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A Mountain of Evidence
Kim Jackson told herself to stay out of it. She didn't listen.
All Kim Jackson wants to do is live under the radar in a town where no one knows she was once an accounting manager at a Fortune 500 company—or that she’s been framed for corporate fraud and murder. Instead, she gets involved in a homicide investigation.
High school senior Emily Riley made no secret of her desire to escape her hometown in the shadow of the San Juan Mountains. Locals thought she had left, until Emily’s murdered body is discovered at the base of Red Mountain. Kim Jackson steps in when she senses the investigation going cold. Using her advantage as an unbiased outsider, Kim seeks to understand who Emily was and who might have wanted her dead. As she gets closer to finding out what happened to Emily, Kim underestimates how much exposing the truth will cost her.
A Mountain of Evidence is the first book in the Colorado Skies mystery series. It follows a woman desperately aiming to solve a murder while struggling to come to grips with what she’s lost—her past.
All Kim Jackson wants to do is live under the radar in a town where no one knows she was once an accounting manager at a Fortune 500 company—or that she’s been framed for corporate fraud and murder. Instead, she gets involved in a homicide investigation.
High school senior Emily Riley made no secret of her desire to escape her hometown in the shadow of the San Juan Mountains. Locals thought she had left, until Emily’s murdered body is discovered at the base of Red Mountain. Kim Jackson steps in when she senses the investigation going cold. Using her advantage as an unbiased outsider, Kim seeks to understand who Emily was and who might have wanted her dead. As she gets closer to finding out what happened to Emily, Kim underestimates how much exposing the truth will cost her.
A Mountain of Evidence is the first book in the Colorado Skies mystery series. It follows a woman desperately aiming to solve a murder while struggling to come to grips with what she’s lost—her past.
- GenresMystery
274 pages, Paperback
First published September 14, 2021
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August 10, 2021
Kim is a top executive who has to leave her life in the big city behind as she is being framed for fraud and murder by her boss. She flees the city and ends up in small town Colorado where she manages to build up a new life in just two weeks: new job, new house, volunteer work, a place in the local softball team, a few suitors and even friends. On top of that she starts to do her own investigation into the disappearance of a local young girl.
It all feels unrealistic to the point I would say the story is escapism or cozy mystery at least. The writing style was okay, but the main character Kim didn't connect with me. She made wrong decisions from start to finish and she is portraited as a perfect miss goody two shoes and gets away with it.
All in all, a good holiday read when you don't want something heavy or complicated.
2,5 stars
A sincere thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
It all feels unrealistic to the point I would say the story is escapism or cozy mystery at least. The writing style was okay, but the main character Kim didn't connect with me. She made wrong decisions from start to finish and she is portraited as a perfect miss goody two shoes and gets away with it.
All in all, a good holiday read when you don't want something heavy or complicated.
2,5 stars
A sincere thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
June 19, 2021
Thanks to the publisher for providing an eARC of A Mountain of Evidence in exchange for an honest review.
This might be a case of right book, wrong reader. A Mountain of Evidence was shelved as YA when I decided to read it (I think it's since been switched to NA) so I went into this assuming we'd also be getting chapters from the missing girl's POV or from the perspective of some of the other teen characters to create a higher investment in the story but this is definitely just not YA. I like adult mysteries too, but this is very much a cozy mystery (with the stilted dialogue and slow pace that normally comes with cozy mysteries very, very present) so I didn't enjoy it.
This might be a case of right book, wrong reader. A Mountain of Evidence was shelved as YA when I decided to read it (I think it's since been switched to NA) so I went into this assuming we'd also be getting chapters from the missing girl's POV or from the perspective of some of the other teen characters to create a higher investment in the story but this is definitely just not YA. I like adult mysteries too, but this is very much a cozy mystery (with the stilted dialogue and slow pace that normally comes with cozy mysteries very, very present) so I didn't enjoy it.
September 12, 2021
I was given an eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Kim Jackson flees her high level accounting job in Chicago after being framed for a crime she didn’t commit. Changing her name and leaving everything behind. She comes across a small town in Colorado during a huge snowstorm. Upon arrival, Kim learns about a teen, Emily, who had disappeared. Kim decides to look into Emily’s disappearance, especially after Emily’s body is found.
I was so excited to read this book. Kim was fleeing her old life due to being framed for a crime and then in her new life decides to solve a murder? It sounded so good, but this was so disappointing. Nothing happened the first 60% of the book other than information gathering. I was so bored with this. Finally, when something did happen, the connections made no sense to me. It felt like the author was trying to wrap up the book quickly and just wanted to be done with it. I was expecting A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder vibes and that was not what happened at all. Not an enjoyable read if you want a civilian turned detective and a spooky mystery.
Kim Jackson flees her high level accounting job in Chicago after being framed for a crime she didn’t commit. Changing her name and leaving everything behind. She comes across a small town in Colorado during a huge snowstorm. Upon arrival, Kim learns about a teen, Emily, who had disappeared. Kim decides to look into Emily’s disappearance, especially after Emily’s body is found.
I was so excited to read this book. Kim was fleeing her old life due to being framed for a crime and then in her new life decides to solve a murder? It sounded so good, but this was so disappointing. Nothing happened the first 60% of the book other than information gathering. I was so bored with this. Finally, when something did happen, the connections made no sense to me. It felt like the author was trying to wrap up the book quickly and just wanted to be done with it. I was expecting A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder vibes and that was not what happened at all. Not an enjoyable read if you want a civilian turned detective and a spooky mystery.
August 18, 2021
Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
2/5 stars
I couldn’t get past the author’s blatant attitude of superiority for executive and white-collared jobs- it was mentioned outright multiple times and is just disgusting.
