As shattering as a gunshot, Blue Justice is the dead-on, white-knuckle thrill-read of the year.
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There's a hard edge of diligent research to this first thriller about apparent police suicides by former broadcast journalist Jeannine Kadow, as well as a refreshing avoidance of the cop clichés so common to the subgenre. Grizzled veteran Ed Gavin and his new partner, sleek Ivy League rookie Jon Strega, have enough interesting quirks to mark them as real people as they work to link the apparent suicides of a sudden rush of colleagues to one very determined woman who also happens to wear NYPD blue. This character, Maria Alvarez, is another original--full of believable pain and venom, using sex as one more weapon in her avenging arsenal. If you tend to think of books that appear as mass-market paperback originals as a lesser form of art, this one might just change your mind. --Dick Adler
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"Every cop's worst nightmare- a serial killer who stalks cops. The pages turn. There are horrifying images no reader will soon forget." -- Robert Daley (author of Prince of the City, Year of the Dragon)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
On a par with the best,
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This review is from: Blue Justice (Paperback)
It does not take a Ph.D. in quantum physics to understand the incredible level of stress confronting a New York City police officer. However, the city is stunned by the recent suicides of sixteen of The Big Apple's finest. One of the recent men who died is Dan, whose partner for almost three decades never saw it coming. Ed Gavin still cannot believe that Dan killed himself. Ed's new partner is rookie Jon Strega, whose father was a police officer who died in the line of duty. The Commissioner's daughter Maria Alvarez is a fellow officer out of the same precinct as Jon and Ed. She tries to hit on Jon, who rejects her advances. In retaliation, Maria begins to harass Jon. Ed's boss plants a seed of doubt in his mind that not all of the deaths were suicide. Ed intends to look into the possibility that someone is murdering police officers. Maria, Jon, and Ed soon find themselves on a collision course with the fact that it appears that one of their own has turned. The police procedural sub-genre is so loaded with talented writers it is difficult for a newcomer to make a mark. However, once in a while a debut is so clever and well done that the author stands out in the crowd. This is the case with Jeanine Kadow and her first time novel, BLUE JUSTICE, which is on a par with the top works of Cornwell, Rosenberg, and Palmer. The action-packed story line asks the question of who will police the police when they need to punish one of their own? If this mesmerizing tale is any example, Ms. Kadow will climb to the top faster than a speeding bullet. Harriet Klausner
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Solid first effort. Looking forward to the next one.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Blue Justice (Paperback)
I picked up Blue Justice on a whim--it was on the shelf below an Evan Hunter title I was seeking. I had been reading the usual best-selling techno-thriller writers lately, but had been dissatisfied with most of their recent efforts. I was pleasantly surprised by this book. There was no single place where I felt let down by the writer or the story. Although it was abundantly clear "whodunnit" early on (as I'm sure the author intended), and although I started to have my suspicions why towards the end of the book, this was a good enough read that I enjoyed reading it all the way to the end. I look forward to Ms. Kadow's next book, "Burnout" which Amazon's site says should appear next year.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
TERRIFIC.....that's all I can say!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Blue Justice (Paperback)
Jeannine Kadow's Blue Justice, is described as a novel of suspense. That it most certainly is, and the plotting, the characters, the background knowledge of the New York Police Department, and dialogue make one question whether this is in fact a first effort. The writing is tightly controlled, the action moves apace and builds up apparently effortlessly to a surprising climax. No 'first novel' stumbling, no distracting intrusion by the author, but a straightforward powerful narrative from a diligent reporter and written with verve. It has all the ingredients of a good read. I thought the conversion from mutual resentment between the two principal protagonists, the cops, Strega with his university background and Gavin with his hard-nosed up-from-the-streets attitude, to a mutual-admiration partnership was particularly well drawn. It is all believable and the reader is involved in their actions and personalities from the beginning. The psychology behind Maria and the subsidiary characters might have been written by a psychiatrist. I am a reluctant admirer of the genre but Blue Justice kept me awake most of the night until I finished it in the wee small hours. 'Unputdownable' says the publisher's blurb and this time, despite the awful word, the claim is not excessive. If a novel is supposed to entertain and if a suspense novel is supposed to fascinate and frighten the reader, this one succeeds, admirably. RORY O'KEEF
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