Close to the Truth

Jasmine Heydon is back in her hometown. When she was 16, the sheriff ran her out of town by threatening her family. Her crime ... born on the wrong side of the tracks ... and getting up close and personal with the sheriff's son. It's been 10 years and she hasn't looked back, not even once. She turned her life around, got a college education, and now is back in town with her colleagues to film a show about the town's claim to fame. The River Man has been around since his first kill a century ago. People have been murdered and River Man has been accused. Now deer are showing up murdered with only their hearts missing. The River Man again? Jasmine is thinking this is a hoax ... a hoax the entire town might be in on ... but most especially the police and mayor. There's a lot of money in being a tourist town for those interested in the urban legend. While Jasmine is getting to know her school crush all over again, someone absolutely does not want her investigating the River Killer. But how far are they willing to go? And if they silence her, will the River Killer be blamed? This is a nicely paced mystery with a bit of romance, a bit of suspense. I couldn't help but think of Bigfoot as I read this story. The characters are memorable and the ending was unpredictable. Many thanks to the author /Escape Publisher / Netgalley for the digital copy of this mystery. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.