Walk A Crooked Line by Susan McBride is the second book in the “Jo Larsen” police procedural. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer, coming July 10, 2018
In the follow-up to the #1 Kindle bestseller Walk into Silence, a young girl takes her own life. But what—or who—drove her to it?
When a teenager’s body is found at the base of the old water tower, Detective Jo Larsen is one of the first on the scene. Tragically, it appears to be a clear case of suicide.
But the more Jo learns about Kelly Amster, the more she finds herself needing to understand why the high school sophomore would take that fatal plunge. As they interview family and friends, Jo and her partner, Hank Phelps, begin to fit together the pieces of a dark puzzle. Something happened to Kelly in their small town of Plainfield, Texas—and it sent the young girl straight over the edge.
Haunted by the memories of her own childhood, Jo digs deep into the shadowy corners of a seemingly tight-knit community—to uncover a devastating secret. . .
From the moment Jo learned of this tragedy, she was determined to find the “why” and once Jo and her partner started looking around, they discovered the taunting episodes that played a role in the young teenager’s death.
This is a complex tale that mirror’s present day societal woes. Powerfully written, this well-executed drama immediately grabbed my attention and had me engrossed in all aspect of the multi-arc story and I couldn’t let it go until justice was served. The author did a great job in staging this police procedure taking us step by step, uncovering misdeeds and nefarious doings. And when all was said and done, the author supplied the story with a few twists and turns, one of which I did not seeing coming and then all the pieces fell into place leading to retribution for the deceased. And that ending, I can’t wait for the author to explore that and I look forward to the next book in this terrific series.
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FTC Full Disclosure – I received a digital ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.