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ISBN: | 1542093643 (ISBN13: 9781542093644) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Jessica Shaw #1 |
Setting: | California(United States) |
Lisa Gray
Hardcover | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.91 | 34340 Users | 1561 Reviews
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Title | : | Thin Air (Jessica Shaw #1) |
Author | : | Lisa Gray |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
Published | : | June 1st 2019 by Thomas & Mercer |
Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Suspense. Crime. Contemporary |
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She investigates missing persons—now she is one.Private investigator Jessica Shaw is used to getting anonymous tips. But after receiving a photo of a three-year-old kidnapped from Los Angeles twenty-five years ago, Jessica is stunned to recognize the little girl as herself.
Eager for answers, Jessica heads to LA’s dark underbelly. When she learns that her biological mother was killed the night she was abducted, Jessica’s determined to solve a case the police have forgotten. Meanwhile, veteran LAPD detective Jason Pryce is in the midst of a gruesome investigation into a murdered college student moonlighting as a prostitute. A chance encounter leads to them crossing paths, but Jessica soon realizes that Pryce is hiding something about her father’s checkered history and her mother’s death.
To solve her mother’s murder and her own disappearance, Jessica must dig into the past and find the secrets buried there. But the air gets thinner as she crawls closer to the truth, and it’s getting harder and harder to breathe.
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Ratings: 3.91 From 34340 Users | 1561 ReviewsComment On Of Books Thin Air (Jessica Shaw #1)
Private Investigator Jessica Shaw received an email showing a newspaper article featuring a twenty-five-year-old mystery. It said a woman named Eleanor Lavelle was murdered and her three-year-old daughter was missing and had yet to be found. When Jessica looked at the photo of the child, she realized that it was a picture of herself. This makes her question everything her late father ever told her about their lives. Now she must look into her mother's murder to find out what really happened.AsThis was an accomplished debut thriller set in California from an author who surprisingly turned out to be Scottish! It seems to be the start about a series about Private Investigator Jessica Shaw, and while I didnt particularly like her as a character, I reminded myself that I have often taken a while to warm up to some of my now favourite heroines, and that prickliness can be far more interesting than niceness. I will definitely be keen to follow her future adventures.Jessica Shaw is a loner,
Intriguing plotMy choice of First Reads for May, the synopsis intrigued me-a picture from the past linking Jessica to a murder and a missing child. The author goes back and forth between the main characters, each with a different perspective.I try not to do spoilers, so I will just say- this story is interesting and it is the start of a series. I look forward to reading more about Jessica Shaw- I like the author's writing style.
Thin Air is an excellent thriller. It kept me guessing all through.
Thank you NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK / Thomas & Mercer for this arc.This was a fast read for me, but then it is less than 300 pages. Initially, I found it to be a little incoherent as the chapters bounced from character to character and in between 2 different time lines 25 year apart, but yet in the same neighborhood. I thought Jessica was an intriguing character in the beginning, but not particularly likeable. As the story progressed, I found her to be less intriguing and more of a
This is the first book by Lisa Gray that I have read and won't be my last. In fact, this one is a series and another one about Jessica Shaw will be coming out soon.Jessica is a Private Detective. When her father passed away, she had a hard time with his death. She sold everything, and just wanders around the country investigating missing persons and murder cases. She takes all kinds of cases though.When she is in a small town going over what case she might take on next, she gets an email from
3.5 stars
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