When you turn the last page and are disappointed there is no more – 5 stars!

Tumbled Graves

A Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery

Brenda Chapman

Dundurn

ISBN: 9781459730977

Description:

A missing child. A dead mother. Kala Stonechild is about to discover what one betrayal can lead to.

When Adele Delaney and her daughter, Violet, go missing, Jacques Rouleau is called upon to investigate. However, struggling with the impending death of his ill ex-wife, he sends Kala Stonechild and Paul Gundersund instead. Stonechild has been trying to adapt to life as her young cousin Dawn’s guardian, and even though Gundersund has offered support, Stonechild is at risk of losing custody.

On the second day of the investigation, Adele’s body turns up, dumped on the shoulder of the highway with no sign of her daughter. Her husband, Ivo, denies any involvement with either his wife’s death or their child’s disappearance, but not everyone is convinced. As the investigation unfolds, Stonechild learns that Adele was once entangled with a Montreal biker gang and heads to Quebec to investigate further.

As Stonechild and Gundersund juggle personal troubles and a complicated, dangerous case, they find themselves piecing together a chain of disasters leading back to a single betrayal.

My View:

If you are looking for characters that fully developed, with interesting backgrounds, that do not rely on sex appeal and physical features to get your attention (not that any of the main characters are ugly, physical beauty just isn’t the focus of these books), if you are looking at an adult read full of real people, with plenty of drama but little melodrama, plenty of action without a million dollar special effects budget, with plenty of human interest and exploration of the human psyche, then this book and this series is for you.

If you want to  read a crime fiction/mystery that makes  you think, relate, feel, than this book is for you.

I love this series. This is a series that relies on the author’s profound ability to tell interesting stories with diverse characters, with an intelligent and thoughtful female protagonist who somehow, through her story, through her words, competencies and actions makes me feel calm and that she is in control and will solves the crimes (how does a character in a book do that?), what more could you want? Stonechild is a brilliant protagonist – I love every word on every page – nothing is superfluous to the needs of the narrative. Tension is embedded in every chapter. A great read. Bring on book four.