The Little Grave by Carolyn Arnold introduces Detective Amanda Steele. This was such an intense, fantastic read for me. I was enthralled throughout the entire book. I really like Amanda Steele and how she warmed up to her new partner rookie Detective Trent Stenson. The storyline flowed really well and was filled with lots of great detective work. The story got more chilling the further I got into the book. I really enjoyed this book!

I really enjoyed this fantastic book. It was exciting and thrilling and kept me reading late into the night. This is my first read by this author and I will definitely read more. Very good book which I highly recommend.

How some people come back from inestimable tragedy always interests me,how do you live with such pain and yet move ahead? This is the issue from Amanda, who then finds herself investigating the cause of her agony. She is torn between honor,duty and what has happened.

Her character is brittle, perhaps difficult but likeable over all. Having to prove her whereabouts in an embarrassing way,is forges ahead with what I would consider a most unlikely outcome. The action moves along and keeps me interested in what happens next. It all goes pretty quickly, so a fast, entertaining read.

As this is the first in a series, I will look forward to her character moving ahead.

Carolyn Arnold's newest series opens with a heart-pounding mystery with a less than perfect detective. Amanda Steele lost her husband, daughter, and unborn child to a drunk driver over 5 years ago, and she is still grieving in her own way. Unable to move on, she spends her off-hours picking-up one night stands in a bar and going home to her empty house. Now, the man who killed her family is being released from prison, and Amanda's emotions are running high. When she is called to the scene of a possible suicide, she discovers the deceased in the drunk driver who appears to have drank too much and choked on his own vomit. Evidence, though, leads to the declaration of his death as a murder, and Amanda must track down her bar pick-up for an alibi. Amanda and her new partner, Trent, work the case that gets more twisted with each new discovery. Amanda is a character that evokes sympathy and respect. I can't wait to read what happens next for her.

I did not give up on reading this book even though it did get a little slow. It did not have the excitement I was expecting. I will admit the ending was very surprising and I did not see it coming.

A fairly decent start to a new series. The man who killed Detective Amanda Steele’s family has been released from prison, and has been found murdered. She’s torn between her feelings of justice for her or justice in general. She has decided to find out who did it, but she’s off the case. She takes on a cold case instead.

Amanda is naturally tormented by her past, and won’t let anyone close. Good for a cop, bad for her family members. The rest of her crew felt quite distant in this book. The ending was a good one, saved a lot! I’m not fully convinced yet, but I think this series has a lot of potential. There was too much repetition with what happened in the past, and how it affected her. The cold case just wrapped up a bit too quickly.

I have to say the ending was the best thing about the book. A bold move, and it will have a strong impact on the rest of the series, I believe. I therefore think it’s worth reading the next one. I hope the other characters get to grow, and that there be more space for other things than Amanda.’s past. This book was naturally, due to the case, focusing on it, so it’s understandable. 3+-3,5/5 stars

I found this to be a thrilling read. A really great mystery with an unexpected ending. The characters were great and the story flowed really well. I'm eager to read more from the author.

Great first book in a new series and I'm now looking to get my hands on the rest...Cause that was intense, and i barely read thrillers.
The characters were great, plot was smooth and I cursed every moment I was not reading this.

The character development was quite great, and Arnold did great pulling us into the scene and trying to solve this crime with her. We felt the heartbreaks next to the triumph and rooted for her to be okay in the end.

This is definitely a great book and I highly recommend.