Shadow Ridge

A Jo Wyatt Mystery

By: M.E. Browning

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

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 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.

©2020 M.E. Browning (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Great story line

Really got into this from the beginning. great characters, great narrator. So on to the next book

Didn’t see the end coming

M.E. Browning drew me into this story so fast I couldn’t put the book down. I felt I was right next to Jo Wyatt the entire time. Every time I thought I had it figured out another piece of the puzzle was laid out and the end was a complete surprise. The interplay between the characters was what I would expect especially between partners. I can’t wait until the next book in the series.

This woman has grit

Jo Wyatt's father wanted a boy. And she wanted to be just like him when she grew up, a cop. But she's a woman cop in a man cop's world and it isn't easy. Her soon-to-be jerk of an ex-husband received a promotion she should have gotten. When she's called to a death scene which her ex, their captain, and the coroner are all too quick to declare a suicide, she has doubts. Like where's the cat? There was a cat dish but no cat at the scene. Soon she takes a snarky college student with baggage of her own under her wing and Jo learns there is so much she needs to know to solve the mystery. She's not a quitter.

The story is paced perfectly, always moving forward yet giving the reader enough description to feel the scenes. In short, a page turner with a few laugh-out-loud moments. Jo's a complicated woman in flux personally and professionally but she doesn't feel sorry for herself. She gets the job done. I'm looking forward to the next in the series!