A MUST for your TBR list! Fast-paced! Riveting! Exciting! Addictive! Chilling! Not only is this a very well-written book with wonderfully-interesting characters, but the suspense builds at just the right pace as the story unfolds. It was an artful melding of twisted thrills and heart-pounding action that kept me hanging on every word the whole way!

*I received a complimentary ARC of this book in order to read and provide a voluntary, unbiased and honest review, should I choose to do so.

I'm a full-on Ragan fan and this book solidifies that for me.

I received a review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley for my honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

Book 4 of the PI Jessie Cole Series - Buried Deep was a great read!

In this book, we find PI Jessie Cole and crime reporter Ben Morrison extremely busy. Pi Jessie has been approached by a concerned daughter. She wants her to her mother. She was said to have been murdered 30 years ago. Then we have Lacey Geiger who is the beneficiary of a sizable estate if only she could be found. Time is of the essence as PI Jessie only has 2 weeks to find her.

There are lots of twists and turns in this novel. Well written with well-crafted characters back again and a believable storyline. This book was provided by Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion. Can't wait for book 5.

This was a great read, the fourth in the PI Jessie Cole series. I was engrossed from very early on. The characters were all read and I became invested in them very early on. I loved Jessie, her boyfriend Cole and her niece Olivia. The plot, the twists and turns were all so well thought out. This story wasn't at all predictable. It kept me guessing throughout I really really enjoyed it and can't wait for the next installment.

Buried Deep by T.R Ragan.
Two missing persons. One apparent suicide. Three cases pushing PI Jessie Cole and crime reporter Ben Morrison closer to the edge.
Very good read with good characters. Even though this is Jessica Cole book 4 I did enjoy it 4*.

This book sounds amazing, but at this time it just isn’t for me. I think it will be great when I am ready to come back to it!

EXCERPT: "I don't feel good," Jason told her.

When she looked at him, she was surprised to see how pale her face had become. He was leaning back against the seat, and his face was pasty white. She took his empty cup and put her full one inside of it before placing it in the bucket. Then she loosened her husband's tie.

He closed his eyes.

Air. They needed air.

She turned to the right and pushed down on the button to lower the window, but nothing happened. When she looked at the driver, she frowned. He had a plastic apparatus over his mouth and nose. "Is that a gas mask?" she asked.

There was no answer.

ABOUT THIS BOOK: Two missing persons. One apparent suicide. Three cases pushing PI Jessie Cole and crime reporter Ben Morrison closer to the edge.

Lacey Geiger could be a very rich woman. If Jessie Cole can find her. The beneficiary of a sizable estate, Lacey vanished years ago after escaping an abusive childhood and is veiled now behind a new identity. Jessie has two weeks to find her. It’s enough time to discover that Lacey is hiding from so much more than anyone realized. But she isn’t the only one with secrets. And Jessie’s not the only one searching for the truth.

A concerned daughter has asked for help finding her mother—a woman said to have been murdered thirty years ago. And Jessie’s colleague Ben, an amnesiac still struggling with the bloody memories of a shattered life, is nearer to piecing together a very dark picture. Especially when someone he detests is found dead, hanging from a tree by a riverbank.

Now as the mysteries, puzzles, and lies of three investigations are unearthed, Jessie and Ben will risk everything to bring all that is hidden into the light.

MY THOUGHTS: A quick and easy read, if somewhat superficial; interesting if somewhat unlikely.

A lot of my reservations I cannot elaborate on as they would create spoilers....but there is an example in the excerpt above. Jessie Cole is a PI, her husband has just passed out in the back of a limousine, the windows won't wind down, the driver is wearing 'a plastic apparatus over his face' and she asks...'Is that a gas mask?' Duh! There are a few of these moments throughout the book, quite a few.

But the characters are interesting, to say the least, and they really do carry this book. Jessie has a plethora of interesting cases; perhaps a few less cases and a bit more depth would have served better.

