ONE LAST BREATH

Trulee and Rio, who’s new to town, find themselves engrossed in unraveling a pair of unsolved 20-year-old murders.

It’s late May in sweltering Mount Orange, Florida, and recent high school grad Trulee plans on spending the summer with her boyfriend, East, working her summer job at the local newspaper, and free diving at Hidden Glen Springs. While she’s diving one day, Tru meets Rio, and the two girls feel an instant connection and simmering spark. Both skilled divers, they’re drawn to the water’s depths—and the missing evidence that could be hiding there from the gruesome murders of Bailey and Celeste, two teen girls who were attacked while camping in the area decades prior. Tru and Rio are obsessively focused on solving the crime when they slowly realize they could be the killer’s next targets. The page-turning mystery sustains readers’ interest, and amid red herrings galore, they’ll be desperate to solve the whodunit. Suspense drips from every scene, and the alarming and scary elements build expertly toward a thrilling climax that will surprise even devoted fans of the genre, although some may find the resolution slightly too convenient. The well-rounded characters are carefully crafted and believably express a range of emotions. A natural queer sexual awakening unfolds that’s full of spine-tingling pining, lust, and love. All main characters read white.

Fast paced and thrilling.