Trial by Twelve A Murder in the Mountains Book 2 edition by Heather Day Gilbert Literature Fiction eBooks
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Meet Tess Spencer, the married sleuth readers say feels like a friend.
Tess Spencer loves her low-key job at the Crystal Mountain Spa, which allows her plenty of down-time with her one-year old daughter and lawyer husband, Thomas. But when a pool installation turns up eight skeletons in the spa's back yard, Tess becomes entangled in a sleuthing job destined to go awry.
As the investigation gets underway, someone dumps a fresh body near the excavated burial site, confirming unspeakable fears. A serial killer has returned to Buckneck, West Virginia...a skilled hunter with a unique taste in prey.
When Tess agrees to help the cunning Detective Tucker gather clues from the inside, she discovers the posh spa hides more than dead bodies. Even as she sifts through layers of deceit, Tess realizes too late that the killer's sights have zeroed in on her.
Unpredictable psychological mystery replete with memorable characters, Trial by Twelve is Book Two in A Murder in the Mountains series and it won the 2015 Grace Award for Mystery/Romantic Suspense/Thriller/Historical Suspense.
This novel is written from a Christian worldview.
Trial by Twelve A Murder in the Mountains Book 2 edition by Heather Day Gilbert Literature Fiction eBooks
Trial by Twelve is the second book in the A Murder in the Mountains Series by Heather Day Gilbert. The series began with Miranda Warning.We left Tess Spencer and her attorney husband Thomas expecting their first child. We learn quickly in Trial by Twelve they named their daughter Miranda Brooke after the woman (Miranda Michaels) who rescued Tess in the unstable years of her youth. The original Miranda's health is failing quickly at the start of this story, and Miranda's daughter Charlotte has fast become Tess' best friend in her mother's place.
Thomas is offered a job he desperately wants and Tess works part-time at a health spa while Thomas' parents gladly watch little "Mira Brooke". When the spa's owner wants to build another swimming pool, the earth moving turns up human bones, and the search begins for the murderer.
Heather is excellent at misleading the reader with suspects although her clues do give us a chance to ferret out the killer. Tess is a natural born investigator, inserting herself into troubling situations. And not just any troubles but the kind that lead to her becoming a victim. Her Glock always at the ready, she does her best to be prepared for mayhem.
Thomas is beside himself with his wife's involvement in this case and comes to the point where he demands she desist from helping with her insights - which is fine with Tess after some scary episodes. However, Tess always finds a way to up the ante where her safety is involved, and somehow her best intentions backfire.
There are some laugh out loud moments in this story, and Thomas' parents, particularly his mom Nikki Jo, and his younger brothers provide the tapestry of a real family. Tess is devoted to them and they to her.
Heather gives snippets of romance between Thomas and Tess in her suspense novels which highlight their love, respect, and passion for one another. Refreshingly and honestly done.
Since the stories are told from Tess' first person point of view, she always notices her female counterparts by how they dress with detailed descriptions and self-deprecating comparisons.
Cleverly introduced in the first book of the series, Trial by Twelve begins with a letter and they continue at the beginning of each chapter. The title works perfectly, specifically referred to near the end of the book.
Heather Day Gilbert's voice plays very well for Tess. Her entertaining prose, story development with occasional humor, fleshed out, colorful, and interesting peripheral characters, emotional conflicts, touching moments, and multiple suspects provide quick reads with satisfying conclusions to the immediate mystery. Trial by Twelve leaves the reader with a new conflict to anticipate in Heather's next addition to the well done A Murder in the Mountains Series.
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Trial by Twelve A Murder in the Mountains Book 2 edition by Heather Day Gilbert Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
After reading book 1 in the series, I actually broke down and bought this, as I loved the first book. i rarely buy a sequel! I was not disappointed!! I love this series so far, and can't wait to see what will follow. Loved the characters, her style of writing! Being from the region I could really relate to a lot about how her husband's family is so accepting and helpful, the good attitude towards Christianity, and the tenacity with which Tess tackles her inquisitive mind's pursuits.
This is the second book in the "Murder in the Mountains" series, where amateur sleuth Tess Spencer once again finds herself in a dangerous situation. This time, there is a serial killer in the small town of Buckneck, WV. A mass grave is discovered behind the spa where Tess works and bodies start getting added. Tess gets roped in by the lead detective to be an extra set of eyes and ears around the spa and she once again finds herself in over her head. This was an excellent mystery with fun characters, great dialogue, edge of your seat anticipation, and laugh out loud moments.
