Review: The Silence - Kendra Elliot

Review: The Silence -Book #2 Columbia River Series - Kendra Elliot - August 2020

In the mood for a mystery after the last couple of light-hearted books I read, I know I can always count on Kendra Elliot's books to be enjoyable as, like a few others of her series, she sometimes does crossovers with the characters. In The Silence, the book starts with Mason and Ava preparing for their wedding nuptials, and their friends are excited. That is until a series of events start happening that cause them to have to put their wedding on the backburner. The first is a gruesome murder and the victim seems to have been one of Ava's CIs. He also happens to have bomb schematics of the courthouse which sends police racing down there and shots are fired. This ends up with a handful of police officers dead and Mason's partner and best friend Ray in the hospital hanging by a thread fo his life. Brady who has been busy dating Ava's twin sister turns up and it turns out her sister has vanished once again and is causing trouble for Ava when she receives a phone call inquiring about some potential wedding cancellations including the venue she tried forever to get a date for. I have to admit reading about Ava's twin sister and her character - it reminded me a lot of my sister Kimberley and her crazy antics. As the book goes along, we will read as more people turn up dead and it looks like the local police can't get a handle on things as more strange twists and turns to start to unfold which means readers will get a visit from Mercy who stars in the series Mercy Kilpatrick. We also get a glimpse of Dr. Gianna Trask and a few other characters from Kendra's Bone Secrets series as the police start to call on outside help and reinforcements. The Silence didn't stand out as one of my favorites by Kendra as felt a tad too busy for my liking but it was still enjoyable and if you love the three M's - Murder, Mayhem, and Mystery - then you will enjoy Kendra Elliot's Columbia River series.