I Found a Body

A weary detective must team up with a brazen influencer to solve a cold case that has left a mark on both of their careers.

This twisty thriller, perfect for fans of Phoebe Morgan and Gillian McAllister, will leave readers yearning for answers.

Detective Sergeant Mona Hendricks has a lot on her plate: she’s getting divorced, her teen daughter is punishing her for it, and she’s shooting for a life-changing promotion. When her daughter’s favorite influencer, Kylie May, finds a dead body and livestreams it to the world, Mona is thrown into a very public murder investigation. 

Mona, a seasoned detective, is trying her best to conduct a proper investigation based on good old-fashioned police work, but when Kylie decides to solve the case herself, their dueling investigations hamper all efforts to identify the killer.  

Nine years later, Mona has hit rock bottom, and the case remains unsolved. When Kylie, now a sleek TV contrarian, approaches Mona with a high-paying offer to reopen the cold case, Mona has no choice but to accept and hope things will be different this time around.Praise for I Found a Body:
“Witty and original . . . Richly nuanced characters and acerbic insights into the vanity of social media stardom . . . This marks Brynolf as a writer worth keeping tabs on.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“An original and deftly crafted combination of police procedural and 'whodunnit' historical thriller.”
—Midwest Book Review

“A modern twist on a detective story, which totally captures this strange digital age we live in.”
—Oenone Forbat, author of Bad Influence
Becky C. Brynolf has worked in social media for a long time and has been a crime fiction fan for much longer. After ten years in London, she’s relocated to her childhood home of Scotland with her husband, baby, and mad Border Collie. Becky hopes to do justice to Scotland’s rich tradition of crime writers. I Found a Body is Becky’s first novel.