While this is the second book in the series, this story can stand on its own. However, I would strongly recommend reading the first book ("Miranda Warning") first as it gives relationship history that helps this story along. This is a fun series that I'm thoroughly enjoying. Can't wait to see what happens next!
Stylistically and in terms of its general tone and vision, this sequel has much in common with the series opener, Miranda Warning, and many of the comments in my review of the latter apply here as well. Even the structure is the same; through much of the book, heroine Tess' first-person, present-tense narration in normal text is supplemented, at the beginnings of the short chapters, by one or more italicized paragraphs from the unsigned and undated letters of a father to his child. As in the first book, we quickly get the idea that the two strands of material will prove to be related. But here, we also quickly form the suspicion that, in reading these letters, we're glimpsing into the insane world of a serial killer.
Pregnant in the first book, Tess is now mom to a roughly year-old toddler. She's gotten back into church, and into a rekindled faith that plays a role in her life, but doesn't overpower the plot of the book. Also, she's finally gotten her concealed carry permit (so her fans don't have to keep worrying about her being arrested -) ), and she's gotten a Glock of her own, which she packs in a hip holster and generally doesn't leave home without. Back in the work force, she has a new part-time job booking appointments at a fancy spa near Buckneck. It's a position that suits her well --until, in the first chapter, workmen digging for a swimming pool behind the spa unearth what proves to be a veritable boneyard of female skeletons, killed with arrows to their chests. These deaths took place years ago --but then a fresh corpse turns up....
As a rule, I tend not to like the idea of serial-killer fiction (and nonfiction), and normally avoid it. But despite that, I really liked this book --the killings aren't directly described, and there's no wallowing in grisly gore. Although I pegged the killer's identity pretty early on (that's not unusual for me in my mystery reading), there were still questions I hadn't answered, and the denouement managed to pack a surprise. I did find it somewhat dubious that a police detective would involve Tess in his investigation, despite her performance in the earlier book; and even more dubious that an inveterate tobacco-chewer would give up the habit, even temporarily, on the basis that he does here. But these quibbles aside, this was still a quick, enjoyable read, a re-connecting with some of the characters from the first book, and a chance to observe the continuing growth of an engaging protagonist.
(Readers interested in such features will be pleased that the author has shared a recipe for "Cousin Nelma's Banana Pudding" in the back of the book. I haven't tried it, but it actually sounds like it would be pretty tasty, and relatively easy and inexpensive to make.)
Trial by Twelve is the second book in the A Murder in the Mountains Series by Heather Day Gilbert. The series began with Miranda Warning.
We left Tess Spencer and her attorney husband Thomas expecting their first child. We learn quickly in Trial by Twelve they named their daughter Miranda Brooke after the woman (Miranda Michaels) who rescued Tess in the unstable years of her youth. The original Miranda's health is failing quickly at the start of this story, and Miranda's daughter Charlotte has fast become Tess' best friend in her mother's place.
Thomas is offered a job he desperately wants and Tess works part-time at a health spa while Thomas' parents gladly watch little "Mira Brooke". When the spa's owner wants to build another swimming pool, the earth moving turns up human bones, and the search begins for the murderer.
Heather is excellent at misleading the reader with suspects although her clues do give us a chance to ferret out the killer. Tess is a natural born investigator, inserting herself into troubling situations. And not just any troubles but the kind that lead to her becoming a victim. Her Glock always at the ready, she does her best to be prepared for mayhem.
Thomas is beside himself with his wife's involvement in this case and comes to the point where he demands she desist from helping with her insights - which is fine with Tess after some scary episodes. However, Tess always finds a way to up the ante where her safety is involved, and somehow her best intentions backfire.
There are some laugh out loud moments in this story, and Thomas' parents, particularly his mom Nikki Jo, and his younger brothers provide the tapestry of a real family. Tess is devoted to them and they to her.
Heather gives snippets of romance between Thomas and Tess in her suspense novels which highlight their love, respect, and passion for one another. Refreshingly and honestly done.
Since the stories are told from Tess' first person point of view, she always notices her female counterparts by how they dress with detailed descriptions and self-deprecating comparisons.
Cleverly introduced in the first book of the series, Trial by Twelve begins with a letter and they continue at the beginning of each chapter. The title works perfectly, specifically referred to near the end of the book.
Heather Day Gilbert's voice plays very well for Tess. Her entertaining prose, story development with occasional humor, fleshed out, colorful, and interesting peripheral characters, emotional conflicts, touching moments, and multiple suspects provide quick reads with satisfying conclusions to the immediate mystery. Trial by Twelve leaves the reader with a new conflict to anticipate in Heather's next addition to the well done A Murder in the Mountains Series.
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