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No One Left to Tell

No One Left to Tell Review


by Jordan Dane



Overall 5.00 of 5 (by 1 user)




Dane is proving herself a great author
5 star rating

reading non-fiction, a fiction reader, avid reader, an avid reader, a sci-fi buff

MAY
20
2008

 I have to start this review by saying that, an avid paintbal player, I have never seen paintballs used in a more insidious fashion, lol

 In Dane's second offering, she displays every hallmark of becoming one of the great authors of our time. Her characters are believable in thier strengths, weaknesses, personalities, and quirks. Friendships, romances, and adverserial relationships are portrayed in a realistic fashion that makes you like the good guys and love to hate the baddies. Protagonist cop Raven MacKenzie and her partner Tony have an especially nice relationship, a teasing friendship without a hint of sexual tension, so true of best friends of the opposite sex.

 As Raven investigates a murder (where paintballs play a pivital role), she is forced to team up with Christian Delecorte, a good guy who hates the cops with good reason (or are his reasons good?). As in her first novel, Dane throws many twists and curveballs our way, presents a budding romance, and an intruiging mystery.

 If her future books prove to be half this good, they're to be read on prinicple alone. Dane knows how to tell a story and keep you absorbed from beginning to end. You root for the characters you're meant to root for, hate the ones your meant to hate, and just plain aren't sure how to feel about the ones you're meant to be uncertain about.

Another wonderfully engaging offering by an author who promises to keep us entertained for years to come.



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kfrkuhne wrote on May 20, 2008 at 10:13PM


In response to Bryan-Carey's comment from May 20, 2008 at 10:05PM:

I'm not a huge fan of fiction myself, but Jordan Dane makes the crime-drama genre come alive. Unlike, for instnace, noir fiction, you feel like you're reading about real characters. That alone endears her to me. Add to it that she likes to throw curve-balls and keep her audience guessing, and I was hooked from book 1 (okay, so this is only book 2, but you get my point). There's a tad of sex in it (not my favorite sort of scene) but it's otherwise outstanding all around. As a huge fan of non-fiction, her books read almost more true than true-crime books. Dane's done her homework and it shows. I put aside my copy of "Medeval Civilization 400-1500" for this book and it was worth it. She has a firm hold on the human condition that allows you to identify with characters who are not even marginally like you. -- Kat


Bryan-Carey wrote on May 20, 2008 at 10:05PM


I don't ordinarily read fiction, but you make this book soudn very good!