Shadow Ridge: A Jo Wyatt Mystery

M E Browning

ISBN 10: 1643855352 / ISBN 13: 9781643855356

Published by Crooked Lane Books, 2020

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Echo Valley, Colorado, is a place where the natural beauty of a stunning river valley meets a budding hipster urbanity. But when the creator of a cutting-edge video game commits suicide, detective Jo Wyatt is sceptical. Her investigation into his death leads her to an internet stalker, who turns out to be a cold-blooded killer. As Jo delves further into the town and it's inhabitants a sinister pattern begins to emerge, rocking the once peaceful community to its core.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shadow Ridge: A Jo Wyatt Mystery
• Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1643855352
• ISBN 13: 9781643855356
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Death is one click away when a string of murders rocks a small Colorado town in the first mesmerizing novel in M. E. Browning's A Jo Wyatt Mystery series.

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 a 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.

About the Author

M.E. BROWNING writes the Jo Wyatt Mysteries. The first in the series, Shadow Ridge, won the Colorado Book Award for Mystery and the silver medal in the popular fiction category of the Florida Book Awards. The adventures continue in Mercy Creek, which launches in October 2021. Writing as Micki Browning, she penned the Agatha-nominated and award-winning Mer Cavallo mysteries, Adrift and Beached, and her short stories and nonfiction have appeared in anthologies, textbooks, diving and mystery magazines. Micki’s novels draw on her twenty-two years of experience in law enforcement. An FBI National Academy graduate, she retired as a captain before turning to a life of crime…fiction.  Visit mebrowning.com to learn more.