Best Books of 2018, Kings River Life
Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Action-Adventure
Winner, Colorado Authors League Awards, Ebook Fiction
Silver Award, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Awards, Mystery
Bronze Award, Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards, Mystery
Finalist, Colorado Book Awards, Mystery
Finalist, Willa Literary Awards from Women Writing the West, Contemporary Fiction
Finalist, Silver Falchion Awards, Police Procedurals
“Mizushima delivers a sufficiently complicated plot, well-developed interpersonal relationships, awe-inspiring landscape descriptions, and some excruciatingly vivid action.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Mizushima boldly emphasizes her heroine’s history, connecting Mattie’s past with her current case and forcing Mattie to take a leap and share her story with colleagues and friends in order to catch the killer. The development of an extensive backstory over a multibook arch pays off.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“An intense mystery that emphasizes the abilities of Robo and his partnership with Mattie. Combining a police procedural with Mattie’s personal story creates an anxiety-inducing novel that will remind readers of Nevada Barr’s books.”
—Library Journal
“Burning Ridge is a well-told, solid mystery peppered with fascinating details of K-9 police work.”
—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
“The Mattie-Robo pairing makes these stories appealing to both mystery lovers and animal lovers. This volume tightens the screws on them, showing more of their strengths and vulnerabilities.”
—Reviewing the Evidence
“Books like Burning Ridge make me appreciate the series format so much, because . . . characters become so real, they feel like friends. Mizushima’s sleight of hand as a genre writer (she’s particularly adept at red herrings) only makes this fine series that much more enjoyable. I’m very much looking forward to my next encounter with Mattie Cobb.”
—Mystery Scene
“A fast-paced and engrossing police procedural.”
—Crimespree Magazine
“Another original, deftly crafted and simply riveting mystery by Margaret Mizushima.”
—Midwest Book Review
“[Mizushima] has created some very memorable and interesting people…Highly recommended.”
—Deadly Pleasures
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