#Review - See Her Die by Melinda Leigh #Mystery #Suspense

Series: Bree Taggert, # 2
Format: Kindle, 315 pages
Release Date: September 15, 2020
Publisher: Montlake
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Mystery / Suspense

Sheriff Bree Taggert is both hunter and hunted in #1 Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh’s blood-freezing thriller of murder, rage, and revenge.

New sheriff Bree Taggert is called to a shooting in a campground shuttered for the winter. But she arrives to find a perplexing crime. There is no shooter, no victim, and no blood. No one but Bree believes the sole witness, Alyssa, a homeless teenager who insists she saw her friend shot.

Bree calls in former deputy Matt Flynn and his K-9 to track the killer and search for Alyssa’s friend. They discover the battered corpse of a missing university student under the ice in Grey Lake—but it’s not the victim they were looking for.

When two more students go missing and additional bodies turn up, Bree must find the link between the victims. She knows only one thing for certain: the murders are fueled by rage. When Alyssa disappears, Bree must race against time to find her before her witness becomes another victim.

See Her Die, by Melinda Leigh, is the second installment in the authors Bree Taggert series. Sheriff Bree Taggert has left the Philadelphia PD where she was a Detective along with her partner Dana Romano, who has since retired, and has now taken up the mantle of Sheriff of Randolph County. She now has to deal with country administrators who refuse to provide necessary funds to hire more people, especially after she lost 1/3 of her deputies. She doesn't have an investigator, she doesn't have a K-9 unit, but she does have plenty of trouble from some of her deputies who don't like change.

While Bree is dealing with internal politics and conflicts at work, she has become sole guardian of her sister Erin's young daughter Kayla, and teenaged son, Luke who is having a hard time dealing with the reality that his mom is gone. Bree, having watched her own parents die horribly, while saving Erin, and her brother Adam, knows too much about the loss of a loved one. Adam, who was only a baby at the time, now is finding that he likes being around the kids, Dana, and especially Matt Flynn, the former K-9 Deputy who lost his job after he and his dog Brody were shot in a friendly fire incident, comfortable.

On another front, a young homeless woman named Alyssa, who was trespassing at a campground, claims that she saw a man shoot and kill her friend Harper Scott. But as Bree arrives, she finds a perplexing crime. There's no shooter, no victim, and no blood. Alyssa believes what she saw, and furthermore, claims that Harper stole her money that she needs to put gas in her truck. Bree calls in former deputy Matt Flynn and his K-9 to track the killer and search for Alyssa’s friend. They discover the battered corpse of a missing university student under the ice in Grey Lake—but it’s not the victim they were looking for. 

When two more students go missing and additional bodies turn up, Bree must find the link between the victims. She knows only one thing for certain: the murders are fueled by rage, and Alyssa may not be telling the entire truth about Harper, and the man she saw while shopping with Bree at Walmart. When Alyssa disappears, Bree must race against time to find her before her witness becomes another victim. Time is also against Bree because the killer now knows that Bree is going to be an obstacle to be dealt with sooner, than later.

*Thoughts* Bree's relationship with Kayla is adorable. I know Kayla is likely experiencing PTSD, but it's nice to see Bree taking the time to get to know her, as well as trying to reach out to Luke who seems more inclined to speak with Matt and Adam than Bree. Bree's relationship with Matt is finally getting off the ground. After pushing him away, Bree has now found it hard to not have feelings for him, and his dogs, especially after he dropped a surprise dog on her lap several weeks ago. This book had all of the aspects of your typical Melinda Leigh book, a whodunit, breadcrumbs scattered throughout the book to keep you guessing up to the end, a fluent case with just the right amount of detail and great suspense. I have 8 more books in this series to read until I am even close to catching up!

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