Buried Deep by Margot Hunt is a suspenseful short story. I acquired this Audible Original as part of my Audible membership. Maggie Cabot is a devoted wife to her husband of twenty years. She is navigating her daily life as an empty nester since their daughter recently went off to college when the police show up on her doorstep. Her husband, James, is wanted for questioning when the body of his long ago girlfriend is discovered.

James was dating Hannah 25 years ago, when they went on a camping trip in the Florida Keys, with a group of friends. Hannah went missing in the middle of the night. The group of friends assumed she accidentally drowned in the ocean. Imagine the group’s surprise when her body is found having been buried instead.

Maggie immediately makes it her mission to conduct her own investigation into the murder to help clear the police’s suspicion surrounding her husband. For me, Maggie was pretty annoying in the beginning of this story. I’m not exactly sure what she thought she was going to accomplish since she didn’t know her husband or anyone in the group of friends at the time of Hannah’s death.

The story suddenly got more interesting. It turns out Maggie uncovered some pretty juicy details about the group members’ past. The ending was surprising, darker, and more twisted than I expected. I enjoyed the audiobook narration by Therese Plummer.

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