Too Close to Home Review

Too Close to Home is by Tressa Messenger and is the first book in the Forensic Files series. It's a mystery and crime book.

Too Close to Home (The Forensic Files #1)"When the beautiful blond senior head cheerleader, Melissa Cooley, is found stabbed to death on a teacher’s desk in the local high school this small coastal town nestled on the east coast of North Carolina goes into frenzy. To make matters worse another body of slacker boy, Ronald Marks, is found hanging from the field goal post only a day later. Pamlico County native Detective Carma Jones and her partner Harold Green set out on a search for this ruthless assailant who is causing so much havoc in her peaceful home town. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect. The twists and turns along the way lead them in a direction Carma would never have guessed with deep secrets meant to stay buried. Will she be too late to stop the real murder from killing again?"~Goodreads

I first found out about this book through Theresa Delayne in one of her newsletters. I'm so glad I did because it was a fantastic read. It is an e-book.

I'm very thankful he didn't throw lots of minor characters in because that means more people to keep track of. There were a few but the main ones served a purpose. The main characters were well-rounded and you learned about them as the story progressed. And let me just say I was practically rejoicing when they found the culprit.

One of the things with the story is that she straight up writes a chapter for the murdered kid, which I like. It's interesting to know what happens and read to see how the detectives get to that conclusion. There's also not that many deviations from the main story, but even those play their own part.

Another is that you think you figured out who the murderer is and then some new information comes along and you think "maybe not". It requires thinking a looking at the clues closely. Definitely a good murder mystery.

There were only a few little things. I found several grammatical errors that I feel should've been caught (they sounded awkward). Another is sad and I can't say because it's a spoiler.

For those who like the mystery genre I recommend you read Too Close to Home. 

Rating: 4.75

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