Bone on Bone

Bell Elkins #7

by Julia Keller

Bone on Bone, the next powerful chapter in Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Keller's beloved Bell Elkins series, sends readers headlong into the thick of a mystery as young as today's headlines -- but as old as the mountains that hold these lives in a tight grip.

How far would you go for someone you love? Would you die? Would you kill? After a three-year prison sentence, Bell Elkins is back in Acker's Gap. And she finds herself in the white-hot center of a complicated and deadly case -- even as she comes to terms with one last, devastating secret of her own.

A prominent local family has fallen victim to the same sickness that infects the whole region: drug addiction. With mother against father, child against parent, and tensions that lead inexorably to tragedy, they are trapped in a grim, hopeless struggle with nowhere to turn.

Bell has lost her job as prosecutor -- but not her affection for her ragtag, hard-luck hometown. Teamed up with former Deputy Jake Oakes, who battles his own demons as he adjusts to life as a paraplegic, and aided by the new prosecutor, Rhonda Lovejoy, Bell tackles a case as poignant as it is perilous, as heartbreaking as it is challenging.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Suspense, Adult Fiction

307 pages, Hardcover

First published August 21, 2018

About the author

Julia was born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia. She graduated from Marshall University, then later earned a doctoral degree in English Literature at Ohio State University.

She was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and has taught at Princeton and Ohio State Universities, and the University of Notre Dame. She is a guest essayist on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and has been a contributor on CNN and NBC Nightly News. In 2005, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.

Julia lives in a high-rise in Chicago and a stone cottage on a lake in rural Ohio.

Reviews

[Diane S ☔ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 THE OPIOD CRISIS has hit Aker's Gap in West Virginia very hard. Many overdoses, a drug that has no socioeconomic barriers, the well off and the desperate all sinking in the same morass. When a prominent man is killed in his own driveway, the killer thought to be one of the local drug dealers, the crisis once again comes to the forefront. The mans son, despite numerous stays at rehab facilities, just can't seem to kick his addiction, and had become a source of sadness and stress to his parents. Now his habit seems to have cost his father his life.

I started this series only with the last book, but it is one that I have come to enjoy. Pertininent topic, and since I am also reading the non fiction book American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts, which starts with the crisis in West Virginia, also relevant and credible. I also enjoy the characters, very interesting back stories here, and the decisions they make, and where they find themselves now, make the story realistic. Taking on the drugs, and thugs of all sorts as they try to make a difference in the town they love is admirable, also at times, hopeless. Still they admirably fight on, hoping something they do will make a small difference. There is sadness here, but also a few bright spots, that keeps them hopeful. As in the real world, one step at a time.

ARC from Netgalley.

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought Fast Falls the Night was an amazing, five star mystery. So I was anxious to see if Julia Keller could do it again. She’s again tackling the opioid crisis and how its tentacles reach into so many facets of life.

The story is told from multiple viewpoints. It’s four years after FFTN and a lot has transpired. Bell is no longer county prosecutor and Jake Oakes is a paraplegic and no longer deputy. We also hear from Linda, the mother of a drug user, who is beyond her wit’s end on how to deal with her son. This is more character study than standard mystery. The first death doesn’t even occur until ⅓ into the book. It’s not fast paced, but it it is powerful.

It does seem odd that Bell takes on a Don Quixote type idea. I wasn’t initially sure I bought into her doing that. She’s always been too practical for that.

The writing is still oh so special. “Then he would try to move his legs and it all rushed in on him again, the eternal present tense.”

Unfortunately, the ending didn’t hold together for me. It felt rushed and forced and the crucial twist of who did it was obvious and should have been obvious to the sheriff. So, this does not rank as high as its predecessor. But that was a really high bar. It will be interesting to see where Keller goes with the next book in the series.

My thanks to netgalley and Minotaur Books for an advance copy of this book.

