Fractured Truth

A Bone Gap Travellers Mystery, Book 2

By: Susan Furlong

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

When the mutilated remains of a young woman are found in an Appalachian Mountain cave, newly sworn-in deputy sheriff Brynn Callahan is forced to track down a killer driven by twisted motives....

Not long after donning the uniform of the McCreary County Sheriff's department in Bone Gap, Tennessee, ex-Marine Brynn Callahan faces her first official homicide. On a cold February morning, a lone cross-country skier stumbles across the mutilated body of a young woman. Sent to investigate, Brynn is shocked when she recognizes the victim as a fellow Traveller, Maura Keene.

Maura held a solid standing both within the Travellers’ insular community and among the settled townspeople - a fact that makes her murder all the more disturbing to Brynn, who also straddles the two worlds. After her trained K-9, Wilco, digs up human bones, and then a scrap of paper scrawled with arcane Latin phrases is uncovered, Brynn finds evidence leading her to question those closest to her - and closing the case becomes a deeply personal matter.

While trying to suppress local superstitions and prejudices, Brynn discovers that Maura was keeping a dangerous secret. And as the bones Wilco found are analyzed by forensics, Brynn harbors the troubling suspicion that she knows who they belong to. Still struggling with PTSD, Brynn must put her career on the line and her life at risk to find justice for a woman not unlike herself - haunted by her past, and caught in a vicious cycle she may never escape....

©2019 Susan Furlong (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Published by arrangement with Kensington Publishing Corp.

pretty good series of books likable main characte

Pretty good series of books, likable main character, interesting glimpse into pacer culture and traditions.

Even better than the first book!

Fractured Truth was my second read/listen from author Susan Furlong. Even better than the first book! The story and characters are slowly & methodically developed, drawing the reader in. Narrator Amy Landon adds greatly to the listening enjoyment with her wide variety of entertaining voices & inflections. I was given an Audible copy of this book & am voluntarily reviewing it. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018). (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).

Gripping and surprising!

Really enjoying this new series. The characters are well drawn and developed and tackle universal themes of family ties, duty, and the scars of loss. The look into Traveller culture and the prejudices on both sides adds to the complexity and originality.
I read the first novel before this. They both stand alone, however hints at the end tell us that the story isn't over. Looking forward to the next novel in this series.

Police procedural, sort of

I loved this book. an opportunity to learn more about a different culture. The opportunity to become more acquainted with the main characters. A win

The Main Character was Maddening

This story was not a straightforward mystery. To me, it read like the introspection of a blathering drunk and drug addict whose only redeeming quality was her sweet dog. There was a mystery to solve, but it was only a distraction from the self-pitying unlikeable main character. Ugggg!