Deadly Deception - (Jemimah Hodge Mystery) by Marie Romero Cash (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Forensic psychologist Jemimah Hodge is handling a cold case that concerns the death of a police officer's wife. After she and her would-be beau, Detective Rick Romero, survive separate shooting incidents that seem to related to the case, they must put aside their differences and distractions and work together to solve it. Will they be able to identify the culprit in time to save themselves?<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Forensic psychologist Jemimah Hodge, who has just returned to Santa Fe after a few months in special training, is handed a cold case from almost ten years earlier. The matter is especially sensitive because it concerns the death of a police officer's wife in a car accident, and Santa Fe's finest have not been cooperative. Detective Rick Romero has waited patiently for Jemimah's return. She would like to respond to his interest in her, but is held back by emotional scars left over from her conservative Mormon upbringing. Despite their tense personal relationship, they must find a way to work together. Romero and Jemimah survive separate shooting incidents they suspect are related to the case. Each faces obstacles and distractions. Jemimah is missing key evidence, and Romero is coping with a wounded shoulder, his ex-con brother's screw-ups, and the arrival of a sexy FBI agent. Will they be able to identify the would-be killer in time to save themselves?<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Shadows among the Ruins is a fast-paced and old-school fun mystery read, highly recommended." <P><BR>--Midwest Book Review<br><br>In 2001 in Santa Fe, a person screams at State Policeman Don Ilford for failing to hit the tree with his car correctly. The individual fixes the scene so that investigators believe that Don's wife Rose died in a car accident. Ilford's neighbor paramedic Roger Streeter arrives at the accident and notices anomalies, but is ignored. Afterward, he wonders why Don told him his wife had leukemia while she denied it and why he exaggerates his injuries. State Police Captain Jeff Whitney accepts Don's story that he was rushing his wife to the hospital when he lost control and crashed though there is no skid marks. <P><BR>In 2008, the police commissioner, under pressure from Rose's influential family, orders Whitney to reopen the investigation, he does nothing. One year later, forensic psychologist Jemimah Hodge is assigned to look into the cold case. She asks Santa Fe County Sheriff Department Detective Rick Romero, head of the Cerillos satellite office, for help; explaining that Whitney is uncooperative. He agrees though he knows working with her will be difficult as he is attracted to her though she keeps him at a distance. He is unaware of the trauma of her Mormon roots. Whitney warns Rick to drop the inquiry, which he refuses even when someone tries to kill him and Jemimah. <P><BR>The second Jemimah Hodge Santa Fe police procedural (see Shadows among the Ruins) is a superb investigative thriller that combines a strong mystery in spite of knowing the accident was murder and solid personal relationship issues (her Mormonism and his ex-con brother). Though the Fed Sandra Gorman feels forced into the plot, readers will appreciate this entertaining whodunit wondering who lectures Ilford at his wife's death scene. <P><BR>Harriet Klausner, The Mystery Gazette, 10/15/2012<br>
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