Silent Ridge: A gripping crime thriller and mystery (Detective Megan Carpenter Book 3)

It's not like I'm being held hostage...but kinda as I want to know what's next for everyone, there's no way I could DO what Megan does but I can go with her!

Could not put this book down. Megan's continued struggle against her own demons and her fight to stop the killers from her past from hurting her or her friends Cannot wait for more stories about Megan.

Silent Ridge by Gregg Olsen is the third book in a series featuring Detective Megan Carpenter, and largely set in and around Port Townsend, Washington. This author knows how to pull a reader into a book with the first sentence. By the end of the first paragraph you are hooked. The novel is a police procedural with a lot of suspense, but it is also a study of characters.While the story starts with and is interspersed with looks at the killer, most of the novel is from Sheriff’s Detective Megan Carpenter’s point of view. When she is called to a crime scene by the sheriff, she wonders why he is handling the case and not her. When she gets to the scene, it turns out she knows the victim and the killer has left two laminated photos of Megan at the scene.Megan has a dark past and more details of that time come out in this novel. She is likeable, but seriously flawed, and is a memorable character who feels real and three-dimensional. She shows definite character growth in her personal interactions with friends and colleagues. Her new partner, rookie Ronnie Marsh, plays a major role in this novel and shows new character depth as well.This book is fast paced and I did not want to stop reading it even when it was very late and I needed to sleep. The author does a great job of worldbuilding and gives the reader a vivid sense of the place and people. The ending is explosive. However, there are a few open threads that will likely play into future books in the series. The story flowed well and kept me guessing. Danger and tension built rapidly. Overall, this was suspenseful, fast-paced and twisty. Readers should be aware that the vivid descriptions include those at crime scenes. Themes that run through this novel include loneliness, humor as a stress relief, murder, cruelty, defensiveness, trust, lies, secrets, family and romantic relationships and complexities, desire for vengeance and retribution, and much more.This is the third book in this series that I have read and I am looking forward to the next one. The series is fresh and it just keeps getting better and better. However, it would be nice to have Megan take on a case that doesn’t tie into her past. I believe those readers that enjoy crime fiction and police procedurals with a little something extra will enjoy this book. The series should be read in order.I purchased a digital copy of this novel. This is my honest review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own and are not biased in any way. Publication date was December 4, 2020. This review was originally posted at Mystery and Suspense Magazine.

For Gregg Olsen's 3rd book in the Detective Megan Carpenter series, this was an intense read I couldn't stop reading. Chapter 1 was wrote so well to give you the full view in your mind of the horrible things that happen and from there it just spirals into more of Megan's past and other people from her past. The sibling relationship with Hayden has yet to evolve so I hope to get more out of book 4 on that. I love the partner relationship growth with Ronnie who made Detective in this one. All the character building and relationship building really comes together here. I'm looking forward to book 4 and know there will be another killer out there for Megan and Ronnie to find. Silent Ridge is another superb read by Gregg Olsen.

A little more about Megan's past in this book. This book helps to explain why Megan acts the way she does. What are the odds of two nut jobs? A serial killer chasing a serial killer. I could not buy into the killer's motivation in this story. It just seemed very weak. Also if Tony is such a great former detective and police chief why hasn't he done a background check on his star detective? Why not after he receives clues? Why not after she kills? This makes reading the story hard for me.

I normally enjoy this author but found storyline and writing too much like previous book in series, making me think this was a quick turnaround by the author and a tad lazy in the writing.

Gregg Olsen’s “Silent Ridge” is third in a series of Detective Megan Carpenter books. Megan has a very dark and nightmarish past that consistently haunts and at times consumes her. Her past just might succeed in killing her.Gregg masterfully and absolutely grips you in the first paragraphs detailing where and how a woman’s body is found. Detective Carpenter knows the victim Monique Delmont - now Megan has to find out who and why she was murdered. Monique helped Megan in her past - could that play a part of why Monique was murdered?.... and just who did this.....why? Megan is tormented again. Megan thinks she knows who’s behind this. Could she be dead on?Megan and partner Ronnie Marsh are on this case, including how Monique’s daughter’s murder many years ago may play into this. Yet all those years ago, are enveloped in Megan’s dark past - she’s got to walk that fine line between hiding her horrific past and using everything that she is andcan muster to find the murderer and put and end to this and them - before the murderer puts an end to Megan.Gregg Olsen, the number one New York Times, USA Today’s, Wall St. Journal’s, Amazon’s and Goodreads best selling author, is the master of the psychological thriller and is unmatched in creating, building, weaving, and detailing a most intricate web of the most gripping, edge of your seat and best stories ever.I highly recommend Silent Ridge and all of Gregg Olsen’s books. You’ll be jolted and hooked. Enjoy!!

Loved every page! I couldn't stop reading. Would highly recommend Gregg Olsen, all of his books have been so captivating!

This is the 3rd book in the Megan Carpenter series and I am looking forward to book 4.In this book, the beginning is quite gruesome with the discovery of a flayed body. For Megan this is personal, the victim being a person from her past, and an old photo of Megan as 'Rylee' her former identity being found at the crime scene.This time with her new trainee officer, Ronnie, in tow, Megan starts to realise that there are advantages to being part of a team as opposed to the lone wolf approach she normally takes.As the investigation progresses Megan becomes more and more sure that a person connected to her biological father (a serial killer) is stalking her.There are moments of frustration in this book. Megan is constantly lying to those around her, and there are constant references to her past that are beginning to wear thin at this point in time.

The third in the Detective Megan Carpenter series was a fast read like its predecessors. This is always a good sign, but Silent Ridge seemed to fall a little short of Book II, Water's Edge. So far, that is the best of the three. Silent Ridge seemed too short and left the reader wanting more, although I suppose that is a good sign. Ronnie's character is developing via the hard & fast decisions of police work. And Megan is becoming closer to Dan. Her little brother, Hayden, is the wild card in the story, and I feel he is very unstable. A traumatic childhood experience and then Afghanistan. No wonder.

I read book 1 of this series a few months ago and just finished reading 2 & 3. Excellent character development and edge of your seat intrigue. Can't wait for the next books in the series.

very good read