Typically, I hate going into a series without starting at the beginning. In fact, I would prefer not to read series because you have to wait so long for the new one to be released. However, this time I made an exception with Nancy Mehl's Rising Darkness, the third installation in the Finding Sanctuary Series. Ms. Mehl's writings are new to me so I thought it a good opportunity to read a good mystery and I must admit wasn't disappointed. Even though this is the third in the series, Ms. Mehl did a really nice job with a short prologue, filling the reader in on what was necessary to dive right in to Rising Darkness.
Sophie Wittenbauer is budding journalist trying to get her foot in the door as a crime reporter when she has the opportunity to help solve a murder/robbery case which took place years ago with the help of an inmate she knew years ago. What she didn't expect was to be forced to face her past in a Mennonite community much like the one she grew up in with a face all too familiar which threatens to put her investigation at risk. Can Sophie find the presumed dead suspect still alive before someone makes sure she doesn't?
I think I will have to go back and pick up books one and two from the series, Gathering Shadows and Deadly Echoes. Ms.Mehl is excellent, weaving a story that makes you keep wanting more and creating characters you can easily relate to. Two thumbs up!
I did receive this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review and was in no way obligated to write a positive one.
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