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"As Ure slowly peels back the layers of scar tissue to reveal Jessie's past crimes, the investigation of the woman's murder takes on even more depth as readers come to realize just how damaged the feisty heroine truly is." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (Starred Review)." --Publishers Weekly
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Roadside Assistance Operator Jessie Dancing knows what it's like to take a life, and she's trying to put that memory behind her. But when one day the call comes in from real estate tycoon Darren Markson and she thinks she hears him being killed while she's on the phone with him, she realizes that the world of violence and death is never very far away. At the request of Markson's wife, Jessie travels from Phoenix to her hometown of Tucson to let Emily Markson hear that last communication from her husband who has now gone missing. But according to Emily something isn't right. Now Jesse's worst fears are confirmed - there is dangers everywhere and her past has finally caught up with her.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Excellent, surprising and dark
19 April 2009
Format:Hardcover
I've been a Louise Ure fan from her first book Forcing Amaryllis and was equally as spellbound with The Fault Tree.
I bought Liars Anonymous for a cozy weekend read and I must say I couldn't put the book down. It was much, much darker than Ure's prior novels and left me chilled at times. It has twists and turns that you don't anticipate and like any great mystery writer, Ure had prepared you for the discovery with subtle and what appears to be effortless writing.
This is by far Ms. Ure's best book to date. The dialogue between characters is excellent and you can feel the Arizona and Mexico heat. The descriptive landscape carries us along as a character all onto its own without overshadowing the villians, victims and hero(s).
I was surprised by the darkness of the female protagonist, Jessie. In comparison to her first two novels, this shows Ure's expanding reach and depth as a writer.
Congratulations, Ms. Ure - it's a fantastic read.
I bought Liars Anonymous for a cozy weekend read and I must say I couldn't put the book down. It was much, much darker than Ure's prior novels and left me chilled at times. It has twists and turns that you don't anticipate and like any great mystery writer, Ure had prepared you for the discovery with subtle and what appears to be effortless writing.
This is by far Ms. Ure's best book to date. The dialogue between characters is excellent and you can feel the Arizona and Mexico heat. The descriptive landscape carries us along as a character all onto its own without overshadowing the villians, victims and hero(s).
I was surprised by the darkness of the female protagonist, Jessie. In comparison to her first two novels, this shows Ure's expanding reach and depth as a writer.
Congratulations, Ms. Ure - it's a fantastic read.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Sue Grafton Lite
3 Jan 2010
Format:Hardcover
I'm writing this review, not for those who will obviously enjoy it, but for those who will not. This is a heads-up for those of you who want a little emotion in your novels, who want a little logic in your heroines, who want some intelligence in the plotting, and who want a likeable main character.
Jessie is a board. A board who pumps iron and gets tattooed with a nail. A board who is neither very smart nor intuitive and who has a decidedly nasty streak in her from long years of emotional abuse at the hands of her adoptive mother. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but normally that sort of description fits the heroine's best friend, a minor character or even the villain. It still comes down to the fact that in order to have a good read you have to care about the hero. In order to care about the hero, you have to like him or her.
The book is short on characterizations and allowing the plot to hang together, scene to scene. Normal timelines of action are skipped and there are holes in the reasoning you could drive a tank through. The heroine is a tough lady and that's fine, but she's also used as a punching bag by Author Louise Ure. Frankly, I've never understood the need for writers, especially female writers, to mess up their heroines. You know, let them get kicked, raped, knifed, punched, shot, bloodied 20 ways from Sunday. Perhaps some female writers think they won't be accepted unless their female protagonists are just as macho and hardened as their male counterparts (Elvis Cole comes to mind), but that ain't a bit true except for a few creeps out there. For most of us, we want our women protagonists tough, tender, safe, in danger, dangerous, but mostly unharmed, outsmarting the crook rather than filleting him with a serrated switchblade. So if you don't want to see your main female character go all tough guy/masochist/sadist, don't read this book.
