Review 272: Vanishing Edge

Vanishing Edge by Claire Kells
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A mystery where one isn’t quite sure the person dead was killed or just an accident while out in the Sequoia National Park near Precipice Lake. The dead woman is an actress, and it looks like the husband did it, as he’s older, needs money; and his wife was with another man on this glamping camping trip. Special Agent Felicity Harland with the Investigative Services Bureau, a park FBI type agency, is called out to find out what happened. Harland teams up with park ranger, and ex-Navy Seal, Huxley while they investigate despite being not entirely sure this was a murder or accident.

I was drawn to the book due to the background being in nature, the camping, trees and woods, but really this is an investigative story. It’s well done, and you get the backstory of the main characters interspersed with the main story and feel connection to these characters. The ending sets up nicely for this being the first book in a series, although nothing indicates that is the case. A decent book for anyone who likes police procedural type books.

I listened to the audio book and found the narration well done. It is an excellent option for reading this book.

Thanks to Crooked Lane Books for an uncorrected electronic advance review copy of this book and to Dreamscape Media for an advance audio book and NetGalley.