[Mackey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't sure what to think after Fast Falls the Night, Julia Keller's stunning book about 24 hours in a rust belt town forced to cope with the mounting, egregious death toll from tainted drug overdoses. The protagonist, Bell Elkins, and her town, were left shattered and broken with a deputy fighting for his life and Bell making the decision to confess to a crime she only recently remembered was her fault. I had no idea how, or even if, the series could continue. Bone on Bone, puts the pieces back together and, like things that have been broken, it never will be same but, thankfully, the pieces are there.

As always, Keller's writing is superb and her characters are brilliantly and realistically drawn. There are few series characters with whom I identify with more than I do than Bell Elkins. While this book is much slower, not nearly as much action as those in the past, it was needed in order to serve as a bridge from what was to what will be in the future of the series. If you haven't read Keller's books before, then I suggest you start at the beginning. If you are a fan, then one is not to be missed!

[Maureen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this latest Bell Elkins book by Julia Keller. I have read most of the series and in my opinion, this was one of the best yet. The mystery of "who did it" really kept me wanting to read faster. There was quite a twist at the end, one I did not see coming. Fantastic writing, plotting, and great characterization by a very skilled author. 4.5 stars rounded up to 5.

[Chris Conley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy cow!! Oh my gosh!!!! Once again, not enough stars for this one. I will not say more in fear of spoilers. Keller is amazing.

[Jo Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every reader who wants to slap some sense into Belfa Elkins, please get in line. Belfa, or Bell, is, in my opinion, one of those great characters that truly come alive. She is caring and loyal but stubborn, cantankerous and has maybe a bit of a martyr complex.

Bone on Bone, the 7th in the Bell Elkins series, begins three years after Book 6, which ended with Bell quitting her job and asking to be imprisoned for something she did when she was 10 years old. Also, readers discover the fate of cocky deputy Jake Oakes, who had a gun pulled on him in a convenience store.

Once again, the plot of Bone on Bone deals with the drug crisis in the small town of Acker's Gap. This time, a prominent family of the town is dealing with their young adult son's addiction. In and out of rehab, Tyler Topping has become his parents' worse nightmare. He steals from them, disappears for a while, comes home, gets sent to rehab, comes home and swears this time it will be different. But it never is. And now he owes money to a young and vicious drug dealer. When the dealer comes after Tyler, his father intervenes, and threatens the dealer with information he has gathered on the drug operation. "Leave us alone and that info will never be revealed," says Mr. Topping, thus sealing the family's fate.

The book flashes back and forth, to the time when Bell has decided to confess her crime, then back to the present, then back to cover her sister Shirley's fight with cancer. There is enough flashing back and forth that in the hands of a lesser writer, it may have become confusing, but Keller handles the tale like the master writer she is.

Now, why do I want to slap Bell? That stubborn streak and what I call a martyr complex has ruined her life. She was doing an amazing job as the county prosecutor, and could have (should have) lived with her crime. She was 10 when it happened. No one would have blamed her.

I have a love/hate relationship with Bell. I hope she continues on for a very long time. P.S. A lot of people ask, "Do I need to read the books from the beginning?" Yes, plus the novellas that may only be available via ebook. Bell and her family's history is complex. May as well start at the beginning.

[Bonnye Reed · Rating 4 out of 5]

GNa Bone on Bone is a very interesting novel that takes place in the small community of Acker's Gap, Raythune County, West Virginia. Raythune is a county with never quite enough funds to go around. Every year there is a little less for the judicial department, the sheriff's department, the medical centers. And there are more kids on drugs, more babies born of drug-using mothers, more crime associated with drug use.

And we have many empathetic characters. Forty-nine year old Belfa Elkins was a first class lawyer and the prosecutor for Raythune County until she began her two and a half year stint in the Alderson minimum security prison. She is now almost done with her community service hours but without a future in sight. Ellie and Brett Topping are the well to do parents of twenty year old Tyler, going into his fourth year of serious drug addiction, and relapsing within days of his latest release from the drug rehab center. Across the street and four doors down is the home of the Banville family, Sandy and Rex, Alex and Sara. Tyler and Alex were best of friends until junior year of high school, and Sara was the tag along little sister in most of their childhood adventures. Jake Oakes was a deputy sheriff for Raythune County. He loved his work before he took a bullet in the spine on the job, putting him in a wheelchair and on permanent disability. Pam Harrison is the new Sheriff, Rhonda Lovejoy the new prosecutor.

