Echoes of Edisto

The Edisto Island Mysteries, Book 3

By: C. Hope Clark

Narrated by: C. Hope Clark

Murder came in with the tide....

Edisto Island is a paradise where people escape from the mainstream world. Yet for newly sworn-in Edisto Police Chief Callie Jean Morgan, the trouble has just begun.

When a rookie officer drowns in a freak crash in the marsh, Callie's instincts tell her it wasn't an accident. As suspects and clues mount, Callie's outlandish mother complicates the investigation, and Callie's long-time friendship with Officer Mike Seabrook takes a turn toward something new - but is shadowed by the unsolved mystery of his wife's death. Everyone's past rises to the surface, entangling with death that cuts to the bone.

The roar of the surf made Callie's steps soundless, her thoughts louder. Two and a half weeks on the job, and she'd lost an officer. Edisto hadn't sacrificed an officer in its entire history, and the first female chief had to be the one to break the record.

She sniffled. Salty breezes began to clear her sinuses, but nothing could assuage the guilt clinging to her like the muggy air.

Sarah lived. Francis died. And somebody had to be disappointed at that freakish turn of events, because she suspected it was meant to be the other way around. Crime was for people who lived across the big bridge on the mainland. But whether the natives liked it or not, the brake lines were cut on Edisto. She didn't want to go down that path, but one of them might be a frustrated, unfulfilled killer.

C. Hope Clark is the award-winning author of the Carolina Slade Mysteries and now the Edisto Island Mysteries. During her career with the US Department of Agriculture, she met and married a federal agent - now a private investigator. She plots murder mysteries at their lakeside home in South Carolina when not visiting Edisto Beach.

©2016 C. Hope Clarkq (P)2021 C. Hope Clark

This story brings to the forefront the losses that law enforcement makes as they protect and serve.

I’ve read this series several times at least. Echoes of Edisto is the one that always brings tears to my eyes.

OMG -- number 3 is the best .... so far

After the narrations of books 1 and 2, it was refreshing to have the author herself narrate this story. Although I enjoyed the storylines of books 1 and 2, I loved the storyline a book 3. There were times I laughed, was mad, cried, got mad again and in the end, smiled, looking forward to the next in the series. I will finish this series and then begin Mrs. Clark's initial series of books.

Thank you, Audible, for making my daily walks that much more enjoyable!

Thank you thank you C Hope Clark

As a Lowcountry native I am grateful the author took over the narration of this 3rd book! Hearing common names and places mispronounced is hard for us natives! Great storytelling! Can’t wait to listen to the rest!!

An amazing number of deeply moving people come to life in a rich Southern culture on a South Carolina island!!**

I loved it all and Hope Clark's narrating voice, healing my loneliness for hours and hours of life-widening action and deeply moving relationships. The necessary shock and violence of the genre has the effect of waking one's soul to the call to battle against deceits and powers of evil.

Good story, good narration. I enjoyed the first two, but this one is the best so far.

Good story, good narration. I enjoyed the first two, but this one is the best so far.