Thursday, July 21, 2022

Winter's Mourn by Mary Stone

When Winter Black was thirteen, her parents were killed by a serial killer known as The Preacher, and her six-year-old brother was taken. The severe head injury she received that night gave her some unexplainable talents--like remembering every detail of a crime scene, or knowing where a suspect will attack next, or where a body is buried. She calls these abilities her 'hunches' and tries not to tell anyone about them, though she does let fellow FBI Agent Noah Dalton in on her secret, mostly because they've been partnered up on a case that's brought her back to Harrisonburg, Virginia, the town where she grew up and where her parents died. It's a lot for Winter to deal with, but she's determined to do her job...and to track down The Preacher, too. 

The case Winter and Noah are investigating in this first book is a sad one involving the buried remains of children who were born with severe physical defects and then later murdered. They died years ago, which means finding any witnesses or evidence is challenging. But Winter suspects their deaths have something to do with the religious cult that used to live on a nearby farm. Proving it is another matter. Luckily, Winter as the help of her strange psychic gift, and the unwavering support of her partner. 

I liked this mystery a lot. Winter's an interesting character, and I look forward to reading more about her and her unusual gift. I hope Noah's in the next book, too; he's good with Winter, he's cute, and his Texas drawl is endearing. And the ongoing threat of the Preacher that's hanging over Winter makes for some good added suspense. This book was published in 2019, but Stone has already written nine more books about FBI Agent Winter Black. Talk about starting out behind in a series! At least my library has all of them, so that's good. If they read as fast as this one did, I just might have a chance of catching up. 

Happy Reading!


 

34 comments:

  1. Sounds good. Regine
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  2. I love when I find a really good mystery and then find that it's part of a series with alot more books waiting to be read. What a childhood Winter Black had and fhe fact that it left her with psychic abilities is interesting. I've never been sure what to think about psychics but there is alot that happens in the world that is unexplained.

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    1. It is a good thing to find a new author and new series to love. It's also a little hard on me to suddenly add so many more books to my already too-long TBR list all at once like that. ;D And I don't know what to think about psychics, either, but I do love to read about them.

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  3. This sounds like a series with definite possibilities and apparently there are enough of the books to keep one reading for a while. The series is now on my TBR list.

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    1. This is a series with possibilities! I just hope the later books live up to that. :)

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  4. I like that she has unusual gifts and are using them to find murderers.

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    1. I thought her gifts added a fun element to the mystery. :)

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  5. How fun that there are so many! I love the sound of her abilities too...

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    1. They definitely made this one more interesting and fun, though it did make Winter the kind of character who goes off on her own sometimes when she shouldn't.

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  6. Winter and Noah sound like such great characters. Glad you enjoyed this one. :)

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  7. It's awesome that your library has all the books in this series. I'm definitely intrigued by this one. Winter's special gift sounds like the perfect talent to have in her job.

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    1. I hope the following books are as good as this one, and that we get to see more of her gifts. :)

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  8. Sounds like a good duo. Seems incredible if she's already written 9 other books in the series ...

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    1. They are a good duo. And I was also surprised that she'd written so many books in such a short period of time. :)

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  9. Hmm, with a villain known as "Preacher", you've got to wonder if there's a crazy cult involved. Looks like this one worked well as a standalone!

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    1. I think there's more about the Preacher in the next book.

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  10. This does sound like an intriguing series. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

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    1. This was a good first book; I hope the ones that follow are equally good. :)

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  11. I like the sound of this one, Lark. I enjoy when characters have unusual abilities.

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    1. I do, too! It's why I like Kay Hooper's novels so much. :D

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  12. This does sound good! She wrote nine more books in just three years? Wow!

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    1. Crazy, right? It does make me wonder if they're all as good as this one though.

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  13. This sounds good and worth a try. Although I do hate to start a series with so many books already.

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  14. This sounds like something that I would like. I especially like the fact that she has an extra gift.

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  15. 9 books since 2019? Goodness, Stone has been busy! Winter’s hunches are piquing my curiosity to see how they work — Verushka at pop.edit. Lit.

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    1. Winter's unique gifts really added something to both the book and her character. :)

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  16. I've not heard of this author but this series sounds like a good one! :)

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    1. Apparently she's written another mystery series besides this one, but I haven't read any of her other books.

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  17. This sounds interesting. Ironic that the serial killer is named "the Preacher."

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    1. Isn't it? Apparently he shows up again in the next book.

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