Black River (A Jess Bridges Mystery, Book 1)

Jess Bridges, out with her reading group, decides to go skinny dipping after just a tad too much to drink. They've been discussing a book on Wild Swimming and she thinks skinny dipping is a good idea. Her clothes are taken by a dog and her friend goes running after the dog, leaving Jess naked, shivering, and hiding in the bushes. Spying a boat and thinking it should have a tarp .. or something .. to cover herself with, she gets back in the water and tries pulling it to shore. But she doesn't find a tarp .. she finds a man's body. So begins this new series featuring a woman who is no stranger to dead bodies. She's been in this position before ... but never while being naked. She's a part time private investigator with a specialty in finding missing persons. She does part time work as an office assistant. She's also had some experience in working in a funeral home. Now enters two men .... neither known to Jess. One is an author ... actually, the man who wrote the book on Wild Swimming that the reading group had been discussing. And then there's DI Leo George who fears there is a serial killer in his patch ... especially when another body is soon found. It's fast-paced, with a few twists and turns, chock full of action ... and a lot of humor. The characters are finely drawn and I really enjoyed the backstories of the main characters. I look forward to reading the next 3 books in this series ... already available. Many thanks to the author / Harper Collins - One More Chapter / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

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