Put them all together and toss them about and you have a fast paced, multi-faceted mystery that will keep you entertained and guessing for hours. Thank you Netgalley for introducing me to Julia Keller. She is an author I will follow.

I received a free electronic copy of this mystery novel from Netgalley, Julia Keller, and Minotaur Books in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me.

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[Cyndi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading a book in Julia Keller’s Bell Elkins series is like sitting down with an intelligent, thought-provoking and well-dressed, old friend. Her books consistently never disappoint and Bone on Bone is no exception. The beginning starts off with Bell recently released from prison and trying to resume a life and reconnect with people back in her hometown of Ackers Gap, WV. Bell and a former colleague collaborate to solve the unexpected, cold blooded murder of a bank executive in his own driveway. Meanwhile, Bell makes a project out of researching ways to punish a pharmaceutical executive who she seems responsible for producing the opioids that have wreaked chaos in her community. She also struggles with an emotionally crippling, internal battle of conscience that has plagued her since she was a girl.

Keller’s writing always has a natural ease to it and this was a fast read. Her character development is phenomenal with characters that are very real and relatable with lots of foibles and flaws. Bell has her own secrets, which she shares with the reader but no one else. Ackers Gap is a community that I feel like I’ve come to know and love through this series. The mystery is suspenseful and there are a few delicious twists that I did not see coming. Not surprisingly, this is another excellent addition to this series.

For those new to this series, I highly recommend binge reading, starting with Killing in the Hills.

Many thanks to Netgalley, Minotaur Books, and Julia Keller for providing me with a complimentary e-copy ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars.

After reading Julia Keller's last novel in the Bell Elkins series, I was very frustrated with the choice of sharing that Bell actually was the one to kill her creepy pedophile of a father, not Shirley. The last book was jam packed with all the overdoses going on and the fact that Shirley had lung cancer. This was information best shared in the next book where it could be explored. That was why I couldn't rate the 6th Bell Elkins book any higher.

This story, however, has a very slow start. Bell is just finishing up her community service after spending 3 years in a minimum facility prison, Jake is confined to a wheelchair after being shot by the guy dealing the bad heroin from the last book, Rhonda is now the prosecutor, and Sheriff Harrison is still running the show. The murder this time around is related to drug crisis in Appalachia.

We're introduced to the Topping family this time around. Their son, Tyler, is knee dip in drug addiction. He's been in and out of rehab and no matter what, he always ends up going back to drugs, leading him to stealing from his family to finance his habit and to pay back the dealer he's working for. His parents, Brett and Ellie, are exhausted and don't know what to do with him. The constant tension in the house leads to devastating circumstances as the story continues onward.

With Bell not being the prosecutor, she's struggling to find her identity. She wants to help Ackers Gap, but she doesn't know how. Once Jake was shot and confined to a wheelchair, he's not able to be a deputy anymore, which is something that he excelled at and loved. Now, he doesn't know what to do with himself, but drink and feel sorry for himself. These two characters were considered the pillars of their community and are now at a crossroads with what to do with their lives. Some fateful decisions lead them into a new direction, but one that still feels connected with what they've both done in the past.

The first half of the book really drags and it was hard for me to stay focused and be excited to continue reading. It's not the topic that stopped me, but the excessive chapters of each character's issues that could've been edited down to give it a nicer flow into the next two parts of the novel.

Once I started reading part 2 and 3, that's when the story starts to gel and every character comes together to try to solve a crime that could lead to more deaths and destruction, if they're not able to figure out the missing pieces fast enough. There are definitely lots of twists and turns that give Tyler and his family some added depth and bring their story to the forefront with our main characters. I like that each character goes through a natural evolution in terms of who they become. None of it feels forced or not in line with how the character has been presented the entire time. I don't want to spoil anything because if you choose to read it, it unfolds very interestingly and you'll lose the intrigue if given too much information. If you're interested in this novel, definitely read the other books first, just so you'll have some context. If you've read all 6 of the Bell Elkins stories, I would still recommend reading it. Bell and her comrades make some major changes that are worth reading about.

[Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Julia Keller is a really fine writer. I've enjoyed the two other titles I've read about Bel Elkins, and this book was no exception.

As always, Keller writes about her native West Virginia with insight and affection -- but she also is not afraid to display its troubles. In this book, the opiod crisis takes front and center, as a family spins out of control while their son, Tyler, finds himself in the unrelenting grip not only of the drugs, but of the drug trade. As the mountains often throw their shadow over parts of Ackers Gap, opioids cast their shadow, too, often into the most surprising places. No one in Ackers Gap, it appears, is completely immune from the crisis -- it touches everyone either directly or indirectly.

When Brett Topping, bank president and father of the aforementioned Tyler, is gunned down in his own driveway, Sherriff Harrison and prosecuter Rhonda Lovejoy assume that dealer Deke Foley is the perpetrator. After all, Deke recently warned Brett that he'd "be sorry" about his recent activities to fight what was happening to Tyler, and Tyler himself is sure that Deke is responsible. But is he?

As with any good mystery, there are enough red herrings to keep readers guessing about the murder, and several sub-plots wind around and through the murder story, as well -- all of them interesting, but some of them leaving me wondering until near the end what purpose they served in the novel. Only one of them, however, seemed rather superfluous even after I had finished the book; unless Keller wanted to show us that some people turn to religious faith because it's all they have left to protect them from despair, I'm not sure why that subplot existed and still question that it was needed. But it certainly didn't ruin my enjoyment of the book; it just made me a little impatient.

This book is different from other Bel Elkins novels because Bel is no longer the prosecuting attorney; in fact, she's recently gotten out of prison, herself -- for a long-ago murder to which she somewhat recently confessed. The "why" underlying that confession is finally revealed in this novel, although the confession and imprisonment occurred earlier. However, Bel does play an important role in solving the Topping murder and also in bringing some of the opioid crisis to light for readers who might still be unaware of its sources. Other favorite characters from previous Ackers Gap novels also appear here; I enjoy that continuity.

The treatment of the opiod crisis is, I think, a little heavy-handed -- I'm pretty sure most readers are aware of much of what Keller reveals about it. However, the story of the Topping family and others in Ackers Gap shows how deep the fissures in a community as well as a family can grow once opioids tighten their grip. It isn't a pretty picture. But it's one we all need to see clearly, and Julia Keller does a great job of opening our eyes and our hearts to the issue.

[Evelyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Former county prosecutor Bell Elkins is just finishing up her community service after serving two years in prison for killing her father when she was ten years-old. Former deputy Jake Oakes, now a paraplegic, is adjusting to his new life, too. Together they work to help county officials still dealing with the opioid crisis affecting West Virginia.

Good series best read in order.

[Bookreporter.com Mystery & Thriller · Rating 4 out of 5]

I knew Julia Keller as a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch several years before she won a Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles she wrote for the Chicago Tribune. Her name is still spoken with reverence by fellow Dispatch reporters. When she turned her hand to writing a series of mystery novels featuring a somewhat complex and quietly damaged county prosecutor, I and many others expected nothing short of excellence. We were not disappointed.

Keller’s Bell Elkins books rely more on drama than action (though they are not necessarily bereft of the latter) and on slow-boil plots as opposed to explosions. However, there have been plenty of judiciously placed twists and developments to keep the pages of each novel turning. The newly published BONE ON BONE is no exception.

The series is set in the fictional West Virginia town of Acker’s Gap, which is modeled after a small town that was assimilated into the city of Huntington (Keller’s hometown) over a century ago but continues to exist as a neighborhood. Acker’s Gap is the type of place where everyone at least knows of everyone else and their business. As is the case in the real world, Acker’s Gap is plagued with drug addiction. Change also occurs in the real world, and there is indeed change in Bell Elkins’ life.