Another heads up: Ure is not afraid to be nasty with her characters in ways that are sometimes too terrible to contemplate. She cannot be trusted to slide around the horror shows with a gesture or reference. She will put your face right into it. But, hey, if that's your crap of tea, go for it. Not mine.
Jessie is a board. A board who pumps iron and gets tattooed with a nail. A board who is neither very smart nor intuitive and who has a decidedly nasty streak in her from long years of emotional abuse at the hands of her adoptive mother. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but normally that sort of description fits the heroine's best friend, a minor character or even the villain. It still comes down to the fact that in order to have a good read you have to care about the hero. In order to care about the hero, you have to like him or her.
The book is short on characterizations and allowing the plot to hang together, scene to scene. Normal timelines of action are skipped and there are holes in the reasoning you could drive a tank through. The heroine is a tough lady and that's fine, but she's also used as a punching bag by Author Louise Ure. Frankly, I've never understood the need for writers, especially female writers, to mess up their heroines. You know, let them get kicked, raped, knifed, punched, shot, bloodied 20 ways from Sunday. Perhaps some female writers think they won't be accepted unless their female protagonists are just as macho and hardened as their male counterparts (Elvis Cole comes to mind), but that ain't a bit true except for a few creeps out there. For most of us, we want our women protagonists tough, tender, safe, in danger, dangerous, but mostly unharmed, outsmarting the crook rather than filleting him with a serrated switchblade. So if you don't want to see your main female character go all tough guy/masochist/sadist, don't read this book.
Another heads up: Ure is not afraid to be nasty with her characters in ways that are sometimes too terrible to contemplate. She cannot be trusted to slide around the horror shows with a gesture or reference. She will put your face right into it. But, hey, if that's your crap of tea, go for it. Not mine.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
unique thriller
17 April 2009
Format:Hardcover
In Phoenix, Arizona, HandsOn Emergency roadside emergency service operator Jessie Dancing receives a frantic call from developer Darren Markson, whose car was rear-ended in the Tucson area, but the background noise led her to believe someone is killing him. She calls the police, but breaks company regulations by also following up on her own time by visiting his wife Emily who insists he is alive and well to her shock.
Jessie lived in Tucson until three years ago when she was arrested for the murder of cruel Walter Racine, who had abused his niece, her friend Catherine Chandliss, and apparently targeted his grand niece Katie. Jessie was not convicted in court and moved away. However, when teenager Felicia Villalobos, whom she meets at the site of the Markson accident and is a witness to the incident, dies in a car explosion, PPD Detective Len Sabin and Tucson DA Ted Dresden salivate as they have a second chance at the Queen of Liars Anonymous who they feel got away with one homicide.
Jessie makes this a vigorous unique thriller as the police and the DA plan to throw the book at her, not so much for the current homicide, but because they strongly feel she got away with murder a few years ago. Though Jessie has issues and somewhat wilts under the pressure, she also gets stronger and feistier. As the violence surges, with a great final spin Louise Ure provides an excellent tale of a woman in trouble from both sides of the law.
Harriet Klausner
Jessie lived in Tucson until three years ago when she was arrested for the murder of cruel Walter Racine, who had abused his niece, her friend Catherine Chandliss, and apparently targeted his grand niece Katie. Jessie was not convicted in court and moved away. However, when teenager Felicia Villalobos, whom she meets at the site of the Markson accident and is a witness to the incident, dies in a car explosion, PPD Detective Len Sabin and Tucson DA Ted Dresden salivate as they have a second chance at the Queen of Liars Anonymous who they feel got away with one homicide.
Jessie makes this a vigorous unique thriller as the police and the DA plan to throw the book at her, not so much for the current homicide, but because they strongly feel she got away with murder a few years ago. Though Jessie has issues and somewhat wilts under the pressure, she also gets stronger and feistier. As the violence surges, with a great final spin Louise Ure provides an excellent tale of a woman in trouble from both sides of the law.
Harriet Klausner
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