All We Buried by Elena Taylor

All We Buried (A Sheriff Bet Rivers Mystery, #1)

by Elena Taylor

An amateur sheriff confronts the long-sleeping secrets of her small Washington State mountain town in this dark, twisty mystery for fans of Julia Keller and Sheena Kamal

Interim sheriff Elizabeth “Bet” Rivers has always had one repeat nightmare: a shadowy figure throwing a suspicious object into her hometown lake in Collier, Washington. For the longest time, she chalked it up to an overactive imagination as a kid. Then the report arrives. In the woods of the Cascade mountain range, right in her jurisdiction, a body floats to the surface of Lake Collier. When the body is extricated and revealed, no one can identify Jane Doe. But someone must know the woman, so why aren't they coming forward?

Bet has been sitting as the interim sheriff of this tiny town in the ill-fitting shoes of her late father and predecessor. With the nightmare on her heels, Bet decided to build a life for herself in Los Angeles, but now it’s time to confront the tragic history of Collier. The more she learns, the more Bet realizes she doesn't know the townspeople of Collier as well as she thought, and nothing can prepare her for what she is about to discover.

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4 of 5 stars

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I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy from the Great Escapes Book Tours. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.All We Buried by Elena Taylor was an exciting tale of mystery, crime, and carrying a family legacy.

Will Bet solve this case before it gets leaked to the press?


Bet Rivers


Bet Rivers came back to help her dad out while he recovers from cancer. It turns out it was a ruse to bring his daughter back to take his place as Sheriff for their small town. A significant difference between LA to a small town. Elizabeth has been doing an excellent job with the first part of it. Well, until a dead body comes up in the local lake and that is oddly like a body she has seen in her nightmares. She now has to solve that case and figure out not only why she was killed but who she was. Bet is a proper police officer and a great sheriff. 

What I like about her is that she doesn't let what happened in the past reflects on how she treats a suspect. I also like how she doesn't make the other guy running for Sheriff, that is a deputy scare her either. 

The Mystery


A young lady shows up in their lake, where nothing has survived and brings up a lot of questions for this small town's deputies. Bet and her team have to try to find out who the girl is while not scaring away the rest of the tourists and not to alarm anyone either. It takes a lot of digging up of evidence for Bet and her team to figure out who did it. I admit I fell for some herrings.

Four Stars


All We Buried by Elena Taylor is an exciting tale for a cop procedural. I loved seeing how crime works from the angle of the story focusing on the cops instead of the sleuth. Ms. Taylor has a great way of doing that in this work. For that, I am giving it four stars and recommending it to anyone that wants to give Ms. Taylor's novel a try.


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