The Mountain Mystic
Available on May 21, 2024 • 297 pages
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Since succeeding her dearly departed husband, Bill, to become Jasper County’s first female sheriff, Mary Beth Cain has closed more cases than any three of her male predecessors combined. But nobody bats a thousand in the cop game. Nobody. And, ovaries aside, Mary Beth knows she’s no different. There’d been a handful of unsolveds during her tenure, victims and families denied their justice, and each and every one of them gnaws at her soul. She thinks about them late at night as she sips her whiskey, counting regrets like sheep.
But the case that haunts Mary Beth most is one that went cold before she was even on the force: the long-ago disappearance of a family friend, named Maria Ruiz. So when a country psychic’s vision leads to the discovery of Maria’s body, Mary Beth isn’t willing to chalk it up as genuine clairvoyance and goes all in on an investigation that cuts close to home.
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1 primary bookA Mountaineer Mystery is a 1-book series first released in 2023 with contributions by Russell W. Johnson. The next book is scheduled for release on 5/21/2024.
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Solid Second Book In Series. This is one of those tales where both the author and the reader are going on an adventure- ok, the first book was *awesome*, but I had all the time in the world to write the thing and now I need to produce a sequel in a timely manner since my name isn't GRR Martin... so what do I do?
Johnson's answer here is a thrilling ride that perhaps doesn't have the same level of social commentary from the first book - though to be clear, there is still *some* here - yet manages to keep up with the action and even introduces some wrinkles not seen in the first book, going in a direction not often seen, but which makes perfect sense within this world.
And then... just when you think everything is all said and done... Thanos appears. No, not really. But there *is* that stinger scene at the end that reveals the storm clouds on the horizon... storm clouds that portend one *intense* battle coming up. Will we see that battle in Book 3, or will we simply edge closer to the storm? Yet again, I for one can't wait to find out.
Very much recommended.
Originally posted at bookanon.com.