T.R. Ragan continues her Jessie Cole series, which started with Her Last Day, in Deadly Recall. A few short months after the events of book one, Jessie has hired the girl she was hired to find in Her Last Day and now has been hired to find a baby who disappeared several years ago. Meanwhile, her crime reporter buddy Ben has hired her to find out more about his past; he has no memories of his life before his accident ten years ago. Ben also recruits her to assist with tracking down a disgruntled customer of an insurance company, who is threatening to kill innocent people if the company doesn't apologize for denying his daughter life-saving medicines.
Ragan puts this salad of investigations together with panache. Some of the stories and cases end up overlapping, but mostly we see Jessie juggling her case load, dealing with her young, impulsive assistant, raising her niece. A romance may be budding with the policeman who came to her aid in Her Last Day and who is a resource for her in the local police department. And the more she learns about Ben and his broken memory, the less she thinks he wants to know.
Deadly Recall has no drop off from the first book in the series. Ragan continues to write some demented bad guys, but none as demented as the killer in book one. She has some light in the darkness. I don't feel like I have to take a shower or get exorcised. Ragan's books are definitely a good place to find crime thrillers with strong female characters and believable plots. I enjoyed Deadly Recall.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!
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