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A Most Dangerous Woman

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This is a story of Sarah Tanner, a woman who opens a dining and coffee rooms on the corner of Leather Lane. There is some wonder as to where she came from but she has a fine coffee house with good food, so not much is asked. Too many questions might scare her away and after all, if she's willing to work here she obviously has secrets to keep.

It isn't until an old friend is killed in front of her that she is forced out of her comfortable existence. She's forced to investigate because the person she sees murdering is a police man and in her past she was known to police.

Told mostly from the viewpoint of Sarah herself it's an interesting story with a lot of twists and turns, even at the end when you think that everything has been sorted out and that the story is heading for it's conclusion. Like real life things aren't always as they seem and your assumptions are put on their head.

I enjoyed this story, enough to want to look up more by this author.

This was the first book I read by L.M. Jackson/Lee Jackson and I enjoyed it quite a bit. This is a new series I look forward to reading long into the future. The amazon seller I ordered it from was in the UK and the book arrived very fast in excellent condition.

I have been looking for a new series for a long time now and I thought this book might be the beginning of a good series and the end of a quest for me. I am fussy about my fiction...I like details and well developed characters who have realistic relationships and I like stories with logical reasons behind characters motivations for doing the things they do.

This book is for readers who don't care so much about the details of the setting or the logic behind the events that unfold. People who like a quick paced mystery where the protagonist's every effort is rewarded with another step closer to the objective will enjoy this story.

For me it was all too unlikely and unrealistic. The writing wasn't horrible, neither was it very good. The dialogue wasn't very good, neither was it horrible. I didn't dislike it enough to give up on it but I can't recommend it to anyone either.

I do know that I am still looking for a series that fits my tastes. I recently listened to the first three audio books in the Sally Lockhart series by Philip Pullman and I thought they were wonderful. I also loved the Julian Kestrel series by Kate Ross and the Captain Lacey series by Ashley Gardner. If you are a fan of those series or you're willing to recommend something similar in a series that you enjoyed please leave me a comment and let me know what you recommend, thanks so much.

This was the first Lee Jackson novel I read and I have to admit my expectations were not high when I made my order. What a lovely surprise this book was! Lots of great period detail and an interesting murder story with a good pace. Added to that is the ongoing mystery of Sarah herself, as events slowly unfold to tell us about her past.

Sarah really appealled to me as a character and I sincerely hope that this book is the first in a series because I want to read about her again.