Over the Edge
A Novel
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
In Sedona’s red rock canyons, a former reporter must piece together her shattered memories in time to stop a killer in this cat-and-mouse thriller, perfect for fans of CJ Box and Anne Hillerman.
After a disastrous mistake ended her career as a crime reporter, Del Cooper returns to Sedona and takes a gig with a down-on-its-luck tour company while she rebuilds her life. Her peaceful small-town escape ends when, hiking in a remote red rock canyon, she finds the broken body of a murdered man.
At first, she believes the murder is connected to a proposed land trade that will pave the way for a luxury development on the edge of town, but it seems money isn’t the killer’s only motive. As she digs deeper, she uncovers the small town’s darkest secrets, all leading her to Lee Ranch, a former filming location for Western movies. Two women disappear after Del interviews them, and rumors begin to spin faster than Sedona’s famed energy vortexes. But she knows the truth: Someone is watching her from the shadows.
Desperate for answers, Del ventures into the wilderness to lure the killer into the open. But out here in the red rocks, bodies can be lost forever.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bryant impresses in her suspenseful debut about a bloody land rights battle in Sedona, Ariz. Disgraced reporter Del Cooper has returned home after being fired from a Boston newspaper for mishandling a murder case. Hoping to settle down and sidetrack her journalistic ambitions, Del sets out to become a local tour guide, but her plan takes a turn when she discovers a corpse during a job interview. The body belongs to Franklin Johnson, a homeless man who's been shot and left on the side of a rocky canyon. Del soon learns that Johnson was a vocal opponent of a proposed land exchange in which the wealthy Lee family would give 100 acres for public use in exchange for a new golf resort on Forest Service property. Suspecting a link between the proposal and Johnson's murder, Del probes the Lee family's long history of shady dealings. When her sources start disappearing, she doubles down, and begins to wonder if old enemies from Boston have somehow tracked her down. Bryant constructs an appealing, well-rounded lead in Del, and makes expert use of her Southwest setting. Tony Hillerman fans, take note.