Bell is no longer the Acker’s Gap prosecutor as BONE ON BONE begins. She has just finished serving three years in prison for the murder of her abusive father, a crime she committed when she was much younger, and is wrapping up her mandatory community service. The backstory behind this is woven throughout the book as a secondary plot while Bell adjusts to life as a civilian, with the goal of taking on a pharmaceutical company that manufactures the painkilling drug that seems to have the streets of Acker’s Gap in its thrall. Indeed, addiction influences and propels every cranny of the book.

The primary focus is on the Toppings, a prominent family in Acker’s Gap. Brett, an executive with a local bank and a pillar of the community, and his wife Ellie are stunned by the cycle of addiction and rehabilitation that their son, Tyler, has been undergoing to the extent that he has become a stranger in their family and home. Brett resolves to become proactive in battling the effect it has had on Tyler, which results in Brett’s murder by an unknown assailant. There is a likely suspect, but the investigation takes longer than anyone anticipates at first. One of the side effects of the inquiry ultimately touches Bell, who is not officially involved in the matter. A series of stunning revelations occur as the book concludes, of which at least one is almost sure to play out in the next installment.

Keller is at her chilling best in BONE ON BONE, particularly when giving the reader an up-close, unblinking look at the physical and emotional tolls of addiction on both the addicts and those closest to them. There have been video documentaries concerning various aspects of painkiller abuse in Huntington, but Keller’s vision and voice add a new dimension to the problem, one that stays with the reader long after the last page is turned. It is unsettling but makes for necessary reading.

Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub

[Aristotle · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Here i am, sprinkling a bottle of Kraft Italian over chicken breasts and the next time i see my son, i'm going to kill him." -Ellie Topping

Welcome to a family in the vice-like grip of a demon, a demon slowly eating their souls, a demon also known as heroin.
You find your child swimming in a river of heroin. You jump in to save your child but realize the current is too strong, pulling your child down into a black hole. Do you hold on even though the demon is pulling you down as well or let go of the one you love and try to swim to shore?

They are those things that clutch at us, strangle us, force us to obey them.
They control us with great delight, and finally they own us.

You'll swindle your mother and just for a buck.
You'll turn into something vile and corrupt.
You'll mug and you'll steal for my narcotic charm,
and feel contentment when I'm in your arms.

A well written but dark, sad, and at times a hopeless read.

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bell Elkins chose a very different path in life than her previous existence. After resigning as town prosecutor and pleading guilty to the murder of her father when she was only ten, Bell served three years in prison and completed her community service requirement. Back at home without a plan, will the current opioid crisis in Acker's Gap grab Bell's attention? When a well liked business man is murdered in his own driveway, will the sheriff and current prosecutor be able to solve the case? When evidence points to a larger issue, will the county be able to rely on some of their best assets?

I am not sure I liked the direction that the author took in Bone on Bone, but I was a little more intrigued with future possibilities because of the ending. I am a big fan of Belfa Elkins and I hope to see her restored to her former glory. or something similar, in the near future.

[Colin Mitchell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Belfa Elkins returns to her home after serving her prison sentence for killing her father. Her old life is finished and she is no longer able to practice law. She is looking into the role of a large pharmaceutical conglomerate in the life of West Virginia when she becomes associated with the paraplegic ex-deputy Jake Oakes and young addict Tyler Topping. Below the surface of the drug addiction pandemic in Ackers Gap is murder and the destruction of families.

Great plot and a sad but real evil. The story was spoilt for me by the constant reference to her being a former prosecutor and how this and that used to be her role. This went on sentence after sentence until the reader could have easily murdered Elkins themselves.

That issue knocks this down from four to 3 stars.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This nation is facing an opioid addiction of the highest order. Nowhere is that more evident then in my home state of West Virginia. This book brings that home in the most revealing, heart rendering story I have read in a while.


Bell Elkins returns to her Appalachian mountain home, no longer the county prosecutor and with a big secret of her own. Even though she is no longer a lawyer old habits die hard so she puts her abilities to use, but in a different way to help solve the murder of a prominent citizen with drugs at the heart of the matter.

