Quinn Kirkwood, who reported the death. When Quinn reveals an internet stalker is terrorizing her, Jo is skeptical. Doubts aside, she delves into the claim and uncovers a link that ties Quinn to a small group of beta-testers who had worked with Horton. When a second member of the group dies in a car accident, Jo’s investigation leads her to the father of a young man who had killed himself a year earlier. But there’s more to this case than a suicide, and as Jo unearths the layers, a more sinister pattern begins to emerge–one driven by desperation, shame, and a single-minded drive for revenge.

As Jo closes in, she edges ever closer to the shattering truth–and a deadly showdown that will put her to the ultimate test.

About The Author

M.E. BROWNING served twenty-two years in law enforcement and retired as a captain before turning to a life of crime fiction. Writing as Micki Browning, she penned the Agatha-nominated and award-winning Mer Cavallo mysteries, and her short stories and nonfiction have appeared in anthologies, mystery and diving magazines, and textbooks. As M.E. Browning, she recently began a new series of Jo Wyatt mysteries with Shadow Ridge (October 2020).

Micki is a member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, and Sisters in Crime—where she served as a former president of the Guppy Chapter. A professional divemaster, she resides in Florida with her partner in crime and a vast array of scuba equipment she uses for “research.”

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