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Inherit the Bones by Emily Littlejohn
Gemma Monroe series Book #1
4 Stars
From The Book:
Secrets and lies can’t stay buried forever in Cedar Valley.
In the summer, hikers and campers pack the small Colorado town’s meadows and fields. And in the winter, skiers and snowboarders take over the mountains. Season by season, year after year, time passes and the lies, like the aspens and evergreens that surround the town, take root and spread deep.
Now, someone has uncovered the lies, and it is his murder that continues a chain of events that began almost forty years ago. Detective Gemma Monroe’s investigation takes her from the seedy grounds of a traveling circus to the powerful homes of those who would control Cedar Valley’s future.
Six-months pregnant, with a partner she can’t trust and colleagues who know more than they’re saying, Gemma tracks a killer who will stop at nothing to keep those secrets buried.
My Thoughts:
I thought the title was intriguing. At first I didn't think it was going to have much to do with the bones found by Detective Gemma Monroe on a ski trip but soon the old story began to mix with the new story and the book was off to a good start.
The thing that really stood out was the character of Gemma Monroe. She balances a police career while at the same time tackling nightmares about a character that you only hope turns out to be a figment of her imagination. She had the task of not only solving a case that she actually thought had been solved years ago but working around the feelings of one of the town's leading and powerful families while expecting her first child and working through personal issues of her own. The setting was also an unusual one. The murder victim was a clown in a traveling circus that had spent a week in Gemma's town. I think I know now why I don't like clowns...but I really enjoyed this book.
