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Book Review
Reviewed: 17 December 2023

Her Silent Bones

by: Pamela Fagan Hutchins

Detective Delaney Pace - Book 1

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“My aunt is a bada$$.” The bad guys better watch out for Detective Delaney Pace.  

The story started with a bang or should I say speed. There is a LOT to unpack and I am not mad at it.

The killer is creepy. The killer is calculating. Delaney is not the person to mess with. 

Let me back up. Delaney we learn has had a traumatic life and come through it as a bada$$ with a strong sense of right and wrong. When we meet her, she has come home to take care of her niece after the death of her brother and sister-in-law. 

Delaney is a force to be reckoned with. I instantly wanted to know her. I suspect that her niece Kateena would be one too when she grows up, the signs are already there. 

There is a lot of history that unfolds throughout the story as Delaney, Leo and Coltrane hunt The Delivery Man. 

The intro says that it is  “gripping crime thriller” and that it is. It reminded me of an action movie where you wondered if the action hero ever got any sleep and exactly how they were able to do what they did. 

Tip for readers, pay attention to everything! Go back and reread if you must, you won’t want to miss anything.

Thank you to #NetGalley  for the opportunity to do an early read and share my thoughts on the story. 

Happy Reading!

Release Date: 16-January-2024
below the title a red barn with mountain background
Audiobook, Female Sleuth, Thriller, Action

Plot Summary

Fifteen years ago I watched my father’s murder.Now, having never truly recovered from losing her father all those years ago, Detective Delaney Pace is devastated when her brother and sister-in-law are killed in a car crash. Packing up her life she heads back to the rugged cowboy town of Kearney, Wyoming. Her niece Kateena is just eleven years old and Delaney will do anything to keep her safe…

Now there’s another killer on the loose, and he’s already taken his first victim.New to the local police force, when a body is found on a secluded mountain trail Delaney is called to the scene. Surrounded by imposing pine trees, a young woman lies still in the moonlight. Gazing into her dark, unblinking eyes Delaney’s heart pounds wildly in her chest as she recognises the victim. It’s her beloved Kateena’s mother, Lila. But she died weeks before. Didn’t she?

There’s evil lurking in this town and I’ll stop at nothing to hunt down the truth and deliver justice. With Kateena traumatised all over again, when Delaney links Lila’s murder back to the place where her own father was killed she realizes she must face her own dark past to catch the man responsible. But little does she know that the killer has already made their next deadly move. Back at home, Kateena should be in bed sleeping soundly, but her room is empty. 

Kateena is missing…Can Delaney uncover the truth behind the killings and save Kateena before it’s too late?