Texas Buried Secrets by Virginia Vaughan

Texas Buried Secrets
by Virginia Vaughan

ISBN-13: 9781335587152
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense
Released: July 26th 2022

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description from Goodreads:
Publicly vowing to bring a serial killer to justice, Deputy Cecile Richardson solidifies herself as the criminal’s next target. And when a newly discovered victim is identified, it becomes even more personal for Cecile. She will solve this cold case. Can Sheriff Josh Avery keep her safe long enough to identify and catch the culprit—or will the killer successfully hunt down his prey?


My Review:
Texas Buried Secrets is a Christian romantic suspense novel. It's the sixth in a series, but it works as a standalone. Josh and Cecile respected each other's abilities and got along well. Josh acknowledged in word and deed that she was an excellent investigator and able to take care of herself. And she was. But as her injuries added up and slowed her down, she needed some help to survive the repeated attacks. The mystery was clue-based. Cecile asked questions and followed up on leads. Whodunit wasn't obvious so it was realistic that super-investigator Cecile didn't pick up on it sooner.

Josh's wife's murder has remained unsolved, and a reporter has implied that Josh got away with murder. Though several characters pointed out that since he kept getting elected sheriff, obviously few believed that accusation, he's refused to date Cecile because he doesn't what to smear her reputation with his. At the end, he said something deliberately hurtful to make Cecile move away to protect her reputation. Cecile and her dad realized the killer was still out there. I'm like, "you just left her emotionally hurting, physically injured, and on her own. That isn't protecting her." He did soon realize this, but if I'd been Cecile, this would have been an issue needing forgiveness. Instead, she's hard on herself for giving up on him. I'm willing to accept this as how complex, messed-up people can act, but it baffled me that this was treated as such a non-issue.

There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this enjoyable romantic suspense.


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