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Whisper of Bones

Widow's Island Novella, Book 3

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Whisper of Bones

By: Melinda Leigh
Narrated by: Christine Williams
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Dark secrets surface in the third Widow’s Island novella by number one Wall Street Journal best-selling author Melinda Leigh.

When a body washes up on the state park beach, Deputy Tessa Black’s experience as a former Seattle detective tells her that the death was not an accident. All evidence points to another murder on the remote island.

The victim is a local contractor with a shockingly long list of enemies. The more locals Tessa interviews, the more people she suspects - from the bitter ex-wife and estranged current wife to disgruntled former clients and employees. They all have different reasons to want him dead.

As Tessa’s investigation heats up, arson and a vicious assault convince her the killer is desperate to hide his crime - and that she’d better solve the case before he claims another victim.

©2019 Melinda Leigh (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Crime Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Romance Romantic Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Marriage
Engaging Mystery • Quirky Characters • Well-developed Relationships • Hidden Clues • Quick Pacing • Intriguing Story
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I am enjoying this series of novellas, especially since I am listening to them in audio! This one is about a body that washes up on the beach. Turns out this body was dead for hours prior to being put in the water. Turns out he is a contractor and there are lots of twists and turns and then an arson added in. More insights into Tessa, Logan, Cate and Henry (the local doctor/coroner) and getting closer to knowing what happened to their missing friend Samantha. Definitely looking forward to the next book!

Whisper of Bones

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loved the story an putting n the step family
members was different but very interesting

love the bone story's by Melinda Leigh she is am

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this book tended towards the trite. Still it's a quick listen and moves a little distance along the story arc. I listened to it as part of Kindle Unlimited so I'm not as unhappy as I would have been if I'd paid for it and it was permanently a party of my library. in that case I'd have been tempted to return it.

I've been enjoying this series, but

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Follows the series well, looks like another love story in the making. Read well. Getting better.

Just keep getting better

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I wish these stories were longer. The novella format is not as enjoyable to me. But good stories with interesting characters!

Finding clues in unlikely places!

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The third in the series finds Deputy Tessa Black and friend FBI agent, Cate Wilde, investigating the murder of a local construction contractor that washed up on the beach. It seems that Jason McCoy, sole carpenter on the island, was a bully with plenty of enemies, separated from his current wife and notably disliked by his ex-wife. So, the list of suspects continued to grow as the authorities begin to investigate his murder. At the same time, Tessa’s mother who suffers from dementia, is getting worse and Tessa has to think about long term solutions for her care, while also providing for and seeing to the needs of her teenage sister. Tessa and Cate haven’t forgotten about their own friend, Samantha, who disappeared nearly 20 years earlier, and the plea from Samantha’s mother to find her daughter, and have begun pouring over old case files. The investigation of the murdered construction contractor is well done, and as always, I enjoyed the quirky personalities of the folks on Widows Island, the continuing friendships of the people introduced in the first two books and the excellent conclusion of the mystery. Well done!

Body on the Beach

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Now I usually like a little steam with my romance but this was still excellent. Melinda Leigh knows how to create a scene and make it come alive in your mind. These books, I feel,should definitely be read in order. It helps to know the history of at least one storyline. I will be reading the next one.

Clean Suspenseful romance

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Perfect length for a couple of hikes. These Widows Island stories are very entertaining. They are solved quickly by interesting characters.

Nice and short

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This is a great series and I really enjoyed the narration.

I would recommend it to others.

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I love the series just not this story. Maybe it was too short and that is why I was not vested in it

I just couldn't get into this one

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