Author: Lisa Black
Published: October 29th 2019 by Kensington
Format: eBook, 320 pages
Genre: Police Procedural
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Gardiner and Renner #5
The Gardiner and Renner series has less to do with murder then they do with a deep dive into a world that is usually kept from the outside world. This time, Lisa Black is diving in the dirty world of politics and the shenanigans involved in getting the right people and projects in place.
From the beginning, you know Ohio senator Diane Cragin has been electrocuted on her doorstep, but what slowly unfolds is the part she played in Ohio business placement, corruption, bribes, and why there are close to one million dollars found in a safe in her home.
As Jack Renner and Maggie Gardiner begin to move the players around the board, darkness takes center stage when a bystander is caught in the crossfire. Jack doesn’t know if he relieved or not when a reporter is found murdered since she could have blown Jack and Maggie’s well-plotted secret to shreds.
Having read the previous books, the reader is aware of the underlying mutually assured destruction between Jack and Maggie, but it isn’t until the very end of the book that the reader can see what Jack had going the whole time. “Let Justice Descend” is a well-plotted, deep, and twisty book that has the reader wondering if there is just one final thread that hasn’t yet been pulled.
This is a series that must be taken slowly. There is too much information, both from a forensic investigation stance and a large character pool, that gets murky from time to time. Take your time, know that there are no easy answers and that by the end you will have both a new understanding of the dirty world of politics and that Jack, no matter how much you want to like him, has a side that you will never be fully able to stomach.
From the beginning, you know Ohio senator Diane Cragin has been electrocuted on her doorstep, but what slowly unfolds is the part she played in Ohio business placement, corruption, bribes, and why there are close to one million dollars found in a safe in her home.
As Jack Renner and Maggie Gardiner begin to move the players around the board, darkness takes center stage when a bystander is caught in the crossfire. Jack doesn’t know if he relieved or not when a reporter is found murdered since she could have blown Jack and Maggie’s well-plotted secret to shreds.
Having read the previous books, the reader is aware of the underlying mutually assured destruction between Jack and Maggie, but it isn’t until the very end of the book that the reader can see what Jack had going the whole time. “Let Justice Descend” is a well-plotted, deep, and twisty book that has the reader wondering if there is just one final thread that hasn’t yet been pulled.
This is a series that must be taken slowly. There is too much information, both from a forensic investigation stance and a large character pool, that gets murky from time to time. Take your time, know that there are no easy answers and that by the end you will have both a new understanding of the dirty world of politics and that Jack, no matter how much you want to like him, has a side that you will never be fully able to stomach.
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