Warped Ambition (A Jo Riskin Mystery Book 1)

Warped Ambition is the debut novel of author Debbie Tenbrink, and the first book in the Jo Riskin Mystery Series. It excites me to be introduced to a new-to-me mystery/suspense author and a series with so much promise and potential! This intense, fast-paced story is well-written, and I soon found myself unable to put it down.Lt. Jo Riskin and her partner Detective Lynae Parker are working the case of a brutally murdered pregnant fifteen year old girl whose body was tossed in a dumpster - like ye

New book -- New author -- New series! 4.5 StarsLt. Jo Riskin, along with her partner Det. Lynae Parker, are called to investigate a body found in a dumpster. The body turns out to be a 15-year-old teenager who was last seen in an abortion clinic. She has been badly battered.When they find that a friend of her father's gave her money for the abortion, the investigators immediately place him as the main suspect. He denies that the baby was his and he had an alibi ..of sorts. She also had a boyfrie

This is book one of the Jo Riskin Mystery series and it appears to be Debbie TenBrink’s first book. What a great start. I’m ready for book two now.Police procedurals have been a genre I’ve enjoyed reading over the years. After reading this book and trying to put my finger on why I liked it I came up with two big reasons. The first reason is the obvious one. The mystery at the root of the case (or for this book, the two cases) that the protagonist is trying to solve needs to hit the right balance