Purchase

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Powell's Books

Books-A-Million

Indie BookShop

Ripped Bodice

Add to Wish List

Also by Laurel Dewey:

Betty's (Little Basement) Garden, May 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Promissory Payback, August 2011
Paperback
Redemption, June 2009
Hardcover
Protector, June 2007
Hardcover

Redemption
Laurel Dewey

Story Plant
June 2009
On Sale: June 1, 2009
Featuring: Jane Perry
400 pages
ISBN: 0981608752
EAN: 9780981608754
Hardcover
Add to Wish List

Mystery Woman Sleuth

After the events in Protector (Story Plant mass market, May 2009), Jane Perry has resigned from the Denver Police Department. Trying to make a living as a private investigator, she finds her past haunting her at every turn and her old demons rising up to torment her.

Seeking some level of comfort at an AA meeting, Jane encounters a woman who knows what Jane does for a living. The woman wants Jane to drive with her from Colorado to Northern California in search of a man who matches the description of the killer who murdered her granddaughter many years before. She's convinced that the man has started to kill again and she wants to stop him.

Jane thinks the woman is crazy--especially when she discovers that she's a New Age devotee--but Jane is desperate for work. They head on the road, gathering critical information about the killer, and themselves, along the way. Jane has recently experienced several events in her life that seem to border on the paranormal, though she is a complete skeptic in that regard. Now, those experiences come with greater frequency. And when the trail of the killer leads to a fundamentalist church, the consequences of belief and faith propel her toward a deadly confrontation.

Once again, Laurel Dewey has created a novel as rich in character as it is in suspense. Juxtaposing spirituality and religion, mission and manipulation, revenge and redemption, this is a powerful, taut mystery that will confirm her as a top-flight storyteller.

Comments

8 comments posted.

Re: Redemption

I imagine it could also be one reason why people don't start the first ... what to follow it with!
(LuAnn Morgan 11:26am June 26, 2009)

Congratulations on the books and the stick-to-it-ness!
(Karin Tillotson 12:23pm June 26, 2009)

I know writers who take a thread and keep going with it. Throwing new settings, conflicts between characters and new people in the mix keeps it fresh.
(Alyson Widen 12:23pm June 26, 2009)

Just look at those of us who never made it a first time. But I can also see that writing a book "to order" would be difficult if you don't have another story for such a series right off the bat. Kudos to you for your first novel and successfully writing the second. Best wishes for the success of this one.
(Sigrun Schulz 3:31pm June 26, 2009)

You were able to overcome your fears and keep going. That was a great accomplishment. Many of us never make it that far. Good job!
(Rosemary Krejsa 5:21pm June 26, 2009)

Congratulations on your books. We
can't always follow the path we would
like, but that doesn't mean the one we
have to take will be so bad. I'm sure
you will get the chance to explore
those other books in time.
(Patricia Barraclough 10:07pm June 26, 2009)

Congrats on your sequel! best wishes!!!
(JoAnn White 8:49am June 27, 2009)

I love sequels! I already know some of the characters and that gets me into the story faster. I can't wait to read this book.
(Patsy Hagen 1:05pm July 4, 2009)