The Iron Collar
A Joi Sommers Mystery
by Susan D Peters
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Pub Date Jul 06 2018 | Archive Date Dec 27 2018
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Description
The Iron Collar
SECRETS BEGET LIES.
LIES BEGET SECRETS.
Four years after closing the gruesome murder of church Elder Dennis Gregg, Detective Joi Sommers and her partner Russell Wilkerson are summoned to a South Suburban commuter college where the body of a sexy coed is found garroted in the chemistry lab. From their first horrified glimpse at the corpse they recognize they have been tasked with an extraordinary case.
The evidentiary trail leads them to similarly murdered victims. Is this a pattern, or a series of random coincidences? Tracking the wanton killer from the South Suburban hamlet to Chicago’s trendy North side, their investigation thickens and threatens to excavate darkly hidden appetites.
A Note From the Publisher
EBOOK FORMAT ISBN 978-0-9827125-8-0
Advance Praise
Paulette 5.0 out of 5 stars Great read. Characters well written and high suspense.
July 17, 2018
After reading this latest whodunit, Detective Joi Summers performance raises her to the level of all time great detectives. Her character and kick butt attitude puts her up there with the neuroticism of Brenda Leigh Johnson of The Closer, the steeliness of Olivia Benson of Law and Order SVU, and gutsiness of Lydia Adams of Southland. If there was an annual award for best female detective in a book series, hands down she’d be taking home the trophy this year. The author has developed a cast of quirky characters and weaved suspects and clues into a realistic murder mystery that leave you drinking coffee to stay awake as you bite your nails, on the edge of your seat and do what ever else to finish this book. The plot and sub plots won’t allow you to put it down. You must turn the next page and start the next chapter.
As a binge-watching fanatic of Criminal Minds, Law and Order, and Crime Scene Investigation, I was delighted to discover this story had it all. The author has you engrossed with lead detective Joi Summers and her gorgeous partner as they sift through clues and interrogate suspects in their race-against-time to find a killer and solve a string of increasing murders. She includes the reader in the crime scene and forensic investigation and even the politics of neighboring department jurisdiction. It’s almost like a lesson in solving a crime.
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780982712573 |
| PRICE | $12.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Brooke H, Reviewer
This is an action packed page-turner that features a pair of police detectives working in the south suburbs of Chicago, trying to solve the murder of beautiful young woman who was brutally garrotted. I had not read any of this author's work before, but after this one, I definitely intend to read more. The two main characters are detective Joi Sommers and her partner, Russell Wilkerson. Both detectives are complex characters, well drawn, despite the brevity of this novel. Joi is especially intriguing. She is a woman of depth and strength, but she makes mistakes and poor choices too. The author doesn't try to make anyone perfect in this story. There is some strong sexual content and language in this story--I am assuming if the reader is interested in a thriller about a potential serial killer, that won't be surprising, but I wanted to put it out there, just in case. While I guessed who the killer was fairly early on, there were several twists and turns that I didn't see coming at all. There were a couple characters I really WANTED to be the killer, haha. There's a really well written climactic scene that is action packed and you can really feel the intensity and the tension.
As a Chicago native, I loved that the author obviously either knows Chicago really well or did extensive research because she got all the streets and navigation right. Nothing I hate more in a good book than easy details being wrong, it really pulls you out--I'd rather they be fiction than wrong. But no need in this book, everything here is correct.
The last chapter lays the ground work for Sommers and Wilkerson's next case, and I definitely want to know what happens. This is a pretty quick read, which is good, because I didn't want to put it down, and I have to sleep SOMETIME.
I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.
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