THE PERFECT MURDER by Brenda Novak is the final installment
of The Last Stand Series.
The Last Stand has a new associate who is eager to prove
that she can handle
the job, so when Gloria Rickman came to victim advocate,
Jane Burke she
didn't think twice about offering to help find Gloria's
missing sisters even
though her mentors and bosses were out of the country on a
case of their
own.
It doesn't take Jane long to figure out that she is somewhat
in over her head.
She is looking for the man who she believes kidnapped
Gloria's sisters even
though all leads point to the girls disappearing on their
own. However, Jane
isn't the only person looking--Sebastian Costas is also
searching for Jane's mystery man.
Sebastian believes that the man who murdered his ex-wife and
son is still
alive, and doing evil, dastardly things such as kidnapping
two young woman
for who knows what?
Sebastian and Jane make an unlikely pair of detectives, but
they do know how
to research, and put various pieces of the puzzle in order
to make the police
detective in charge of the missing girls' case to stand up
and take notice.
Whether or not they can find their man in time to save the
girls remains to be
seen. The time they spend together does however help them
to both let go of
their pasts and realize that perhaps the time has come to
take a chance on a
new love.
Ms. Novak doesn't necessarily write spine tingling suspense.
She does
however write books that prove that anything can be
accomplished if you are
determined enough to follow through to the bitter end. She
also writes
characters whom you might be scared of, but who in the end
show that even
though they have a rough exterior they truly are redeemable.
THE PERFECT MURDER wasn't necessarily my favorite of this
year's trilogy, but I
had the same problem with it, as I did with The Perfect
Couple, and The
Perfect Liar...I didn't want to set it aside to worry
about work and domestic
chores.
Now I have to wait for Ms. Novak's next work, and I promise
that won't be
easy!
Someone thinks he's committed The Perfect Murder...
In trying to unravel the truth behind the murder of his ex-
wife and son, Sebastian Costas has followed a ghost of a
lead all the way to Sacramento. The evidence suggests a
murder-suicide, but something he heard the week before the
killings won't allow him to accept that. He believes her
second husband--a cop--killed her and the boy, then faked
his own death. But proving it isn't easy. He finally gets
the break he needs when Jane Burke, an investigator with
The Last Stand, calls him in connection with a separate
crime--a crime that could lead him straight to the man he's
been looking for.
But that murder might only lead to more...
Once the wife of a serial killer, Jane has spent the past
five years rebuilding her life and fighting against
violence. The last thing she wants to do is fall in love
again. But once she meets Sebastian, she’s determined to
take that risk. She finally has a chance at happiness--if
she can best the man they’re trying to stop before that
man stops them.
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