My rating keeps wavering between three and four, so I will settle on 3.5

THE AUTHOR: T.R. Ragan (Theresa Ragan) is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling mystery and thriller author.

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Brilliant! Another absolute winner from T.R Ragan. I read all the Jessie Cole Thrillers in one go. I love how there are a few story lines that carry throughout each book, as well as new stories included. It really makes for a great reading experience that is suspenseful throughout!

Buried Deep is the fourth book in the 'PI Jessie Cole' series. I absolutely adored this book and it was such a cracking read! I was totally hooked from the beginning and I didn’t want to put it down until that superb ending, The book was stuffed full of drama and tension, fear and despair. I loved TR Ragan's writing and her wonderful portrayal of the characters really came across to me. This was a brilliant book and highly deserving of its five stars.

I received a complimentary digital copy of this novel, at my own request, from Thomas & Mercer via NetGalley. This review is my own unbiased opinion.

One of my new favorite books! This author has such a way with words the pages flew by in no time! I can’t wait to see the next work by this author! This was such a joy to read!

Geez Laweez, I just love this authors’s writing, everything about it… Her pace, her characters, subject matter; be prepared to sit down for a bit and enjoy this one.... Y’all will be thankful you did!
I appreciate the opportunity to read this book

I AM A HUGE FAN TO T.R. RAGAN. FIRST DISCOVERED THIS AUTHOR ON AMAZON UNLIMITED AND I AM SO GLAD THAT I DID. I AM NEVER DISAPPOINTED IN ANY OF THE BOOKS I READ. I CAN NOT WAIT FOR MORE! LOVED IT!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of Buried Deep. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I did not realize this book was part of a series. It was fabulous as a stand alone as well! What a great storyteller! There was much to love...my favorite storyline was probably the actual buried alive one because it was so intense! The reporter had quite the interesting backstory also! I did not love the private investigator sections as much, however-- just not as engaging. Though I had not read anything from this author previously, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and will gladly read this author again!

Thank you to NetGalley and T.R. Ragan for the ARC!

I haven’t made a secret of how much I love this series, especially having stumbled upon it with no advance warning or recommendations. It’s held my attention without fail, and fulfilled my need for a female lead in a serial thriller series. Jessie Cole was a great leader. However, I also haven’t hid the fact that my favorite part of these books has been Ben Morrison. I care about him. I believe he’s a good man, a caring man who loves his family deeply. He’s a multi-layered character who happens to be learning who he is while we are. I’m pretty sure you’d call him an unreliable narrator, but it was in the best way.

The Jessie Cole half of the story has also always been good. Her part of each book has been what really carries each installment’s plot, and the plot in Buried Deep was the best one so far. It was all just so perfectly well done for a thriller, and it was only 1/3rd of everything going on in this book.

You also had Zee finally getting the opportunity to run a full case on her own, and while she’s never gonna be a ‘by the book’ kinda girl, I loved her heart anyway. I’ll take her commentary anytime, and if there’s going to be any follow up stories, I’d love to read more about Zee.

Especially if reading about Zee means I get to visit with everyone else. That would make me very very happy.

In the start of this next book Jessie is tasked with finding a young woman named Lacey who has a sizeable amount of money waiting for her if she can be found by a certain time. You see Lacey ran away years ago to escape the abuse that she was handed from her step father, her mother just let it happen. She decided to escape the horrors of her once good home and change her identity so that they could never find her. Meanwhile she has another client, a young girl searching for a mother who she now believes is alive, her father is in prison for killing her. She now believes that her mother is alive and that her dad has spent all this time locked up for nothing. Follow along with Jessie as she delves into both cases and soon learns the secrets buried deep in both cases. Meanwhile her friend Ben is still having memory issues but certain things are coming to light. When someone he knows ends up dead he becomes one of the suspects in the mans death. Will the police find anything while investigating him or has he hidden all his secrets well? How will he feel about the new things that he does remember and where will this new found knowledge take him? This was a great read filled with lots of twists and turns taking you all the way to the end wondering who did what. I'm so enjoying this authors work and can't wait to pick up what she publishes next!!!

