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In Instant Karma, the fifth book of the Hart's Ridge small-town mystery series by Kay Bratt, Deputy Taylor Gray is hoping for a break after the recent crime wave that hit her town. But when a stranger shows up unexpectedly, she realizes that danger never takes a holiday. Meanwhile, Cate Gray is cautiously optimistic in her hope for a solid future, and when karma finally seems to be on her side, she dares to dream of her own happily ever after. But in Hart's Ridge, nothing is ever as it seems. As secrets are uncovered and tensions rise, readers will be on the edge of their seats, unable to put down this suspenseful tale. If you're a fan of small-town mysteries with well-drawn characters and an engrossing plot, then you won't want to miss Instant Karma, the latest book in the Hart's Ridge series. Instant Karma is book five of the new Hart's Ridge small-town mystery series, written by Kay Bratt, million-copy best-selling author of Wish Me Home and True to Me.
Publication Year: 2023
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Excellent Mid-Series Wrap Up And Soft Reboot. This book is exactly what the title says - an excellent epilogue to the series as it has been, and a soft reboot for what is to come. The story to this point, as much as it has been about Hart's Ridge, has also been about the one family, and here we see (most) of their initial travails handled and handled well. Meanwhile, a dark secret emerges that will seemingly drive at least the next book and, depending on how Bratt chooses to play this, could well drive the back half of this planned eight book series. This is also one of the creepiest, and yet even more real because of it, books, with the crime here not being rape or murder or torture or some such, but scams and elder abuse - another facet of life that is seemingly all too common these days in the "real" world, and one which Bratt manages to work into her town and series quite well indeed. And as a bonus, as a "soft reboot" of the series... this is actually a decent entry point for those who have not read the prior books and yet don't mind events from them being discussed within this book. Overall a well told story in a well developed small town in real-enough North Georgia Mountain country, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing where Bratt takes this next. Very much recommended.
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