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Book Review of Cash Valley: To Bring One Down (Book #2) by Ryan K. Nelson

I really enjoyed the first book in this series, Cash Valley, so when I heard there was a second book I was excited to read it. I As I stated in my review of the previous book, I graduated from Utah State University in Logan, UT. Logan is located in Cache Valley. See the play on words there? Mr. Nelson is quite the punnist. My husband and I LOVED it in Cache Valley! I wish we could have stayed, but there weren’t very many jobs there, so we reluctantly left. I had a good time reading this series because the location is so familiar to me, and I recognize many of the places in the book. It’s fun to have a connection to the book you’re reading. So, did I enjoy this second book? You’ll need to read my review of Cash Valley: To Bring One Down (Book #2) by Ryan K. Nelson.

Blurb:

(From goodreads.com): “Agent Alex Travis returns to Cache Valley in search of an escaped prisoner, who bears a striking resemblance to one of the gang members Jack killed in the shootout in Green Canyon four years earlier. His instincts are leading him in the right direction, but he continues to be one step behind the man seeking revenge on Jack & Kate, and their young daughter, Emma. By not telling the whole truth of the missing bank money at the time of the recovery, Agent Travis has put them all in jeopardy. He must now decide if he can solve this case on this own, in time to save his friends, or if he risks asking for help from the Bureau and ruining his career in the process, a possibility that could land him in jail as well.

In a race to see who finds who first, the search shifts to nearby Logan Canyon, where Agent Travis will be tested by his own conscience as much as by the man he’s hunting.”

My Book Review:

Book #2 is a little darker than the first book, but I liked it. Agent Travis is back on the case, and strangely, it involves Jack and Kate again. Last time they may have left a little something undone, and now that little something is coming back to haunt them. There are quite a few tense moments in this book! You’ve got the bad guy, Donovan, and he is definitely a bad guy through and through. I love Jack and Kate, and of course Agent Travis. The character development in this book is so well done. You can just feel the evilness pouring out of Donovan. Jack can still be a bit of a mystery at times, and Agent Travis is so real. It’s good to see flaws and real-life thinking from a character like him.

I was hooked on this story from the beginning. It’s well written, I liked the writing style, and I felt like the book flowed well, transitioned well, and progressed well. There are lots of twists and turns in the plot, which made it exciting to read. I never thought I’d know so much about dye packs that bank tellers use to catch the robbers! Don’t worry—I will not be putting that information into practice.

I enjoyed watching the growth of the characters over the entire series. Each of them learned so much throughout the story. I also enjoyed learning about their relationships with each other: Jack and Kate, Jack and Agent Travis, Agent Travis and Kate, all of them with Donovan, and Agent Travis with Billy. You learn that good relationships do not just drop on your lap—they are earned with hard work, trust, and forgiveness.