Just Jennifer

What You See by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Journalist Jane Ryland is currently unemployed and looking forward exploring her relationship with Detective Jake Brogan a little further now that there is not currently a conflict of interest.  The rent must be paid, however, and while Jane is on an interview with a Boston affiliate, a man is stabbed in downtown Boston.  Less than a month before the Fourth of July tourists will descend on Boston, a stabbing in broad daylight on a crowded street is not good.  The station manager sends Jane out on the story with a per diem agreement and once again, Jane and Jake find themselves on different sides of the story.  A murder in broad daylight proves to be difficult for Jake to investigate as there are so many witnesses, each with a different version of the events, some with agendas.  Jane, on the other hand knows the camera never lies when a young photographer approaches her claiming to have the murder on film.  The streets of Boston, however, are equipped with video cameras, but did the monitor hit record in enough time to catch a murderer?  As Jane works her story and Jake investigates his case, things get complicated…very complicated and very personal and as so often has happened to Jake and Jane in the past, it will take what each one knows to solve the crime, but can they reveal to each other what they know without compromising their ethics and the case?  Jane is distracted by the impending wedding of her sister whose soon to be step-daughter has disappeared with her step-father and Janes feels as if she is the only one who has enough distance from the situation to see what is really going on.  Once again, Agatha award winning author and multi-Emmy wining investigative reporter Hank Ryan has created a story so intricate it is impossible to see the end coming.  She deftly juggles multiple storylines with well-developed characters, a plot that twists and turns many times before arriving at another photo finish that will leave readers breathless for the next book.