National bestseller Jan Burke is the author of a dozen novels and a collection of short stories. Among the awards her work has garnered are Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar® for Best Novel, Malice Domestic’s Agatha Award, Mystery Readers International’s Macavity, and the RT Book Club’s Best Contemporary Mystery. She is the founder of the Crime Lab Project (CrimeLabProject.com) and is a member of the board of the California Forensic Science Institute. She lives in Southern California with her husband and two dogs. Learn more about her at JanBurke.com.
Goodnight, Irene (Irene Kelly Series #1)
by Jan Burke
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ISBN-13:
9780743483346
- Publisher: Pocket Books
- Publication date: 04/25/2003
- Series: Irene Kelly Series , #1
- Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 384
- Sales rank: 178,011
- File size: 422 KB
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For thirty-five years the identity of the dismembered woman found under the Las Piernas pier has remained a mystery. What secret did she take to her grave? Southern California reporter Irene Kelly has uncovered a maze of forensic records and confidential files that suggest a motive far more sinister than anyone imagined. The discovery has brought her close to Detective Frank Harriman, and closer still to exposing a killer who will resort to anything to keep his secrets buried -- and Irene silenced forever.
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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
Set in the fictional Southern California town of Las Piernas, this generally exciting debut mystery--the first of a projected series--brims with brutality, but is slowed at times by home and hospital bedside scenes. Former reporter Irene Kelly, now working in public relations, is shocked when her friend O'Connor is killed by a bomb hidden in a package. The only clue Irene can unearth is O'Connor's obsession with a long-unsolved crime involving an unidentified female body discovered in Las Piernas years before. Rehired by the Las Piernas Express , Irene teams up with ex-lover and homicide cop Frank Harriman to crack the case, but details of what O'Connor had learned about the killing are long in coming. Burke punctuates her too leisurely exposition with graphic, effective scenes of murder and attempted murder, although she depicts the menacing assassins more as machines than as human beings and provides a plausible explanation for all the violence only at her story's very end. Still, she writes with remarkable sensitivity about the physical and spiritual reactions of people terrorized by cold-blooded killers, and her gift for characterization somewhat compensates for her still-rudimentary pacing skills. ( Mar. )
Library Journal
The bombing death of best friend and journalist O'Connor shocks Irene Kelly, herself an investigative reporter, into pursuing his last story--the as-yet-unsolved mutilation murder of a young woman back in 1955. Kelly collaborates with former flame Detective Harriman in her desire to identify the woman, but not without experiencing murder attempts, car chases, and a return of affection. Level-headed and unflappable, heroine Irene stands poised for a promising new series, despite the guessable villain and a lapse or two in dialog.
Emily Melton
Veteran newspaper reporter Irene Kelly's colleague, friend, drinking buddy, and mentor, O'Connor, is blown to bits one morning by a bomb. Shocked and furious, Irene vows to avenge O'Connor's murder, which she's sure is connected to a story he was investigating. She teams up with a local cop, Frank Harriman, who's also Irene's longtime friend and sometime romantic interest. But trying to decipher O'Connor's cryptic notes and get a handle on the story he was working on is not only tricky, it's deadly. O'Connor was obviously on to something big, but Frank and Irene just can't make the pieces--a 35-year-old murder, a money-laundering scheme, fraud, and political shenanigans between the mayor and the district attorney--fit together logically. Before the case is closed, Irene and Frank are chased by gangsters, shot at, nearly run down by a speeding car, and locked in a meat freezer. Readers who want nonstop action, a diabolically clever plot, sparkling dialogue, and a heroine who's a combination of Nancy Drew, Katharine Hepburn, Lois Lane, and Lauren Bacall should snap up "Goodnight, Irene at the first opportunity.