JUSTICE BETRAYED
A MEMPHIS COLD CASE MYSTERY, #3
by
PATRICIA BRADLEY
Genre: Fiction / Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Revell
Date of Publication: June 5, 2018
Number of Pages: 352
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It’s Elvis Week in Memphis, and homicide detective Rachel Sloan isn’t sure her day could get any stranger when aging Elvis impersonator Vic Vegas asks to see her. But when he produces a photo of her murdered mother with four Elvis impersonators—one of whom had also been murdered soon after the photo was taken—she’s forced to reevaluate. Is there some connection between the two unsolved cases? And could the recent break-in at Vic’s home be tied to his obsession with finding his friend’s killer?
When yet another person in the photo is murdered, Rachel suddenly has her hands full investigating three cases. Lieutenant Boone Callahan offers his help, but their checkered romantic past threatens to get in the way. Can they solve the cases before the murderer makes Rachel victim number four?
“The third installment of Bradley’s Memphis Cold Case series focuses on a cold case related to a homicide detective’s past…Bradley includes the unique character of Erin who seems as if she is a real person and takes great care to portray her respectfully.”
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“Given the right circumstances, we’re all capable of committing murder.”
Justice Betrayed starts off with a powerful punch of action, mystery, and suspense. That prologue sets the wheels in motion for a story that will keep you guessing, make you think you know what’s going on, pull you in another direction, and leave you breathless in those climactic scenes. Don’t get me wrong. This healthy dose of confusion pushes you to keep reading. In the meantime, the characters are extremely well developed, and the backstory of these characters is doled out as needed, making them interesting and believable.
Rachel Sloan is a great main character. I love that she is determined to go her own way and be a cop instead of a lawyer, but she never stops thinking of others. Her relationship with Erin, who is a special needs adult and sister of Rachel’s long-time friend, Terri, is incredibly well written and touching. The other main character, Boone Callahan, is no slouch either. I really like that the author gave Rachel and Boone a little bit of dating history, rather than have them meet for the first time in this story. With Boone as Rachel’s boss in Homicide, dating is now out of the question, but does that stop their two hearts from fluttering? Read this light romance/heavy suspense story to find out for yourself.
As an added bonus, Elvis, or I should say an Elvis tribute artist, is alive and well in Justice Betrayed. Or is he? It’s all a big mystery, and it’s up to Boone and Rachel to solve a cold case, a hot case, and a semi-warm case before the killer does it again. Easy, right? Not if the killer is a messed-up individual who hears voices and decides you are getting too close and need to be eliminated.
Lots of action going on, but the plot is also thick with interesting relationships between family, friends, and some weird suspects. A few serious topics are touched upon, such as past family abuse, misplaced guilt, and not keeping those lines of communication open, but these issues show the importance of having true friends, speaking up for yourself, being honest with loved ones, and pursuing justice the right way.
I readily admit that I was wrong in my assumption of the killer’s identity. Justice Betrayed is a well-crafted puzzle, and I enjoyed the challenge!
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Patricia Bradley is the award-winning author of Justice Delayed and Justice Buried, as well as the Logan Point series. She is cofounder of Aiming for Healthy Families, Inc., and a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Romance Writers of America. She lives in Mississippi.
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GRAND PRIZE: All Three Books in the Memphis Cold Case Series + Elvis Umbrella + $10 Starbucks Gift Card
2ND PRIZE: All Three Books in the Memphis Cold Case Series + $15 Barnes & Noble Gift Card
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This sounds like such a great book! Thanks for a review that makes me want to read this and the series NOW.