Whenever I am on holiday or have a break, I try and make it a mission to clear some of my older reads off my devices and my TBR piles. Needing a mystery to mix up my reading tastes lately, I scrolled through to a Kendra Elliot read - she is one of my favorite female mystery writers. In Bridged, it starts with a male throwing a guy over the bridge and making it look like a hanging. The guy was a congressman and so of course the FBI is called to the scene. The next few deaths cause us to realize that the killer has a list and is trying to clean up messes and getting revenge on those that harmed a female in the past as our killer doesn't have long to live as he is dying himself. Over the next course of the novel we will read as the FBI tries to help solve the case and of course, those who have read the other books in this series will recall that Ava has a twin sister Jayne who is always in trouble, and now, of course, has herself tied up with one of the guys on our killer's list and if that isn't enough for Ava to handle, Jayne and her partner also robbed Mason's house and Jayne stole their mother's ring from Ava. In Bridged we see the early beginnings of Mason and Ava's relationship forming and how they are trying to work around that inter-agency relationship policy as Ava is FBI and Mason is PD. Bridged was another great and gruesome murder mystery from Kendra Elliot and if you haven't yet discovered her work, then come out from that rock you have been hiding under and check out her list of titles and different series as each is as awesome as the other.

Bridged is the second book in Kendra Elliot’s Callahan & McLane series. If you read the first book in the series, then you would’ve been introduced to the main characters Mason Callahan and Ava McLane. (I love these two characters and can’t get enough of them.)

The second book focuses on them as a couple and working together again. They have to investigate a Congressman’s death and why someone would torture a Congressman and leave him hanging from a bridge. The minute they start looking into the congressman’s death, another body is found hanging from another bridge. They may be dealing with a serial killer, so they need to determine how these murders are connected before another person is killed.

Poor Ava is having to juggle not only the bridge killer case but finding her sister. Mason would rather Ava live her life and not worry about her twin sister. Unfortunately, Ava can’t do that. I feel for Ava and what she has to go through with her sister. She’s the well-behaved twin that got a great job, while her twin sister continues spiraling downwards in life. Ava wants her sister to turn around, but her sister has been like this for years, and no one sees her changing.

I love Mason in this book and how he adores Ava. You can tell how he has fallen head over heels in love with her, especially with what happens in this book toward the end. Mason and Ava were meant to be together.

I look forward to reading more of these two in the next two books in the series. Let’s not forget about the storyline and what Mason and Ava have to deal with in this book. This book is dealing with a villain that has a vendetta against the people he is killing. Readers will find out who is behind it all because Kendra always gives a POV from the villain’s side. Be prepared for some challenging elements in this book. I was rooting for the villain after finding out why the killings were happening. Was the villain the actual villain? You’ll ask the same question at the end of the book.

I enjoyed this twisted story that Kendra wrote this time around. I had to keep reading the story and got upset when I had to put down the book. I needed to know what happened next. It’s incredible what Kendra comes up with within her stories for her characters. I feel for her characters and what they have to investigate. It’s not always easy for these two characters. I can’t wait for Mason and Ava’s next investigation together.

This book receives 4.5 stars from me, and I highly recommend it for Romantic Suspense readers out there. If you haven’t read any of Kendra Elliot’s books, then you are missing out.

I really like The Callahan and Mclane series! Mason is one of my favorite suppprting character from the Bone Secrets series. I'm glad he gets his own series. He and Ava make a great team, and are an interesting couple. Kendra's books just get better and better.

This was a great follow up to the first Callahan and McLane book. I love the characters of Ava and Mason, and enjoy the interaction between them. The suspense aspect of this one kept me interested and on my seat to find out what would happen. I am looking forward to more Callahan and McLane!