This story tore at my heart. Drugs affect everyone, not just the addict caught in a never ending spiral of want, but the families who love them, the friends who adore them and the community surrounding them. Drug addiction knows no stereotype, no class distinction. No one is immune. This is a powerful book. Don't miss this one.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

During my weekly visit to the public library I stumbled on the seventh in this new-to-me series. Though short, this book is full of characters with complicated back stories and secrets that maintain interest. I'd like to know the recurring characters better, especially Bell Elkins, whose prosecutorial career has veered completely off the rails in this story. Elkins is obviously on the precipice of a new life, but before I go to book eight, I look forward to catching up with the various inhabitants of Acker's Gap.

[Carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing here is excellent. Characters are well defined and believable. The story of a drug besieged small town is well paced and beautifully written. My only complaint is the bland ending which I found to be very disappointing and anti-climactic. I suspected who the murderer was way before the Big Reveal. Suspense is also woefully lacking, pretty much throughout the story. Nevertheless, the writing itself is almost perfection, so these flaws can be forgiven.

[Geri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though the subject matter is bleak, I really enjoy this series. Each book introduces a new case or murder to be solved, but there is a continual theme throughout the series dealing with the opioid/drug crisis in West Virginia.

[Jeanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found the characters interesting and the writing well done especially in the last quarter of the book. Bell has many colors to her

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

We find out why Bell went to prison and what happened to Jake. Lots of changes for Acker’s Gap.

[Deb White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. Love the way she write, so real and natural. I loved that it was different. Unusual characters, but so believable. Loved that Bone on Bone was not predictable. Appreciated the topic that is so current and tragic, the opiate epidemic.

[Karyn Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Smart series with a smart female protagonist and a diverse cast of characters. This one deals with the real drug crisis in West Virginia as well as opposing political viewpoints in a tight well-developed mystery.

[Marianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. The solution to the mystery was easy to guess, but the characterization was excellent.

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a little tired of the opioid stories. Maybe it's just me....? I know it is a pervasive problem in every town, but I just don't want to read about it again. Had I known, I would not have gotten this book.

[Monical · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another terrific addition to the Bell Elkins series-- populated with favorite and familiar characters along with further developments and new characters. Oh yes, there is also a mystery and murder at the heart of the story. I especially liked the plot segue at the end-- portends interesting new stories to come.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have enjoyed this well-written series, about life in rural West Virginia. However, the last two books, (Fast Falls the Night and Bone on Bone, which read like two halves of the same book) jump the shark in terms of plot. Wondering if the next book will bring things more down to earth, but I'm not sure how the author will make that happen.

[Annabelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book a lot, it is set in a Podunk town in Appalachia. Author Keller uses multiple voices and flashbacks to weave a story that is first ambiguous. She has a good way with precise and easy facile with lovely prose. Belfa is in prison, she used to be a prosecutor, and her sister is in prison for killing their abuse father, but it turns out Belfa did the deed when she was six, and is now finishing her self-imposed prison sentence. The town of Acker’s Gap, West Virginia is in the middle of the opiate war. Belfa was to bring down a drug manufacture. The Topping family is a drift with an addict son, Tyler, that steals money, and deals for Deke Foley. Tyler’s dad follows Deke, and ends up dead. There’s a great character Jake, a paraplegic former cop who plays a strong role. There are strong woman characters besides Belfa. An a paraplegic former cop. The crime is solved with an unexpected

[LInda L · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my first Bell Elkins, and I loved her. Additionally, I also loved Rhonda, Carla, Jake, Nick, and some others as well. The story was fascinating and I'm so sorry I missed numbers 1 through 6. And am certainly looking forward to number 8!!! There were a lot of twists and turns in this book, which was certainly a warning to all of us regarding drug trafficking. And it seemed somehow worse in a small town setting than in a big city. But -- awful anywhere.

[Tiffany Faw · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again Keller knocked it out of the park! I love the new prosecutor, I think she and Bell will be a great team.
Really hope the next book picks up where this one left off. I want to know what happens to the drug dealer!!!!!!