Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Release Date: April 18, 2023
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Source: Publisher
Genre: Mystery
In shock and found clinging to a tree branch, Bethany Richter is pulled
from thrashing floodwaters that have decimated the town of Garnett,
Texas and killed a dozen others.
Six months after solving the
murder of a local waitress, Annie McIntyre is working as an apprentice
P.I. when she's handed her first solo case: uncover the identity of the
man who rescued Bethany before he was swept downriver.
When
Annie's search turns up a different victim—shot dead, not drowned—Annie
questions if the hero they seek is actually a killer.
Flexing
her new skills while relying on the wisdom of her eccentric, ex-cop
grandfather, the case leads Annie into a web of drug dealers, preachers,
and wayward drifters trying to make sense of life after a disaster.
Annie's own convictions are put to the ultimate test as long-held
secrets, corruption, and violence are exposed like the ruin that lies
beneath receding waters.
Hard Rain, by author Samantha Jayne Allen, is the second installment in the authors Annie McIntyre Mysteries series. After an intense flood hits their small Texas town of Garnett, Bethany Richter, the wife of the local pastor, and best friend of her cousin Nikki, is nearly swept away after falling into the river only to be rescued by an unknown savior who disappears. Two weeks later, Bethany approaches Annie McIntyre who is working towards getting her own Private Investigator license so she can replace her grandfather Leroy.
Six months ago, Annie shocked everyone by solving the murder of a local waitress who was pretty much written off by almost everyone. Now she had to locate the man who saved Bethany's life, while once again getting fully immersed in the secrets of Garnett which might come back to fight her if she doesn't watch her own back. The case gets muddied when the trail leads to a woman who is found dead in her truck, floating in the river. But she didn’t drown — she was shot. As the investigation progresses, the missing man is beginning to look more like a murderer than a savior.
Annie gets caught up in a web of drug deals, pill abuse, preachers, and transients while trying to find the nameless man who saved Bethany. With each step bringing her closer to the identity of the stranger, her investigation becomes more and more dangerous to Annie while spiraling into directions not safe to go. She also has to sort out a major issue that has developed between her own father and her grandfather years ago but seems to be festering.
Even though this story can be read as a standalone, you would be better served by reading the books in this series as they are released. I am looking forward to the next installment in this series to see what happens next to Annie and her new profession and where it takes her.
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