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5/5 Stars "MUST READ"xa0A well-paced story that draws you in; characters you won't want to leave. An ending that satisfies while you look ahead for what comes next! - Jenny Louwes, Reedsy Discovery 5/5 Stars "MUST READ" A well-paced story that draws you in; characters you won't want to leave. An ending that satisfies while you look ahead for what comes next! - Jenny Louwes, Reedsy Discovery 4.5/5 Stars "IndieReaderApproved"xa0A solid start to a brand new mystery series, THE COMFORT OF DISTANCE makes the most of its debut with a lively rural setting, great pacing, realistic dialogue and intense forensic details. - Jessica Thomas, Indie Reader 4.5/5 Stars "IndieReaderApproved" A solid start to a brand new mystery series, THE COMFORT OF DISTANCE makes the most of its debut with a lively rural setting, great pacing, realistic dialogue and intense forensic details. - Jessica Thomas, Indie Reader 5/5 Stars. This book kept me hooked from the first page...I truly hope we hear more about Dr. Grey and his brother soon. - Jeri Carroll, NetGalley 5/5 Stars . This book kept me hooked from the first page...I truly hope we hear more about Dr. Grey and his brother soon. - Jeri Carroll, NetGalley 5/5 Stars. [Sebastien] Grey has hints of the famous Holmes without being a replica, which hit the right note for me. Overall, a great read if you're in the mood for a mystery. - Mackenzie Schley, NetGalley 5/5 Stars . [Sebastien] Grey has hints of the famous Holmes without being a replica, which hit the right note for me. Overall, a great read if you're in the mood for a mystery. - Mackenzie Schley, NetGalley 4/5 Stars.xa0A really great depiction of a multi-genre novel. It hits on investigation, great character developments, some romance, and a lot of forensic study. The progress of the story was very well paced and the characters were all very vivid and developed realistically. - Sierra Starr, NetGalley 4/5 Stars. A really great depiction of a multi-genre novel. It hits on investigation, great character developments, some romance, and a lot of forensic study. The progress of the story was very well paced and the characters were all very vivid and developed realistically. - Sierra Starr, NetGalley 4/5 Stars.xa0Characters were so well developed that I felt as though I knew them. I love when a book draws you into the story and it feels like you are living it with them. - Jacqueline Allan, NetGalley 4/5 Stars. Characters were so well developed that I felt as though I knew them. I love when a book draws you into the story and it feels like you are living it with them. - Jacqueline Allan, NetGalley Ryburn Dobbs taught biological anthropology and forensic anthropology at several colleges throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and spent ten years as a forensic anthropologist, working dozens of death investigations. In addition to his anthropological pursuits, Ryburn also worked as an investigative analyst specializing in homicides and unsolved cases. The Comfort of Distance is Ryburn's first novel and the first in the Sebastien Grey series. For more information about Ryburn, his blog, and updates on new books please visit www.ryburndobbs.com.
Features & Highlights
- Deep in the forests of the Black Hills, human remains are being discovered – one bit at a time. Rumors of a rogue man-eating mountain lion are spreading through the county and panic is starting to swell. Sgt. Hank LeGris of the Custer County Sheriff’s Office is feeling the pressure; he needs to find out who the dead are, and how they got that way. Hank suspects that the bodies are the result of a more sinister predator. But in order to solve the mystery, he will have reach back into his own dysfunctional family history and pull in the only person who can get to the bottom of these strange cases – his estranged and disordered brother, the brilliant forensic anthropologist Dr. Sebastien Grey.When Sebastien arrives in the Black Hills, he takes his brother, and detective Tiffany Reese, on a whirlwind tour of forensic thinking and deductive reasoning, not only solving the mystery of the human remains, but the murder of a local thug as well. In the process, Sebastien himself is forever transformed by his own success and by the charm and kindness of the lovely Detective Reese: “One day I hope you give yourself permission to be different, Sebastien. You’ll be happier.”The Comfort of Distance is equal parts forensic mystery, police procedure and character study, with dashes of comedy and romance thrown in. Readers will be cheering at the end and ready for more.
