An Unattended Death/Victoria Jenkins/214 pgs.

This is the first in a series featuring Irene Chavez. Irene is a widow with a 14 year-old son, Victor.  More importantly, Irene is the only female detective in a rural Washington State sheriff's department. She is the first one on the scene when the body of Anne Paris is found floating in the slough at the bottom of her family's summer vacation home. It looks as if Anne is the victim of a sailing accident, but it appears otherwise to Detective Chavez. As she looks closer at Anne's family, Irene becomes more determined to find Anne's murderer. Family secrets are revealed, Irene's character and family life come into play, as does the new prosecuting attorney of Mason County, Theo Choate. In a sense, it's more of a psychological, rather than suspenseful mystery. I look forward to the next installment!