When the Flood Falls

In J.E.  Barnard's When the Flood Falls, the first installment in the Falls Mystery series, this gripping debut will send you chills all over from the first page to the last. Lacey McCrae was an ex-Mountie in  Bragg Creek, when they prepare for the flood of the Eagle River. And while she worked for a security farm, her friend Deandra "Dee" Phillips asked her for her help with a particular issue. She believed that someone's been stalking her. So she informed her boss to set up some video surveillance. But things get heated up when she dealt with protestors, partying hockey players, and a security job at the museum. As she dug deeper into Dee's case, she had a line of suspecting including Dee's ex and her own issues of PTSD from her abusive husband. At the night of the gala, things got weary and suspicious with the people who were there. And when Dee was a victim of a hit-and-run, things might've got personal when Lacey sought up help from her friends and neighbors. She learned how she lost a dog last winter and other juicy tidbits. When she shed light into Jarrad Fiske, a hockey player, he turned up missing and later dead in the river. Somehow he ended up caught in the middle of a scandalous taped mess when she later learned in the thick of things, who was the truly culprit was in the middle of the flood.

This is a compelling tale that sets around in Calgary/Bragg Creek Canada. I did love the locations set around the Calgary regional area that took place for the story. The scenic settings was enticing and so vivid to pop on the screen. I did care for Lacey who had dealt with so much before a career change and a new location to call home. I also cared for Dee who endured so much from having a rat for an ex-husband to have someone stalk her and almost killing her. This would leave you hooked on the first page with non-stop action, bone-chilling drama, intense suspense and a lot of mystery.

Will you be there to solve the case in When the Flood Falls?