“One reason I like Janet Dawson’s gal gumshoe, Jeri Howard, so much is that she likes her life…Jeri is not your standard malcontent, bourbon-guzzling private eye…As with the other novels in the Jeri Howard series, Where The Bodies Are Buried salts its suspense with tart social commentary.” Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post – “Nobody plots an investigation more meticulously than Dawson, and she … and she does a fine job of working in all the East Bay locales. Each conversation, each potential suspect, gives Jeri a tiny detail to follow up on, building one fact atop another.” Roberta Alexander, Contra Costa Times –
Oakland private eye Jeri Howard’s client, a paralegal named Rob Lawter, is murdered before he can tell her why he needs a private investigator. Jeri thinks the answer is at the company where Rob worked. So she goes undercover in the corporate legal department, determined to find out where the bodies are buried.
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As always Jeri Howard Private Investigator mystery is good reading. Her undercover investigation of her client’s death was an excellent read. Looking forward to another Jeri Howard novel.
I like it when the protagonist is logical. I like it when the protagonist is not a complete self-destructive mess. Dawsons plotting is good. Her characters or interesting. She offers up a good read.
Consistently great work by author. Thank you and you might like to read it.
Particularly fun for anyone who lives in the East Bay.
A good detective story, fun to read.
Enjoyed it!
Jeri Howard is a great character–well done and keeps you reading!
Smart and lots of characters to keep up with but character development is great… I’m reading series and you certainly want to know how Jeris going to tie things up, you are also ready to to the page and start right in with the next!!! Great personal info learning about real life info… GREAT READ
Not up to date but great use of SF Bay Area as background
A great female PI like V.I Warshawski or Kinsey Milhone. Since I have read all of those series, I’m super happy to find this new series! I will read more.
I love the whole Jeri Howard series and highly recommend it.
This is the eighth book in the excellent Jeri Howard series and one of the best as the private investigator turns her attention to the world of corporate takeovers and asset stripping. Her latest client, Rob, pays her a retainer and promises to return with further information as he prepares to blow the whistle on Bates Foods, the company he works for.
Unfortunately, two days later, he falls from the fifth floor balcony of his apartment block and dies. Did he jump or was he pushed? In order to investigate, Jeri wangles a temp job as a secretary to the legal team at the company and starts to dip into the shady world of corporate management.
It’s a skilfully told story that contains the usual level of detail I’ve come to expect from this author. When Jeri uncovers issues with salmonella, listeria and food poisoning in dairy products, she has a lead she can get her teeth into. From here, it’s a case of pulling together all the facts she’s uncovered and working out the killer.
She’s never sure who she can trust as all the key players have something to hide, while each day she risks having her cover blown.
I found the ending particularly moving as the company who made the hostile takeover starts to unravel. Add this to Jeri moving into a new house and finding an army of friends turning up to help her, it bodes well for the next book in the series.
If you haven’t tried this murder mystery series before, go read the first in a series that tackles all manner of topical and testing issues from the 1980s.
What I have discovered in reading the Jeri Howard series is this author likes to take on tough storylines. Then she does a lot of research and weaves that beautifully into the storyline and the backstory. This book is just as beautifully landscaped as the others. I love this series; these books are just awesome!!
Love detective mystery’s that don’t go into steamy detail over the sexual habits of the main character. The details were about the mental ramblings of the PI as she solved The Who done it.
A page turner…. good story teller.
Good story line.
Some books somehow transport me into their world immediately, this is one of them. Very easy to read, but action takes place more than 20 years ago. I’d give it 5 stars but fairly often the author goes into excruciating detail, or hammers a point of view to the point of exhaustion. Even though I agree with her POVs, sheesh enough already, get on with the story.