From the bestselling author of Good Sam comes a taut and thought-provoking follow-up, Perfectly Good Crime.When the estates of the 100 wealthiest Americans are targeted in a series of sophisticated, high tech heists of over $20 million in luxury goods and cash, Los Angeles TV news reporter Kate Bradley must venture inside the world of the super rich to investigate the biggest story of the year. … year. As the heists escalate, Kate’s search is thwarted when the Los Angeles police detective she’s been working with mysteriously disappears, her senator father demands that she stop reporting on the heists, and the billionaire victims refuse to talk to the media. Kate uncovers clues that those behind the robberies have shocking, yet uplifting, motives’it just may be a perfectly good crime that brings about powerful change.Further complicating her life is a dream job awaiting her in New York, a choice that could shatter from her deepening relationship with Fire Captain Eric Hayes. Kate must trust her instincts’and her heart’in a high stakes search that will test everything she believes and force her to decide where she belongs.
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Another great read by Dete Meserve. After loving Good Sam and reading it in one sitting, I immediately wanted to continue Kate’s story, so I downloaded Perfectly Good Crime. I think I may have liked it even better! I grew up in newsrooms and television stations because of my dad’s career, so that setting felt like home to me. I also loved that there’s a character who drinks copious amounts of Dr Pepper and that the author knows that “Dr” does not have a period after it in this case. That’s the Texas girl in me noticing that kind of detail.
But truly – it was a great read, a surprising end, a thought-provoking premise. I hope there will be more.
Loved this book and the way it unfolded…
This is one fantastic, page turning book! I was quickly pulled into the story and just had to keep reading. I have not yet read the first Kate Bradley book but I had no trouble getting into and enjoying the story. Well developed characters that peak your interest in their jobs and their lives. A common theme of some of Dete Meserve’s books is kindness and compassion. Here it is a Robin Hood story of taking from the ultra rich and giving to the poor. I really loved the story and am anxiously awaiting her next book. I highly recommend this book!
Perfectly Good Book. This was my second book of Ms. Meserve’s after having read The Space Between last year, and while very different it showed that she is truly a very gifted writer. It is hard to say much about the content of this book without going into spoiler territory, so I will simply say that it was a very quick and very enjoyable read that raised a lot of questions and had what appears to be a decent amount of balance to the overall mystery here – if you subscribe to the dominant thinking. Overall a great new tale that uses a legendary tale in a modern setting to have a discussion about larger issues while telling an interesting story and continuing the world set forth in the previous book.
September 26, 2020
Something good.
A reporter who looks for the good in this world was something I wanted to be reading right now. And it is So Good! Heart lifting kind of read.
Perfectly Good Crime was intriguing and thought provoking! Kate is a reporter in Los Angeles. Things begin to get interesting for her when burglaries start to occur in the wealthy area of the city. After Kate does a report at the scene of the estate of the first burglary, she finds herself swept up into the whole mystery of what is happening. Very expensive items end up stolen at each of the burglaries. The police claim to be baffled by what is going on. And whoever is responsible for the burglaries starts to anonymously give to the people who could use it. I enjoyed Kate and the other characters. The whole theory behind the burglaries makes the story mysterious and interesting. Kate becomes involved in her own conflict as she has a friend on the police force who gives her information. And her father who is a respected politician doesn’t want her to be a part of the whole burglary reporting and investigating. At the same time, Kate is also facing challenges that involve her boyfriend and her career.
Once again our heroine Kate Bradley is back! The sequel to Good Sam continues Kate’s story of finding the good within a mystery. The story begins with Newscaster Kate covering a robbery at one of Los Angeles’ most expensive mansions. The mystery of how the robbers got in past the high tech security system, stole only specific items, and got out in under 15 minutes has everyone baffled. Then, another robbery occurs under the same circumstances, and then another and then another. Everyone being robbed is worth billions. While trying to figure out the robberies, Kate stumbles across a very poor area of Los Angeles that is all of a sudden getting much needed assistance for the poor and homeless. Are the two events connected? Kate seems to think so. The robbers have been dubbed “Robin Hood”. Steal from the rich and give to the poor.
Meanwhile, Kate’s personal life is going through a lot of turmoil. Her father, a US Senator, wants her off the Robin Hood Story, she is offered a job in NY with a large news agency, her relationship with Eric becomes complicated. With so many decisions to make where will Kate’s personal life lead?
Dete Meserve is an exceptional writer of stories shrouded in mystery but also includes the true goodness in people. Perfectly Good Crime is extremely well written and an excellent read.
If you are looking for a book that will have you smiling and feeling good after reading, this book is definitely for you! I loved the story and the writing is amazing. This is a definite MUST read!
Thank you #netgalley and #LakeUnionPublishing for allowing me to read this book for a fair and honest review!
