Book Review: Good Day in Hell

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Good Day in Hell     Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
J. D. Rhoades
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Thriller   Hard Boiled   Noir   Adventure
Series: Jack Keller # 2
St, Martin’s, Apr 2006, $23.95

North Carolina bounty hunter Jack Keller and sheriff's deputy Marie Jones are dating. Marie likes Jack and even wonders if her squeeze would be a good step-father for her son, but fears his scary flashbacks to his Gulf War days that frighten even his boss Angela, owner of H&H Bail Bonds, who has seen everything.

Reluctantly Angela sends Jack after bail jumping Laurel Marks, who skipped with a 75K bond posted; she is charged with assault. At the same time Marie goes after Laurel and Roy who killed a gas station owner and apparently took his teenage son Stan with them. Soon mass murders occur at a church and factory. The police believe someone who has media savvy with an unknown ax to grind leads the coked pair on their savage trek. Jack and Marie team up even as the killers begin to take advantage of the media enabling them to tell their side of the homicide run.

This regional thriller stars two intriguing individuals with post traumatic stress disorder syndrome as Jack still suffers from his military days and Marie from the killing of her partner. The story line is gory from the moment that Laurel pulls the trigger in the face of the stepfather and never stops flowing blood until the final gruesome confrontation. Fans of violent tales will appreciate this non-stop action novel and its predecessor (see THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND) while wondering who will be left standing and if both Marie and Jack survive will they remain together?

Harriet Klausner

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