Bookish Tuesday- The Woman Who Couldn't Scream

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Let me start out first by saying no one does suspense like Christina Dodd, her books have layers on top of layers of intrigue and twists and turns, until you've run up to the end and WOW, you just didn't see that one coming! If you like strong, smart female leads and a continuing underlying storyline with a satisfying conclusion in each book this series is for you.

This is book four in the Virtue Falls universe and it can stand alone but some characters will read better if you have their story from the beginning.

In this installment we are back in Virtue Falls and I was thrilled to be catching up with my favorite Characters. Kateri Kwinault is finally Sheriff, and unfortunately Rainbow is in trouble. Stag is back and better than ever and then we are introduced to a new/old friend Merida, who can not speak, that has troubles of her own. While this is her story she brings some background into the early life of Katerim, who's story is intertwined with hers.


Kateri Kwinault, newly elected and the first female sheriff of Virtue Falls, Washington is having a bad week. It starts with a drive by shooting that injures her and puts her best friend Rainbow in a coma. Just days later during a harrowing car chase she is injured when her deputy loses control hits a tree and reopens her stitches.

Add to that the City Council is not happy and they haven't even realized that they have a serial killer that is slashing his victims faces. That'll put a damper on tourism, in a town that depends on it. Then a beautiful but mysterious woman comes to town. Merida can not speak but is not immune to the interest in her from the small town. Merida is in Virtue Falls to plan her revenge on the people who destroyed her happiness and took her voice but nothing is as simple as what it seems.

Merida has reinvented herself yet again as she arrives in Virtue Falls, along the same time that Kateri's half sister. All three are from different worlds but share a past.

One thing that will really draw you into Christina Dodd's books are her strong female characters. Often leading ladies are only there to be rescued by the leading hero. Dodd's female leads are the rescuers as well as being canny, strong and intelligent.  Add a bit of the mystical to the panoramic beaut of the Pacific Northwest and you have an excellent setting for a series, one you won't want to miss.

While it is listed as romantic suspense it is a cut above. Kateri is growing into her role as sheriff, Merida's mystery is more complex than you suspect at first and prior stories are expanded upon.