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A review by trisha_thomas
Something Bad Wrong by Eryk Pruitt
4.0
I love Podcast stories, because I love the moral dilemma of covering true crime. I must recommend, do this one as an audiobook. The narrators each really broke out the different perspectives and unique voice of each character and I really enjoyed it!
First, there's Jess. She's struggling into journalism after she abandoned her career hopes in order to start a family. Now that her son is grown, she's ready to get back into it. And she wants to dig into an old case, one that has personal ties to her family. Long ago, her grandfather was the lead detective on a case in their small town that involved 2 highschoolers murdered on a lover's lane. It's been unsolved for almost 50 years and Jess has now stumbled on her grandfather's old detective's notebook. His notes, his theories (and clearly exactly who he thought was guilty) are all in these pages. She hopes this new information can crack the case wide open.
She pulls a nightly news personality to help her gain some credibility - but only because he's just lost it all - his job, wife and life - while being caught out for having an affair. Together, the two of them find new avenues to investigate, new names to research, and force old memories to the surface.
I was so drawn into this story, probably because I listened to all of it on one day during a long car ride. I loved the characters, even if they were flawed. I especially loved Jess and how she stood her ground, threw herself into every story but also how she never forgot the victims. Her aim was always to try to discover what happened to them on lover's lane when they were murdered.
I see, now, that Jess Keeler may very well be a series. I plan to get book 2 as soon as I can!
A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
First, there's Jess. She's struggling into journalism after she abandoned her career hopes in order to start a family. Now that her son is grown, she's ready to get back into it. And she wants to dig into an old case, one that has personal ties to her family. Long ago, her grandfather was the lead detective on a case in their small town that involved 2 highschoolers murdered on a lover's lane. It's been unsolved for almost 50 years and Jess has now stumbled on her grandfather's old detective's notebook. His notes, his theories (and clearly exactly who he thought was guilty) are all in these pages. She hopes this new information can crack the case wide open.
She pulls a nightly news personality to help her gain some credibility - but only because he's just lost it all - his job, wife and life - while being caught out for having an affair. Together, the two of them find new avenues to investigate, new names to research, and force old memories to the surface.
I was so drawn into this story, probably because I listened to all of it on one day during a long car ride. I loved the characters, even if they were flawed. I especially loved Jess and how she stood her ground, threw herself into every story but also how she never forgot the victims. Her aim was always to try to discover what happened to them on lover's lane when they were murdered.
I see, now, that Jess Keeler may very well be a series. I plan to get book 2 as soon as I can!
A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.