Six years ago Nell Stevens husband Joe promised to get help for his injured wife after a kayak accident. he never returned nor was his body discovered by a search and rescue team.
Today Nell runs a river company specialized in kayaking and guided tours, her precious son turning out just like his father Joe.

Orson Lennox was just a young police man when he took part in the search and rescue team looking for Joe. Today, after an injury, he's one the verge to decide to either quit police work or go into the cold case squad. He asks for a job at Nell's and begins snooping around with Nell still being the prime suspect.
But there are other interesting leads he discovers. People with a motive. Not as strong as Nell but still.

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Rapid Descent is a cozy mystery / slightly romance novel where the reader doesn't need to think too much and can enjoy the story unfolding.
The first part about Joe's disappearance and the search for him took a huge part in the book and could have been a but shorter, leaving more space for what happens in the present.
Otherwise enjoyable and relaxing.

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This turned out to be a very good book. Never read this author before, don't know anything about kayaking but this makes you feel like you are right there in the kayak on the rapids. Nell's husband is missing and suspects she had something to do with it, search is called off and Nell discovers she is pregnant along with the fact that Joe was rich, six years later a cop recovering from a shooting gets handed a cold case to solve and turns out to be Nell's missing husband case.

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Rapid Descent has a lot of detail & imagery that pulls the reader in, even if you know nothing about kayaking or white water rafting.

A happily newlywed couple goes on a kayaking trip, & only one returns. Questions arise as to whether there was abuse, jealous exes, insurance policies, secrets about backgrounds, & accidental death vs. foul play, & of course, the spouse is always the top suspect.

The book has plenty of action, a strong female lead character, and a good plot line. A lot of the action takes place on the water, but it's an interesting background for a mystery.

The only thing off-putting to a reader may be that the first few chapters were heavy with kayaking terms, but it evens out & it's worth it to get into the meat of the story.

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This one kept me on the edge of my seat. Caution: Watch out for Red herrings!

From back cover: The kayak trip was supposed to be a honeymoon. But when Nell and Joe Stevens are caught in a flash flood, Nell is swept under, trapped and loses consciousness. When she awakes, safe on shore, she finds a note from Joe, explaining that he has gone for help. He never returns. The search that follows raises more questions than it answers. About the family he never mentioned, who arrive in Nell's sleepy hometown. The enormous inheritance. And worse, the question whispered by locals: is Nell responsible?
Always hoping for Joe's return, Nell tries to put the rumors behind her. But as years slip past, Nell craves answers. She takes to the river again in search of the truth and finds that jealousy, desperation and deception can pull you under faster than churning water--and you may never resurface.

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