Back from the Brink, Emery Hayes
Back from the Brink, Emery Hayes
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Back from the Brink

Author: Emery Hayes

Narrator: Hayden Bishop

Unabridged: 9 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/13/2021

Synopsis

It's a glorious spring in Blue Mesa, Montana, but not all is well in paradise. The authorities have been waging war against drug traffickers who use mules to carry dope and cash across the Canadian border. And murder gets thrown into the equation when sheriff Nicole Cobain is called to the lake to assist Border Patrol but instead finds their boat adrift and a dead man in the ice. When the police drag the lake looking for bodies, they recover a satchel containing money and drugsa satchel marked with the Border Patrol seal. The evidence points to corrupt elements within the Border Patrol who are involved in the drug trade. Then another murder victim turns upthe brother of Frank, a Border Patrol agent who's been trying to root out the bad agents. Nicole suspects that the two missing agents may have been responsible for the theft of the money and drugs, but when one of them is found dead from a single gunshot wound, the trail suddenly grows cold. As the bodies pile up, Nicole begins to feel that she's the only good guy on the sceneand on the brink of a terrible discovery that could shake the community to its core.

About Emery Hayes

Emery Hayes is the author of the Nicole Cobain mystery series and the twice-monthly podcast In My Town. Writing as Suzanne Phillips, she has commanded the attention of fans worldwide with her young-adult novels. She lives with her family in Southern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alicia

This is excellent at being a procedural book if you really like the minutia of cop work. It's the second in the series and I read the first one but had already forgotten almost all of it so it would work fine as a stand-alone. The main character is a female sheriff and she's likeable enough although......more

Goodreads review by Danielle

The story starts with a young Syrian woman on the run and heavily pregnant. She’s being chased through the woods, there are bad guys after her. Who are these guys and what are they after? Next introduce Sheriff Nicole Cobain. She is called to the lake in the middle of the night to discover a dead bo......more

Goodreads review by Amy

Back From the Brink starts with a chaotic scene that left me scrambling for a moment to breathe.The bulk of the book keeps up the pace, detailing the investigation trying to both piece together and unravel what happened. The fast paced yet meticulous investigative process was fascinating to a geek l......more

Goodreads review by Sam

I wanted to read a crime/ mystery with a strong female character and this one seems to fit the bill. I ended up not really liking it, but also not hating it. Nicole is a sheriff in a small Montana town that has to deal with drug smugglers, and people trying to cross into Canada. When she gets a call......more

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