PERFECTLY GOOD CRIME by Dete Meserve is a stand-alone sequel to her best-selling novel, GOOD SAM. I loved GOOD SAM and couldn’t wait to read PERFECTLY GOOD CRIME. In this uplifting and thought-provoking story, TV news reporter Kate Bradley is back and this time she is investigating a series of sophisticated and high-tech burglaries of some of America’s wealthiest families. The thieves are making off with billions of dollars of luxury items without leaving a trace of their break-ins. At the same time, in the most poverty- and crime-ridden parts of the city, anonymous donations are changing the lives of thousands of recipients who wouldn’t otherwise have a chance. Is there a connection? Is someone stealing from the rich and giving to the poor in a modern-day Robin Hood scheme? Kate’s investigation takes her inside the palatial estates of the super-rich. Soon she faces a moral dilemma as her professional and personal lives once again collide, causing her to choose between opposite views of right and wrong. With a perfect balance of mystery, romance and suspense, this intriguing story kept me flipping the pages to see how it would turn out. I loved the message of kindness and helping others in this book and highly recommend it.
Perfectly Good Crime is the second book in the Kate Bradley series. I did not read the first book, Good Sam, and find Perfectly Good Crime to be a stand-alone book. I liked Kate as a tv reporter. I liked that there was a mystery to solve. Someone or some group was robbing the richest people around LA and giving to the poor. This book is a mystery and a love story. I do feel that the last part of the book did not come together for me, Thank you to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for an an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
“I am Robin Hood, I take from the rich to give to the poor…” This line is what I’m most familiar with in the story of Robin Hood. In Dete Meserve’s book, Perfectly Good Crime, she has taken the basis of Robin Hood’s words and actions to create a wonderful story twist of a modern day Robin Hood mystery. I was enthralled with this premise. “Is it possible to commit a perfectly good crime?”
This is the second book in the Kate Bradley series. I was so excited to read this book after reading the first novel, Good Sam! I knew I was going to be in for a fantastic read…and I was so right!
It’s hard to justify stealing from anyone and while I was reading, it was the big question. Is it ok to steal from the rich if it makes the lives of those less fortunate so much better?
The characters in this book are so likable. Especially Kate Bradley. She is so relatable and so wants to do the right thing. She asks the hard questions as a reporter. She has a personal life that I kept hoping she would be able to work out, too. I love her grit, determination, and desire to report the truth. This story took me into the uberrich society through the wonderful written descriptions Ms. Meserve is so talented to write. I could visualize the estates and mansions that she eloquently wrote into the story of the actual properties. How grand and magnificent!
I really liked this passage in the book:
“The Robin Hood story lives-like most important stories-in the murky shades of gray between what’s good and what’s not. Yet there is such a thing as a perfectly good crime.”
This is a wonderful story. It made me feel good. I love that Ms. Meserve’s novels focus on good and kindness. Being the best we can to others.
I want to thank Ms. Meserve for writing this fantastic book. I also want to thank Lake Union and Netgalley for the opportunity to read a five star novel that I enjoyed so very much.
This is my freely written and honest review! Five stars!!
Lindas Book Obsession Reviews “Perfectly Good Crime” by @Dete Meserve, Melrose Hill Publishing
Wow! Wow! Wow! I absolutely loved everything about “Perfectly Good Crime” by Author Dete Meserve. The Genres for this wonderful novel are Fiction, Mystery, Suspense and Romance. This is the second novel in the Kate Bradley Mystery Series, but can be read on its own merits. I enjoy a thought-provoking novel, and “Perfectly Good Crime” left me thinking, and yet, I lost another night sleeping, because I just couldn’t put this book down. The author describes her colorful characters as complex, complicated and intelligent. The time-line for this story is mostly in the present and goes back to the past when it pertains to the characters or events in the story.
Kate Bradley is a TV News Reporter in Los Angeles and finds herself in the middle of a demanding story, where billionaires, über wealthy people find themselves being robbed. The most sophisticated equipment is not able to keep the thieves away. Who could be capable of doing this? Why is this being done? As Kate continues to investigate, she finds that enough people want her stopped. A good friend is missing, and subtle threats are thrown her way.
What makes Kate’s job more difficult, is that it is almost impossible to get information from the victims, or the police. Also, whoever is behind this is encouraging a special type of change than can make a huge difference.
I highly recommend this intriguing, intense, captivating, riveting, and enthralling novel to readers who enjoy thought-provoking stories. Kudos to Dete Meserve, who always makes me realize that kindness is contagious.
Perfectly Good Crime is another wonderful story from Dete Meserve! I loved the people I first met in the book #1 of this series, Good Sam, and I enjoyed spending time with them again.
I love the character of Kate. She is an honest, hard working reporter who always seems to land a story that becomes big news. As she sets to find out who is robbing the richest men in the area, she also discovers that someone is giving riches to the poor.
At the same time that Kate is researching and reporting on this compelling story, one of the biggest television networks is trying to lure her away from her current job and life. Will she be able to make the right decision? And will she be able to have the life she wants and deserves?
Dete continues to write great ‘feel good’ stories that show that not all news is bad. There is just the right amount of mystery and romance to keep all of her readers satisfied and I look forward to reading more of this exciting, interesting series!
I’ll start by saying that I had not read the first Kate Bradley Mystery and that was fine – I didn’t feel like I was at a disadvantage and was easily able to follow the story line. I really enjoyed the plot of the book – stealing from the ultra wealthy to give to the poor. For me, I felt like the book was a bit slow in places (but again, this could just be me) and I also would have liked a bit more focus on Kate’s personal life, especially since her romantic relationship was a big factor in a large decision that she had to make later in the book.
Thank you to Lake Union Publishing and NetGalley for providing a copy for review.