It’s been eighteen years since TV crime reporter Andi Hollister’s sister was murdered. The confessed killer is behind bars, and the execution date is looming. But when a letter surfaces stating that the condemned killer didn’t actually do it, Detective Will Kincaide of the Memphis Cold Case Unit will stop at nothing to help Andi get to the bottom of it. After all, this case is personal: the … person who confessed to the crime is Will’s cousin. They have less than a week to find the real killer before the wrong person is executed. But much can be accomplished in that week–including uncovering police corruption, running for your life, and falling in love.
With the perfect mixture of intrigue and nail-biting suspense, award-winning author Patricia Bradley invites her readers to crack the case–if they can–alongside the best Memphis has to offer.
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If you like suspense and intertwined characters this series is for you. Bradley does a fantastic job of writing a compelling mystery and creating a group of characters whose stories you will want to follow beyond this book. Well done.
An engaging read. Plenty of action and mystery. Two things decreased my rating – the occasional switch to Dave’s point of view – I couldn’t work out why it was necessary unless setting up a new POV for the next book. Secondly, there were too many characters overall.
I will continue to read this author’s work, I especially like cold cases.
Who was JD? You have to read to the end before you find out. Would Will get the girl? Read the book to find the answers.
Love the mystery woven around romance! I enjoyed the read!
This book grabbed me from the beginning. I stayed up and read it in one day. Very well written.
Characters Shine Amidst Lukewarm Plot in JUSTICE DELAYED-Book Review
Justice Delayed, a mystery/suspense novel from Patricia Bradley tells the story of intricate relationships that prove better in some ways than the crime plot itself.
The nearly 20-year murder of Stephanie Hollister convicted Jimmy Shelton. However, a friend of Stephanie’s, Lacey Wilson, declares that he’s innocent of the murder and she has proof. But before she gets that proof to him, she’s killed. This sets in motion Jimmy’s cousin Will Kincade, a Memphis Homicide Detective recently promoted to the Cold Case Unit, to re-open the Hollister case and possibly free his cousin Jimmy.
This angers Stephanie’s sister Andi, a TV reporter, budding documentary filmmaker and risk-taker and her protective brother Brad, also a Memphis Detective. To them and the rest of their family, what’s all the fuss about anyway? The book cover shows the answer: Diamonds. Was Stephanie involved in a diamond smuggling ring? Will authorities find Lacey’s key piece of evidence in time to save Jimmy who has only days to live?
Bradley paints a convoluted plot for sure and envisioning the relationships both professional and personal was worth spending some time watching develop. For me and this is just me, the character’s interior monologues of how the interests of their hearts make them feel made me think, okay, let’s move on though I did appreciate the restraint of Bradley in her depictions of growing affection.
The other more critical groan I have with Justice Delayed arrives late in the mysterious goings-on with a couple of rather convenient information exchanges. Some of the characters abuse substances that clouded their memories so maybe that’s the steel construction behind the stucco. In the end, Bradley ties up the relationships and takes the reader on a labyrinthine journey. The romance, a few of those conveniences, though in one case it comes off as a semi-surprise and a lack of a real sense of danger barring the climax couldn’t reward my review of the pedestrian Justice Delayed any more than three stars.
I was on the edge of my seat and lost way too much sleep reading this wonderful book. The characters became real people and the story line kept me hooked. Trying to figure out ‘whodunit’ was a challenge. At one point, I thought I knew who it might be, but the story was so well written that I dismissed the thought and just figured there was another plot line. As a suspense novel, this one is fantastic! It was suspenseful, tense, well-written, and thoroughly enjoyable. I have already read the second book and look forward to reading the newly released third book. I highly recommend it.