Black & Blue

This book could have been subtitled “Changes” because Jameson finally pushes her narrative of Lord and Lady Hetheridge forward. If you haven’t read any others this is NOT the place to start. The cast includes: Lord Anthony Hetheridge, fixture heading one of Scotland Yard’s most successful murder inves......more

I think I liked the three earlier books a tad more than I enjoyed this one several years later. I found this to be a strange mixture of unrest in various forms on several fronts. Glad I popped back in to check on the "odd couple" of policing at Scotland Yard but was not enamored by the various flambo......more

... and, like I suspected, Tony is forced to retire from Scotland Yard and DCI Jackson takes his place! What I didn't expect is that DCI Jackson will turn out like a reasonable guy! And will join the squad rather nicely! Here the crime solving takes a back seat from all the problems Tony and Kate, and......more

A nudge from the cousin who introduced me to this wonderful series that a new one, the 7th, is now available reminded me that I've read just three of the books despite loving them. So, I vowed to carve out some time to catch up, starting with this, the 4th. Honestly, it's not my favorite of the bunc......more

The pacing on this one wasn't great, especially considering even as i'm writing this review, I'm asking myself, "I DID finish this, right?????" There was a lot of personal stuff at the beginning (view spoiler)[with Kate's family (hide spoiler)] , which just didn't get enough payoff. I know these storylines will continue, but it fe......more