Bitter Roots

A good quick read with likeable characters. The story keeps you interested to the very end.

Good story line, am looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

Couldn't put this book down until the end. Will read the series for sure. Jennie L.

I loved this story. It really kept my guessing.

Good reading.

A little complicated , with all the different characters and their stories but intriguing. I liked it.

A very satifying read.

Enjoyed the read. Every time I thought I figured out who did it there was a new twist

Will read more by this author Read in one sitting !

A very good read

I really enjoyed reading this book,,, it got me involved from the beginning

Interesting twists. The characters are well developed and all have secrets. Enjoyed this short book.

Truly enjoyed this book. The characters invite you into a small town where everyone knows everyone else. With the murder of a recent newcomer to town the reader is drawn in the story. Will read more in the series.

Page turner

Great book. Interesting characters. Looking forward to reading the next one.

Well written story with strong and believable characters. You have no idea who the murderer is until the end. Couldn't put the book down. Can't wait to read the next book in this series. joy943

Good storyline and characters, just written with too much conjecture and too little facts. At times I wondered if the author liked her characters.

Good book enjoyed every minute of it

Good mystery and story with characters that are real. A book that kept my interest to te end.

Hard to put down.

Good mystery.

Uncovering Deep Secrets Good friends Lacy and Zak continue to find deep secrets in small town of Lost Trails, Montana. Bitter Truth has wonderful plot twists and turns you don’t see coming. Many interesting characters with lots of family drama and secrets. This is an engaging storyline and a page turner. I am looking forward to the next book in the series. Well done mystery!

Title: Biter Roots - Bitter Roots Mystery Book 1 Author: C. J. Carmichael Publisher: Tule Publishing Published: 4-25-2017 Pages: 206 Genre: Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense Sub-Genre: Adult Fiction; Crime; Police Procedural; ISBN: 9781945879906 ASIN: B01N7WS2JG Reviewed For NetGalley and Tule Publishing Reviewer: DelAnne Rating: 4.5 Starts Dispatcher Zak Waller prefers working behind the scenes in the Sheriff’s Office of Lost Trail, Montana, but when a newcomer to the sparely populated town is brutally murdered—and the Sheriff is quick to pin the death on an unknown outsider—Zak starts his own private sleuthing. On the surface Lost Trail is a picture-perfect western town, offering a simple way of life revolving around the local ranches and ski hill, but Zak knows the truth behind the façade. When his old school friend Tiff Masterson, whose family owns a local Christmas tree farm, moves back to town, the two of them join forces to get to the truth about the murder. I honestly don't remember getting this book. It is a lot more gory and darker than the mystery I usually pick up to read. Bitter Root was well written with strong characters. If you like in depth crime dramas then you will enjoy reading Bitter Roots. My rating of "Bitter Roots" is 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Welcome to the very small town of Lost Trail, Montana.... where nothing exciting ever happens. Well .... almost. A young woman is found brutally beaten and left dead at the back entrance to what passes as a hospital. New in town, no one seems to really know her. She had just started working at the Christmas Tree farm. So who would want her dead? The sheriff rapidly comes to the conclusion that there could absolutely not be anyone from his small town ... obviously it was someone from her past. But there are two people who do not agree. Zac Waller is the police dispatcher, a job he loves, although he's way over-qualified. He does more investigating than the Sheriff does. Nadine Black is the new Deputy. On the surface, Lost Trail is quiet and unassuming ..... it's the underbelly that's filled with secrets and lies ... and murder. I really enjoyed this story set in a small, small town ... where everyone knows everyone else....for the most part. It's well written, I can almost smell the Christmas trees. The characters are outstanding. Although there are no frantic chases or bodies falling, it's a constant, no surges of adrenaline. Quite enjoyable mystery. Zac hasn't decided what he wants to be when he grows up, but right now he's very happy doing the job of dispatcher. He just can't help himself doing a bit of investigating himself. An old friend comes back to her hometown and while people think they are a couple .. they aren't. Zac has his eyes on Nadine, but not sure he wants to go there. All the secondary characters are extremely reminiscent of small town life. The 90+ year old librarian .... the man who marries a woman in order to give her daughter a father. He has a huge secret that not even his father knows .. and how does he tell his new wife, who seems to have an agenda all his own? The couple who have adopted a brand new baby ... and even after wanting a baby for so long, why are they not happy? Bitter Roots is the first of three Bitter Root Mysteries. No cliff hanger with this book. I won this book as a give-away from Library Thing. So I wish to thank them and the author. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.