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Tired and tediousFirst, let me say, I didn’t read the whole book. I gave up after the first couple chapters. I read the author’s Reznick books and found them to be great mind candy. I’m looking forward to the next book coming out later this year. Unfortunately, this book appears to be wildly different. I’m tired of the main stream, politically correct, tired and tedious portrayal of Americans that are not liberal (aka, writers/journalists) as backwoods racists. I don’t know the author’s politics...
Found this new author (to me) in Kindle Unlimited and quickly downloaded another from another of Turner's series. Miami Requiem is the first of two of his Deborah Jones, Crime Thrillers collection. Deborah Jones is a young African American newspaper journalist who is still struggling with a traumatic experience which has resulted in her losing a romantic relationship with her college sweetheart. She becomes very interested in helping a man get freed from being executed for killing the man who ra...
After reading and listening to several other books by JB Turner I can't believe this book was written by the same writer. Hard Road, the first book about Jon Reznick was a book that kept me up at night. It was difficult to go to sleep because I wanted to know what was going to happen next. I almost gave up on this book and that hardly ever happens. Deborah Jones had been raped in the past. She doesn't drink anymore but that seems to be her only precaution. She is going to dangerous places, she l...
This was an exceptionally well done thriller. It is 2002 and a man is on death row in Florida for the admitted murder of a Senator’s son who had raped his granddaughter. He is scheduled for execution in the near future and a young African-American female reporter is assigned the story. Deborah Jones, the reporter, is also a recovering rape victim and has been trying to work on this story since her hire at the Miami Herald. It is a tale of politics, gangsters, stubbornness and, ultimately, victor...
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This book was pretty bad.The first third of the book seemed like an interesting plot might evolve - but I was disappointed. There was absolutely no investigative skills that the protagonist displayed - everyone just came through and gave her information. Someone brought her bank records, someone else gave her some biographical information about the victim, someone else sent her video evidence.There were no thrills. At one point, she is kidnapped - the kidnapping scene ends in a half-paragraph. H...
This is an excellent story,of one person's fight for justice! I didn't know what to expect when started this book,but what a ride it was! All the characters are well explained,with many ups and downs as a young journalist tries to uncover a story surrounding a man on death row. There is never a stop to things happening,I feel breathless after finishing! I truly recommend this book to mystery lovers,or people who just like a good story,this is it...
Miami Herald reporter, Deborah Jones is a rookie, new to journalism yet brimming with single minded determination to pursue the truth and provide it to the newspapers readership. Her first ‘real’ assignment, one more of her own violation than an order from her superiors, sees her traverse to a correctional facility to visit William Craig, a death-row inmate waiting out his last days in a cramped cell for the murder of a Senators son of which he accused of raping his granddaughter eleven years ag...
I plowed through "Miami Requiem" and its sequel "Dark Waters" so fast during the early days of the pandemic, I forgot about reviewing them. Like a lot of people, I had time on my hands and not much else. I spent maybe a day on each. Author J.B. Turner is a pro. His words are never wasted, and his stories start with a scene-setting ignition and take off. A reader just has to sit back and enjoy all that g-force. Certainly a Jon Reznick story shoves me back in my chair like I'm accelerating in a ca...
This is a story of a young reporter with a Miami newspaper whose interest in a death row inmate leads her into the dark world of politics and cover ups. A senator, a congressman, police chief, a dodgy trial and undisclosed information about the victim. This has all been done before, and there really isn't anything new here. However if you like your crime fiction formulaic, dependable and well written, you will enjoy this. An easy read a solid 3 stars.
I enjoyed this book probably more so since I had just visited south Florida area and was familiar with names and places. It is a suspenseful, convincing read and reminded of Edna Buchanan's early thrillers centered in Miami
A different perspectiveIf only the good would prevail. As individual who firmly believes in God's commandments this was a feel good story, but unfortunately does not always happen.
This book was a pleasure to read. It was a good story, well told, building tension step by step, and balancing those elements with strong characters and good character development.The story centres around Deborah Jones, a young, ambitious journalist, who convinces her editor, Sam Goldberg, to allow her to pursue the story of a death row inmate, William Craig, who is due to be executed within a matter of weeks.Joe O’Neill, a prominent senator’s son, had raped the Craig’s granddaughter but was acq...
1991, William Craig (71, “Butcher of South Beach”) now awaits on Death Row. He was convicted of killing Joseph “Joe” O'Neill (Jack’s son).Deborah Jones (Miami Herald reporter, Berkeley) was headed for New River Correctional Institution (0 Unit) to interview William (82). Harold Erhert was the warden.What did Deborah go see about Jenny Forbes (William’s granddaughter)?What did Deborah find out from Maria Gonzalez (Jack’s maid)?Willard Office Building (Pennsylvania Ave). Anthony “Tony” Stone (Jack...