Don’t pay too much attention to the details of the book because if you do, the whole thing falls apart because it just doesn’t make sense. The MC somehow knows so many things when there is no way at all for her to know them.
Another thing that bothered me was the fact that after moving to a new location 3 weeks before, somehow our MC has a job, is on her second home rental, plays on a softball team, volunteers at a nursing home and has a great group of friends. Seriously?!? No. AND somehow there is so much snow when she arrives that the roads close for 3-4 days but then a few weeks later it’s so hot that the MC could see the heat radiating off the pavement. What?!? No.
I’ll conclude my review by saying it’s a cute little cozy mystery- just don’t look too closely at the details.
2/5 stars
I couldn’t get past the author’s blatant attitude of superiority for executive and white-collared jobs- it was mentioned outright multiple times and is just disgusting.
Don’t pay too much attention to the details of the book because if you do, the whole thing falls apart because it just doesn’t make sense. The MC somehow knows so many things when there is no way at all for her to know them.
Another thing that bothered me was the fact that after moving to a new location 3 weeks before, somehow our MC has a job, is on her second home rental, plays on a softball team, volunteers at a nursing home and has a great group of friends. Seriously?!? No. AND somehow there is so much snow when she arrives that the roads close for 3-4 days but then a few weeks later it’s so hot that the MC could see the heat radiating off the pavement. What?!? No.
I’ll conclude my review by saying it’s a cute little cozy mystery- just don’t look too closely at the details.
July 15, 2021
Thank you to Netgalley and the pulbisher for allowing me to review this novel.
Kim Jackson finds herself in a small Colorado town after deciding to flee her upscale life in Chicago. Unmoored from all she knows, she gets sucked into the mystery of who killed 18 yr old Emily.
I didn't enjoy this book. There was no tension, no escalation to action. The plot was fairly pedantic and easy to figure out. The main character was naive, lackluster, and boring. For someone with an advanced degree, she wasn't very smart. Many times, her mistakes frustrated me to no end because her reactions and decisions were nonsensical. The characters weren't well fleshed out either, and it left the whole novel feeling static and somewhat boring.
Kim Jackson finds herself in a small Colorado town after deciding to flee her upscale life in Chicago. Unmoored from all she knows, she gets sucked into the mystery of who killed 18 yr old Emily.
I didn't enjoy this book. There was no tension, no escalation to action. The plot was fairly pedantic and easy to figure out. The main character was naive, lackluster, and boring. For someone with an advanced degree, she wasn't very smart. Many times, her mistakes frustrated me to no end because her reactions and decisions were nonsensical. The characters weren't well fleshed out either, and it left the whole novel feeling static and somewhat boring.
June 19, 2021
Thankyou to the publisher for sending me a copy of this book via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
The premise of this was very interesting, although not unique it is something I’m a sucker for. The execution just wasn’t there however, which is very unfortunate. I don’t think the author was very good at writing dialogue and this book suffered from short stunted dialogue that felt very fake, and long walls of text where I found my mind wondering.
Overall in the end this was nothing special, and while I think it’s a good holiday read where you’ve run out of books and this is the only one left, it’s not one I would suggest to anyone unless you want to be bored.
2/5
The premise of this was very interesting, although not unique it is something I’m a sucker for. The execution just wasn’t there however, which is very unfortunate. I don’t think the author was very good at writing dialogue and this book suffered from short stunted dialogue that felt very fake, and long walls of text where I found my mind wondering.
Overall in the end this was nothing special, and while I think it’s a good holiday read where you’ve run out of books and this is the only one left, it’s not one I would suggest to anyone unless you want to be bored.
2/5
April 5, 2022
Dread this book!
Story line grabs you on the first page. Main character has a complicated problem with the knowledge she had and fears for her life. Leaves everything behind and gets into even more danger. Well written and some of the best written dialogue I've read ..very enjoyable.
Story line grabs you on the first page. Main character has a complicated problem with the knowledge she had and fears for her life. Leaves everything behind and gets into even more danger. Well written and some of the best written dialogue I've read ..very enjoyable.
September 17, 2021
This book was a typical little thriller book. I read a book kinda like this one earlier except it was just better. I’m sorry but I couldn’t get into this story as much as I would have liked to be able to. I like the idea of the story though, just not the execution.
September 18, 2021
Wow
Wow. For a woman on the run and trying to hide, she sure involves herself into a small town life. Gets a job, joins a soft ball team, volunteers at a nursing home... oh and investigates a murder. I enjoyed this book.
Wow. For a woman on the run and trying to hide, she sure involves herself into a small town life. Gets a job, joins a soft ball team, volunteers at a nursing home... oh and investigates a murder. I enjoyed this book.
September 20, 2021
Wow. For a woman on the run and trying to hide, she sure involves herself into a small town life. Gets a job, joins a soft ball team, volunteers at a nursing home... oh and investigates a murder. I enjoyed this book.
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August 30, 2021Thanks NetGalley and Amy O. Lewis for an ARC to review.
It believe it is the first book of a series where we would follow later on Kim's story.
An executive flees her former life to a small town getting herself in the middle of a local girl's murder investigation.
It believe it is the first book of a series where we would follow later on Kim's story.
An executive flees her former life to a small town getting herself in the middle of a local girl's murder investigation.
May 2, 2022
ehhh this book is okay. i’m not really a fan of the author’s writing style and it was pretty slow paced in my opinion. i didn’t really connect with any of the characters and although the description sounded appealing, the plot was okay. the ending picked up and it was better than the start. overall it was pretty average and i would say 3 ⭐️
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