As always, this book had strong characters and a really great plot. It had a very strong suspenseful element that kept me wanting to read it! I wish there were more books in the series.

I don't know about the real Sacramento, but the Sacramento of T.R. Ragan's world has more than its share of unsavory characters. Buried Deep is the fourth book in Ragan's Jessie Cole series. In each book, private investigator Jessie Cole manages to uncover the seamier side of Sacramento. Buried Deep is no different.



All the characters from the prior novels are back for Buried Deep. Jessie Cole is still searching for missing persons, while Ben Morrison is still working as a crime reporter and dealing with his missing past. A lawyer from another state approaches Jessie about finding a woman who ran away from home as a teen but who he thinks might be living in Sacramento under an assumed name. Her grandmother has died and left her a large inheritance, but no one in the family has heard from her in years. Unfortunately for her, her husband has made many enemies in his business life, and one of them seeks his revenge by kidnapping the couple and burying them. Deep.



Jessie juggles this case with a few others, deals with her deepening relationship with her boyfriend, and tries to keep her assistant (Zee, the young lady with multiple personalities) out of trouble. This is the kind of book that you want to read in one sitting, with cliffhangers and a fast pace. Unfortunately for me, things like work and sleep kept getting in the way, so I had to put it down from time to time. I thoroughly enjoyed it, like a gripping crime TV show or movie. I look forward to more from Ragan and Jessie Cole.





Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!

All kinds of s...stuff, I mean, happening in this book

I've been reading this author for years, first under the name of Theresa Ragan and romances, and since then some "killer" thrillers under the T.R. Ragan name. She's become one of my favorite thriller authors and I've read most of her books.

This is the 4th book in the Jessie Cole series about a private investigator out of Sacramento, California.

There's more than one storyline in this book. Her, her assistant and her niece are looking into two missing persons cases and her Detective boyfriend is trying to find out who murdered a man that a lot of people wanted dead.

Her friend newspaper reporter Ben is there throughout the story, still trying to piece together his life before being in an auto accident ten years ago, leaving him with scars and no memory of his past life.

To do this book justice, you really should read the prior three books in the series. They are all great. And I hope the series continues on. There's still more that can happen.

I received this book from Amazon Publishing through Net Galley in the hopes that I would read it and leave an unbiased review.

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read and review this amazing book

t.r. ragan has done it again...with this fourth book in the series and the final one

a young girl who has disappeared off the face of the earth...could she have made a new identity for herself and changed the course of her life..but why is she now missing with her husband... jessie has only a couple of weeks to find her

a young woman wants jessie to find her mother,who she believes is alive...evidence previously says the husband kiilled her and went to jail for 10 years but released

and we finally find out who ben is as he remembers

what a storyline...kept me hooked right to the end...some very clever twists and turns

cant wait for the next book by this author, even if this series has ended...this one knows how to keep you reading right to the end...

So another quick and easy read, that has a decent story, so it is not too light, but also not too heavy to go through, either. I really enjoy the Jessie Cole books, where I never really did the Lizzie Gardner books.

Ben Morrison painted to be a very complex character, and while he is, he is not too intense. The romance between Colin and Jessie is sometimes really flat, in the sense that it is not really anything, but Ragan keeps bringing it up to humanise Jessie or something? I don’t know.

Zee is also still an interesting character. She definitely has mental health issues, and they are explored, but again not in depth. I think Ragan likes to touch on subjects, but never gets too involved with anything, so the read always feels lighter.

The one issue there is with these books is that they don’t really have anything that sets them apart from each other, defining them. I look at how I read these two one after another, and thoroughly enjoyed them, but neither stood out on its own. They blur together, though I liked them well enough.