The Sheriff Bet Rivers Mystery Series by Elena Taylor (with a GIVEAWAY!)
April 28 - May 23, 2025 Virtual Book Tour
ALL WE BURIED
Interim sheriff Elizabeth "Bet" Rivers has always had one repeat nightmare: a shadowy figure throwing a suspicious object into her hometown lake in Collier, Washington. For the longest time, she chalked it up to an overactive imagination as a kid. Then the report arrives. In the woods of the Cascade mountain range, right in her jurisdiction, a body floats to the surface of Lake Collier. When the body is extricated and revealed, no one can identify Jane Doe. But someone must know the woman, so why aren't they coming forward?
Bet has been sitting as the interim sheriff of this tiny town in the ill-fitting shoes of her late father and predecessor. With the nightmare on her heels, Bet decided to build a life for herself in Los Angeles, but now it's time to confront the tragic history of Collier. The more she learns, the more Bet realizes she doesn't know the townspeople of Collier as well as she thought, and nothing can prepare her for what she is about to discover.
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The world felt pure. Nature made the location pristine again, hiding the scene from prying eyes. As if no one had died there at all.
In the months since Bet Rivers solved her first murder investigation and secured the sheriff’s seat in Collier, she’s remained determined to keep her town safe. With a massive snowstorm looming, it’s more important than ever that she stays vigilant.
When Bet gets a call that a family of tourists has stumbled across a teen injured in a snowmobile accident on a mountain ridge, she braves the storm to investigate. However, once she arrives at the scene of the accident it’s clear to Bet that the teen is not injured; he’s dead. And has been for some time . . .
Investigating a possible homicide is hard enough, but with the worst snowstorm the valley has seen in years threatening the safety of her town, not to mention the integrity of her crime scenes – as they seem to be mounting up as well – Bet has to move fast to uncover the complicated truth and prove that she’s worthy of keeping her father’s badge.
A Cold, Cold World is nominated for a Foreword INDIES Award, Best Mystery of 2024 (winner announced early June)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR -
Elena Taylor spent several years working in theater as a playwright, director, designer, and educator before turning her storytelling skills to fiction. Her first series, the Eddie Shoes Mysteries, written under the name Elena Hartwell, introduced a quirky mother/daughter crime fighting duo.
With the Bet Rivers Mysteries, Elena returns to her dramatic roots and brings readers much more serious and atmospheric novels. The series introduces Collier, Washington, with its dark and mysterious lake, tough-as-nails residents, and newly appointed sheriff with her sidekick Schweitzer, an Anatolian Shepherd.
Elena is also a senior editor with Allegory Editing, a developmental editing house, where she works one-on-one with writers to shape and polish manuscripts, short stories, and plays. If you’d like to work with Elena, visit www.allegoryediting.com.
Her favorite place to be is at Paradise, the property she and her hubby own south of Spokane, Washington. They live with their horses, dogs, and cats. Elena holds a B.A. from the University of San Diego, a M.Ed. from the University of Washington, Tacoma, and a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia.
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MY THOUGHTS -
A lot of great suspense and nice edge-of-your-seat writing! I loved the characters especially Bet the interim sheriff. I just loved her personality and her spunk and her drive to just keep going. This mystery will definitely fool you, there are some twists in this one. The one thing loved was the setting and the descriptions. This is always a big thing for me in books. I love books that can make me feel like I am right there and this one did!
This book was fantastic! It was so much fun to read. It was very exciting every step of the way. I loved the introduction of Kane. I hope we get to read more about him in the future. I thought he was a great addition to the series. I felt like I was walking through the whole book side-by-side with Bet, facing everything head on as she solved each little mystery and big mystery that came along.
This was a very exciting read. A lot happens. There is not a dull page. I loved the small town feel. I have never been to Washington state, but now I kind of feel like I have. From snowstorms to murder, this book is top notch! The descriptions are so vivid, the character development is so great you really get the feel of living there.
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Thank you for both reviews! I'm so excited to share book three with you :-)
ReplyDeleteYAAASSSS! I can't wait!
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