Little Witness
by: S.A. Dunphy
DI Tessa Burns - Book 1
Broken but not beaten, don’t underestimate the Burns Unit.
The story starts out with high energy as we are introduced to Tessa Burns. It helps to set the stage for what is to come. Newly minted DI Tessa Burns forms her team. Bringing together team members who’ve had a rough start to life and you that as motivation in the work they do specializing in child crimes. Each has their own demons and those demons are discussed to support each other and encourage healing.
The team consists of Tessa, Maggie, Pavlov, and Danny. They each of a talent that complements. Maggie and Tessa have a long history. Danny is on probation. He has issues he has to deal with in order to stay on the team. Pavlov is scrappy, smart, and affectionate dog.
There is so many positive themes running through without being preachy you almost didn’t realize you’d been hit with one. I cheered out loud when Maggie, a wheelchair-bound Family Liaison Officer and therapist, took out a bad man. She kicked butt! Pavlov is not slouch here, protecting his humans.
I like the team, I like the story and mystery. Little Ash is a tough little girl that melted Danny’s heart. The bad things in the story were not overly graphic.
The weaving of folklore into the “bad men” characters was well done. I could not put the book down once I’d started.
I enjoyed on the story is a kick-butt-take-down-bad-guys story that is also human with not-so-perfect people doing the hard work.
Suspenseful, emotionally intelligent, and gripping.
Thank you to #NetGalley for the opportunity to do an early read and share my thoughts on the story.
Happy Reading!
