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Close to the Bone

Widow's Island Novella, Book 1

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Close to the Bone

By: Kendra Elliot
Narrated by: Christine Williams
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An Amazon Charts bestseller.

From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kendra Elliot comes the first novella in the thrilling Widow’s Island series.

FBI Special Agent Cate Wilde is back home on a remote Pacific Northwest island when she gets the call: a teenager’s skeletal remains have been found on a nearby island.

Together with Tessa Black, a childhood friend turned local deputy, Cate confronts dreary weather and bleak leads to make sense of the death. The complications pile up as Cate is distracted by the coroner on the case - and by nagging memories that draw her twenty years into the past. The remains suggest eerie similarities between this victim, and Cate and Tessa’s friend Samantha, who disappeared when she was fourteen.

Cate finds herself up against closemouthed locals, buried town secrets, and even her own heart. As the case unravels, will she be able to cut through the fog and find justice for the missing and the dead?

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Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Romance Romantic Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Exciting Heartfelt
Intriguing Mystery • Likable Characters • Interesting Island Setting • Unexpected Twists • Engaging Storyline

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Not one of her best, I hope that this, first in the series was just to set up the characters and give a sense of how the island was laid out. I sincerely hope future plots will be more compelling.
The narration was quite good though.

Just OK.

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Great narration and story line wss good, it just wasn't a page turner for me.

Not as thrilling as I had hoped

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The story was hard to follow, mainly due to the narrator whose tone didn't always match her words. I suspect the Kindle version would have been better.
I give this book 3☆s.

The story was hard to follow due to the narrator

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This episode in the Bones series moves quickly, captivates and follows the series whether you are reading it in order or not.

Bones series review

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This series feels like short stories that should be in one book. Not worth my credit.

Two short

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