Buried Deep, by T.R. Ragan

I don't know about the real Sacramento, but the Sacramento of T.R. Ragan's world has more than its share of unsavory characters.  Buried Deep is the fourth book in Ragan's Jessie Cole series.   In each book, private investigator Jessie Cole manages to uncover the seamier side of Sacramento.  Buried Deep is no different.

All the characters from the prior novels are back for Buried Deep.  Jessie Cole is still searching for missing persons, while Ben Morrison is still working as a crime reporter and dealing with his missing past.  A lawyer from another state approaches Jessie about finding a woman who ran away from home as a teen but who he thinks might be living in Sacramento under an assumed name.  Her grandmother has died and left her a large inheritance, but no one in the family has heard from her in years.  Unfortunately for her, her husband has made many enemies in his business life, and one of them seeks his revenge by kidnapping the couple and burying them.  Deep.

Jessie juggles this case with a few others, deals with her deepening relationship with her boyfriend, and tries to keep her assistant (Zee, the young lady with multiple personalities) out of trouble.  This is the kind of book that you want to read in one sitting, with cliffhangers and a fast pace.  Unfortunately for me, things like work and sleep kept getting in the way, so I had to put it down from time to time.  I thoroughly enjoyed it, like a gripping crime TV show or movie.  I look forward to more from Ragan and Jessie Cole.


Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!