Review of The Other Woman by Hank Phillipi Ryan

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The Other Woman
Hank Phillipi Ryan
Forge Publishing
Publish Date 9-4-2012
ISBN13:978032578
416 pages

Jane Ryland was going places in TV news that is until shegot the camera pulled out from under her. Now she finds herself out of work andthe forefront of a lawsuit as a result of a news story where she won’t revealher source. She’s given a chance to work as a newspaper reporter on the BostonRegister and is given her first assignment to interview the wife of a candidateto the Senate. But nothing is ever as it seems and Jane’s nose smells a biggerstory one where there seems to be “The Other Woman” involved, and the more sheinvestigates the deeper the subterfuge seems to go and the more danger Jane isput in because of it. In the mean time the case that got her fired from Channel11 is raising it’s ugly head again and she may just get her head taken offbecause of it. She only has her wits and one particular sexy cop to protect herand they’re both spelling trouble with a capitol T.
Jake Brogan has his plate full with multiple murders that the press isscreaming serial and the cops are trying to keep the screaming down to a dullthud. And the murders are taking him right into the path of a certain girlreporter that he’d like to know a lot better, but for professional reasons shewon’t let him. But that doesn’t stop him from trying to keep her informed andkeep her out of harms way especially since their paths seem to be crossing withgreat frequency and he’s not above using those crossings to strengthen his casefor them to be a pair.

Hank Phillipi Ryan has wowed me before with her CharlotteMcNally series and she’s doing it again with her debut novel in her brand newJane Ryland series. Her quirky, and laughable sense of humor is still front andcenter and there’s a deeper and more complicated feel to Jane that makes her amost interesting protagonist. Her storyline is a quagmire of puzzle pieces thatshe fits together perfectly, but she doesn’t fill in all the pieces until theend but much sooner than that she had me hook line and sinker. Her dialogue isfilled with cop-speak and reporter jargon that made me wince, tense and laughsometimes all on the same page while she filled my head with images from thewords on her pages. Her characters are awesome, both bad guys and good guys andsometimes I had trouble figuring out who was who until she told me. Her Jane isa complicated woman who’s nose for news sometimes battles with her sense ofresponsibility and it was my pleasure seeing her work them out. They always saywrite what you know about which is what makes this such a slam dunk of a crimedrama told in an expert voice that knows exactly what she’s talking about. Ifyou like seriousness  mixed withhumor you’ll love Hank Phillip Ryan, if you’re a crime drama lover, a lover ofmystery or heck just a fantastic read put this on your wish list for September.Hank Pillipi Ryan is a brilliant and relatively new voice in this genre andalready she’s had to move over her Emmys for all her writing awards, so if youhaven’t tried her do and if you have and you’re biting at the bit, your wait isalmost over.
Hank thanks for another unforgettable journey fueled by your imagination Ican’t wait to see where we travel from here.

I’m also excited to announce that Hank will be spending thewhole month of October with us at the B&N.com General Fiction forum wherewe will read and discuss this brilliant new novel.
Buy the book here visit the author's website here and in October join us at the B&N.com General Fiction forum here as we read and discuss the novel as a group and with Hank joining in










 Here are the Charlotte McNally novels by Hank Phillipi Ryan