River of Lies

In R.M. Greenaway's River of Lies, the 5th installment in the B.C. Blues Crime thriller series,  this startling tale had a bit of deep overtones that tugs at the heart. It's February, the most romantic month of the year, that's filled with romance and love and promises. But for Detectives Cal Dion and Dave Leith at the RCMP, it's nothing but that, when they were assigned on another case. It all started with a tragic death of a elementary school's janitor. While they worked that angle, a call for a missing child approached their desks. From there, it landed on a bunch of tangled up lies and deceit in the midst of a custody case between two parents. In the midst of the all is the children, when one's withdrawn from the world, and later takes his life in his own hands at his young age. From there, they discover what really happened and what went wrong, when another child's caught in the crossfire of heated argument. Lo and behold, they pieced the together the biggest mystery of it all. Is the child still alive or buried to hide the fact of an accidental death? When they clinched the two cases together to form this big and darkened mystery, they learned a whole lot of twists and turns that would love you shocked in the end with a gripping climax.

This was another terrific crime thriller from RM Greenaway. I instantly cared for poor Luna Garland and Vivi and Tiago Garland. They were caught in the middle of a complicated custody battle. I also cared for Cal who had gotten his heart broken and crushed from Kate, and how to look over his shoulder, due to a previous case he worked on for the RMCP. I did think Jane (JD) Temple might have feelings for Cal when she least expected it. But she's one tough police detective who helped cracked open this case. I did love the compelling scenic settings and amazing Canadian locations for this story that placed me there in the scene. The theme is that family matters when you put your kids first, no matter how old or troubled they are. Resolve the issues too.

If you love great crime thrillers with non-stop action, plenty of drama, lots of suspense, and sparks of twists for a mystery, check out River of Lies today.