Flowers on her grave by Jennifer Chase is the 3rd book in the series featuring Detective Katie Scott. The difference this time is that the case is personal, very personal!

Katie is still working in the cold case department of the Pine Valley Police Force, but has lost her full time partner McGaven to being only part time. She goes to her Aunt and Uncle’s wedding anniversary celebrations and sees they are still more in love than ever that evening. The next morning she returns to their house to go for a run with her Uncle, a thing that happens constantly. After getting no answer at the door she keeps trying until, eventually her Uncle answers, covered in blood. Katie discovers her Aunt dead in the laundry room and all the evidence points to her Uncle! Katie, being family, is ordered to keep well away from the case, but family is family! Katie begins to dig into cold cases of her Uncle’s and discovers links that cannot be ignored. She doggedly carries on finding nothing but dead ends until she discovers a single detail that has possibilities of being fruitful in her search for evidence to prove her Uncle is not the killer.

I enjoyed this fast paced and thrilling read, waiting to see how far Katie would go to prove her Uncle’s innocence. As I said previously, it is the 3rd book of the series and can be read as a standalone but, as with a lot of series, you do get to know the characters better if you have read the others as it creates depth you maybe won’t get with just the one. Overall, though, a great read and I thank Bookouture and Book On The Brightside Publicity and Promo for allowing me to be a part of the Blog Tour.