Note: These are short reviews I'd posted on Goodreads prior to starting writing full reviews. Sorry!
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Protector (Jane Perry #1) by Laurel Dewey[/caption]Protector (Jane Perry #1) by Laurel Dewey
Rating: [rating=7]
I’m a wee bit indecisive when choosing books. I put this on my to-read list a while ago and, in a moment of frustration because I was adding more “to-reads” to my list because I couldn’t decide what to read, told my husband to look through my list and pick my next one and I’d read it – no questions asked.
He had no idea what he started until he woke up at 2 a.m. and asked, “Are you STILL reading?”
What? It was a good book! Seriously, though. I couldn’t put it down.
Detective Jane Perry is a cut-to-the-chase homicide investigator. She’s also vulgar, an alcoholic, a chain smoker, unstable, victim of abuse and self-abuser. But she’s a damn good detective and that (and her understanding sergeant) has saved her butt from getting suspended. She’s still obsessing about the murder of a family on her and her partner’s watch when she’s forced onto another case protecting a girl whose parents were viciously murdered.
Jane should be so unlikable, but I couldn’t help but cheer her on. She kicked butt and you could see a glimmer of hope in her.
I noticed that some people commented about the amount of vulgar language in this book, but it fit the character. Jane is rough. What should she say? “Oh gee golly wiz!”?
Redemption (Jane Perry #2)
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Redemption (Jane Perry #2) by Laurel Dewey[/caption]Rating: [rating=7]
After powering through The Protector, I couldn’t wait to start Redemption. Since I’m doing my reviews after reading the three books, I have to say, this was probably my least favorite of the three. It took longer to get in to, although once I did I was up until the early hours of the morning finishing it. The biggest issue I had with this book was the plot. There wasn’t much of a mystery to solve and some parts were a little boring. It was great for character development, but really seemed just like a transition between books. That said, I’m comparing it to the other two.
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Revelations (Jane Perry #3) by Laurel Dewey[/caption]Revelations (Jane Perry #3)
Rating: [rating8]
In this third Jane Perry novel, Laurel Dewey takes Jane out of Denver to the small town of Midas where the Chief of Police is a close friend of Jane's boss. Jacob Van Gorden, the fifteen-year-old son of a prominent area businessman, has disappeared and all signs point to his abductor being Jordan Copeland, a man who committed a similar crime decades ago. Jane settles into this little community for much longer than she wants, living with a preacher and his family (including their eccentric teenage daughter who was Jacob's girlfriend). There are signs that Jacob is still alive, so the clock is ticking. And as Jane investigates Jordan Copeland, she begins to have doubts about his guilt and begins to uncover signs of devastating – and even deadly – secrets all around Midas. Meanwhile, Jane must deal with two considerable secrets of her own. One hits her in the gut before she leaves Denver and the other creeps up on her from the most unlikely of places. And on top of this, Hank Ross, owner of a bar in Midas, has somehow managed to find a way beneath Jane's armor-plated defenses, forcing her to contend with feelings she hasn't allowed to surface for a very long time. Revelations is the most powerful and personal Jane Perry novel yet. Teeming with the passions and ambiguities that make Laurel Dewey so compelling to read, it is a breathtaking story of mysteries revealed and withheld.
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