I’m out of town until Thursday. While I’ll have a “What Are You Reading?” post that day, I’ll also be on the road driving home. In the meantime, I have reviews from Kevin Tipple today and tomorrow. Today, it’s Kevin Wade’s One Good Eye, a book I have on my own TBR pile. Thank you, Kevin, for filling in. If you’d like more content from Kevin, check out his blog at https://kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/.
One Good Eye: A Jeep Mullane Novel by Kevin Wade is the second read in the series that began with Johnny Careless. I very much liked that first book and was glad to be approved for an ARC the week before publication on the Edelweiss platform.
Tropical Storm Kyle is headed inbound and Centre Brookville Chief of Police Jeep Mullane is out and about on Long Island’s North Shore. He is handing out batteries and bottled water and checking on folks as the storm comes ever closer. So, he’s already fairly close by when he gets an urgent text from Nicole. She drives for Jenny Racine and has requested Jeep come to the house. Jeep has known Jenny Racine since high school.
Without revealing spoilers, they have a very tight bond and a complicated history that goes back to those high school days. In the here and now, she is fairly famous for good and bad reasons, is wealthy, and is in real trouble though she does not want any help. Nicole is ex-Suffolk County PD and carries, but Jenny needs on duty cops and more assistance than her longtime driver and friend can provide.
Even if Nicole had not filled in Jeep Mullane on his arrival, one look at Jenny’s face makes her need for help clear. She’s been punched in the face and is visibly marked. She’s also been hit hard in her rib cage on her right side. She says the masked man was in her master bedroom when she walked in, never said a word, hit her, and fled. She has an idea who did it, and even knows why, but makes it very clear that she isn’t going to tell him or anyone. Jenny isn’t going to file a police report. She wants him to leave it alone as she plans on continuing to handle everything privately.
But, this is Jenny. Jeep Mullane isn’t going to let her take a beating and do nothing.
Jeep Mullane starts poking around and then the feds show up. Soon after they make their presence known, the killing starts in, One Good Eye: A Jeep Mullane Novel. Complicated with plenty of flashbacks to explain the deep relationship between Jenny and Jeep, this is a compelling and fast moving read that keeps the reader (at least this one) rapidly turning pages.
There is quite a lot going on in One Good Eye: A Jeep Mullane Novel by Kevin Wade. Many of the things cannot be explained without creating spoilers. I can say that the book is a mighty good read and well worth your time. Strongly recommended.
My digital ARC came from the publisher, Celadon Books, through Edelweiss, with no expectation of a positive review.
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