Burning Ridge
A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery

Name: Burning Ridge
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Margaret Mizushima
ISBN: 9781982539993

Author: Margaret Mizushima

Series: Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries #4

Narrator: Nancy Wu

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 09/11/2018

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Police Procedural

Synopsis

On a rugged Colorado mountain ridge, Mattie Cobb and her police dog partner Robo make a grisly discovery―and become the targets of a ruthless killer.Colorado’s Redstone Ridge is a place of extraordinary beauty, but this rugged mountain wilderness harbors a horrifying secret. When a charred body is discovered in a shallow grave on the ridge, officer Mattie Cobb and her K-9 partner Robo are called in to spearhead the investigation. But this is no ordinary crime―and it soon becomes clear that Mattie has a close personal connection to the dead man. Joined by local veterinarian Cole Walker, the pair scours the mountaintop for evidence and makes another gruesome discovery: the skeletonized remains of two adults and a child. And then, the unthinkable happens. Could Mattie become the next victim in the murderer’s deadly game? A deranged killer torments Mattie with a litany of dark secrets that call into question her very identity. As a towering blaze races across the ridge, Cole and Robo search desperately for her―but time is running out.

About Margaret Mizushima

Margaret Mizushima writes historical novels and contemporary mystery/suspense novels. She has authored ten novels in the Timber Creek K-9 mystery series. She has served as past president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America and was elected 2019 Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. Her short story “Hayhook” was published in the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers 2014 anthology, Crossing Colfax.

About Nancy Wu

Nancy Wu has narrated audiobooks since 2004, winning three AudioFile Earphones Awards. A New York theater, television, and film actor, she has recorded in studios all over the world—from Italy to Switzerland to Thailand. Her credits include Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hope & Faith, All My Children, Made for Each Other, and the Oscar-nominated film Frozen River.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on October 06, 2018

Mattie Cobb and her partner, K-9 officer Robo, are part of the police force in Timber Creek, CO. When the local vet and his daughters discover partial human remains while horseback riding on a nearby ridge, Mattie responds to the scene with Robo. Finding charred remains of a body in a burn pit, Matt......more

Goodreads review by Pat on May 10, 2020

Ah that was a satisfying read! It was so good to catch up with Deputy Mattie Cobb and her K-9 partner Robo. We learn a lot more about Mattie’s background in this book. Of course there is murder involved but this time it Mattie’s past that comes back to haunt her and the town of Timber Creek. But it......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on December 25, 2018

Burning Ride is the second book I've read in the Timber Creek K-9 Mystery series. And, I just have to face the fact that this series isn't for me. And, it all boils down to the fact that I'm just the wrong reader. It's a bit frustrating when a book has everything I usually like, a small town with a......more

Goodreads review by Julie on October 22, 2019

I read this book in the Timber Creek K-9 series in 2018, but I had not read all the earlier books in the series. With a new book coming out in November 2019, I decided it was the perfect time to backtrack and read the books in order from the beginning. I'm so glad I did! I loved this book the first......more

Quotes

“Readers will be fascinated to learn how search dogs are trained and to see one in action. Mizushima delivers a sufficiently complicated plot, well-developed interpersonal relationships, awe-inspiring landscape descriptions, and some excruciatingly vivid action.” Publishers Weekly

“The development of an extensive backstory over a multibook arch pays off when a police officer long known for keeping things to herself begins to confront her past and connect with those in her present.” Kirkus Reviews