Review of Obsession by Patricia Bradley

 

Emma Winters is one of Natchez Trace's rangers and loves her job. With the chance to excavate a site on the land, Emma is in her glory. But all that turns to danger when she is shot at and it appears someone is messing with the excavation site. Assigned to the case is her ex-fiance, Sam Ryker, who isn't completely over Emma. Emma and Sam have to work together to find who is after her and trying to take out Sam.

This is book 2 in the Natchez Trace Park Ranger series and Bradley does a great job of writing a story that keeps the reader flipping the pages in to the late hours of the night. Her whodunnit level of writing keeps the reader guessing and the level of suspense keeps the reader glued to the pages. The characters are well formed and the storyline is smooth throughout the entire book. Any suspense reader would enjoy this book and this series by Bradley.

Revell Reads sent me this complimentary copy to review for them. Opinions expressed are my own.

Review of Network of Deceit by Thomas Threadgill

After Amara Alvarez was thrust in the spotlight after blowing open a closed case, her dream has come true with becoming homicide detective. Her first case has her questioning if she's cut out for the job when a teen winds up dead at a waterpark. On top of wanting to prove herself as a great detective, she's trying to figure out feelings towards another detective and carrying the weight of a health diagnosis of her mother - the matriarch of the family. Amara learns quickly of what it looks like to juggle so many balls while trying to find a killer.

Threadgill did a masterful job with the depth and narrative of this story! It can be read as a stand-alone, but the reader would understand much more having read the first book in the series. More so with understanding the main character and the continuation of her growth through trials. Threadgill has written another book that is hard to put down until it's finished. Being a more mystery than suspense read, it has the reader trying to figure out how everything fits together, how the pieces line up and keeps the guessing going until the end. 

Revell Reads sent this complimentary book to review for them. Opinions expressed are my own.