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Justice Buried by Patricia Bradley Series: Memphis Cold Case #2
Published by Baker Publishing Group on September 5th 2017
Genres: Christian, Fiction, Romance, Suspense
Pages: 384
Source: NetGalley
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In an effort to get her security consulting business off the ground, Kelsey Allen has been spending a lot of time up in the air, rappelling down buildings and climbing through windows to show business owners their vulnerabilities to thieves. When she is hired to pose as a conservator at the Pink Palace Museum in order to test their security weaknesses after some artifacts go missing, she's ecstatic. But when her investigative focus turns from theft to murder, Kelsey knows she's out of her league--and possibly in the cross hairs. When blast-from-the-past Detective Brad Hollister is called in to investigate, Kelsey may find that he's the biggest security threat yet . . . to her heart.
Crackling with romantic tension and laced with intrigue, this suspenseful story from award-winning author Patricia Bradley will keep readers guessing--and looking over their shoulders.
It was just last fall when I picked up my first Patricia Bradley novel. Sometimes it feels forever ago (as it’s taken me ages to get time to read my second one!) and sometimes it feels like the blink of an eye. If you remember last September when I read ‘Justice Delayed‘ there were a lot of changes going on in my work life. Well, I finally got around to picking up ‘Justice Buried’ at another time of massive changes in my work life. I finished it this morning in the parking lot before work, and right as the dust finally settled (in a good way!). As much as I enjoy this author I am almost afraid to read the next one, you know what I mean? I have to say that I didn’t struggle with the characters, as much, this go round but then again I read the book in about 24 hours. There were a few characters to have to learn and we know how well I do with names. . .
Let’s face it, you have to get up pretty early in the midnight to pull one over on me. I’m jaded by years of mystery reading and a mind that likes to figure out why people do the things they do. If a mystery can truly keep me guessing (and I don’t mean I have it narrowed down to just this or that) then it gets bonus points and kudos bows from me. There were a couple of different mysteries within the mystery and the big one, the one behind the whole shebang, kept me somewhat in the dark. I had suspicions but I wasn’t certain enough to stake my life on it. Back to the little mysteries for a minute. One of them was just too perfectly obvious that I knew before I knew. And it was just a teaser in the bigger story, but I knew. It didn’t ruin the story but just for the record – I knew.
Kelsey and Brad share an amazing story of reconnection, dodging bullets, uncovering sinister plots, and catching the creeper. With a multi-layered story of suspense and intrigue these characters bring it all together with a touch of romance as well. Characters with strong, well-developed personalities, make this book another winner for me. Personally, I can’t wait to come back to this community and embed myself into another cold case, which apparently isn’t as cold as they think. ‘Justice Betrayed’ releases June 5th!
About Patricia Bradley
Her workshops on writing include online courses with American Christian Fiction Writers, workshops at the Mid-South Christian Writer’s Conference, ACFW Minnesota NICE and Memphis ACFW. When she has time, she likes to throw mud on a wheel and see what happens.
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