Ill Will

Micky Knight #7

by J.M. Redmann

First, do no harm. But as New Orleans PI Micky Knight discovers, not every health care provider follows that dictum. She stumbles into a tangle of the true believers to the criminally callous, who use the suffering of others for their twisted ends. In a city slowly rebuilding after Katrina, one of the most devastated areas is health care, and the gaps in service are wide enough for the snake oil salesmen—and the snakes themselves—to crawl through. First, her investigation is driven by anger, but then it becomes personal as someone very close to Micky uses her cancer diagnosis to go where Micky cannot, into the heart of the evil where only the ill are allowed. Micky is her only lifeline out. Can Micky save her in time to get to the medical treatment she desperately needs to survive?

The seventh Micky Knight mystery.

Genres: Mystery, Lesbian, LGBT, Crime, Lesbian Fiction, Fiction, Romance

264 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2012

About the author

Also writes under the pseudonym R. Jean Reid.

Jean Marie Redmann is an American novelist best known for her mystery series featuring New Orleans private investigator Micky Knight.

Main themes of Redmann's novels are the protagonist's troubled childhood and how it affects her adult life, discrimination based on sexual orientation and alcoholism. Her novels follow the tradition of hardboiled fiction. Redmann's third book The Intersection of Law and Desire won the Lambda Literary Award for lesbian mystery.

Jean M. Redmann is a gay rights activist and works as the Director of Prevention at NO/AIDS Task Force.

Reviews

[hubsie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Again, she did it again. Ms. Redmann hooked me in her clutches and made me fall even harder for Micky Knight. "Ill Will" focused on post-Katrina New Orleans and the schmarminess that are the crooks taking advantage of those that are ill. Mickey is hired to figure out a health scheme which ends up being much bigger than she bargained for. As a healthcare professional but blessedly in the land of free health care, I really enjoyed this one.

As with the rest of her books, the mystery is centre-stage, but it's the connections between Micky and Cordelia, as well as her friends, that grip me the most. The hurricane after-effects continue to rumble between each of them, and their hope at anything resembling their normal lives feels like such hopeful desperation.

I'd say my only criticism of this book is how quickly the resolution was wrapped up. I would have liked one more chapter with more details in order to make me feel more settled. But still doesn't detract from my rating. Well done, well done.

[Lex Kent · Rating 4 out of 5]

With Micky book 9, coming out this month, I'm catching up on some unread books. I love this series. After 7 books, and none I've rated less than 4 stars, I think that is pretty damn impressive. I do have to mention, this is my least favorite of all the books. It's more personal preference, as it's still a very well written book.

I found this book to be pretty sad at times. While other Micky book have been very emotional, especially post Katrina, this one was tough to read at times. Someone close to Micky is diagnosed with cancer. Cancer story lines can be a personally trigger for me, pending how they are handled. I don't know yet if this story line will have a happy ending or not, but I hope Redmann does not break my heart.

I enjoyed the mystery in this book quite a bit. Redmann is really good at mysteries, and good at exciting climaxes. I thought everything unfolded well and it was a classic Micky mystery.

To someone new to Micky, knowing this will be at least a nine book series, can seem daunting. But for fans of good private-eye mysteries, I can't recommend these books enough. I really believe that anyone that reads the first 3 books, will find themselves hooked, and will not want to stop reading about Micky.

[Jo reece · Rating 4 out of 5]

Almost a 4*

I'm going to be honest. Didnt really like the ending. Felt very rushed, but still a good story.

[Corrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ill Will is #7 in the Micky Knight Series and just as impressive as the other 6. The aftermath of hurricane Katrina is no longer the theme of the story although we can still see small trickles of it. But it is still immensely sad for a different reason, mainly Cordelia is battling cancer. We deal with the impact that has on Micky. The mystery is intriguing and complex and keeps you hooked to the last page. Redmann is a master at that. There is one burning question at the end that makes me want to hurry to book 8!

5 stars

---------re-read 6 years later-----

I'm burning through the series in record speed. It's just one of the very few authors I can read non stop (keep that in mind when you start reading Redmann ;-)

This is an emotional one. I hate to see my girls suffer.

5 Stars

[MEC · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely recommended.

There’s so much that I want to say about this Ill Will; but, can’t say without giving massive spoilers. This book really affected me and was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. I’m still reeling a bit from where Redmann took this one. This is a good thing – when an author manages to make their story linger with the reader long after the last page has been turned, they’ve done their job masterfully.

Although Ill Will is the seventh in the Micky Knight series there’s nothing stale or repetitive in this one. There hasn’t been anything stale or repetitive in any of her books – which is wonderful to see in a long series (which I sincerly hope continues to be an even longer series). Redmann’s books tend to have a bit of a gritty undertone both in the mystery as well as in the characters. She doesn’t pull punches in the issues that her plots are built around, justice or what is right doesn’t always happen and she puts her characters into positions that reveal their flaws and insecurities, making the situations and the people real and human. You can’t help but fall in love with the characters, rooting for them as they get things right and shaking your head when they get things wrong.

Ill Will takes place about two years after Water Mark. New Orleans and those who remained or returned are still trying to recover from the destruction of the city and their lives. That in itself is a sad thing – two years have passed and the city and its people are still struggling to return to something resembling normalcy, where even trying to find a grocery store that isn’t all the way across town is difficult. Micky and Cordelia are doing their best to rebuild – Cordelia filling in temporarily as a doctor in a practice while her plans to rebuild her clinic are on hold and Micky is busier than she’s ever been juggling missing persons, fraud and a host of other cases.

Redmann weaves three of Micky’s main cases into the storyline, each intersecting and propelling one another. We begin with Micky being threatened (she does seem to collect a lot of threats) by a fraudulent contractor who swindled her clients. At the same time she’s being dogged by a client who wants her to prove that some herbal supplements are a bogus con to bilk people who are seriously ill out of their life savings and putting their lives at risk. Just because she’s not busy enough, the doctors in Cordelia’s practice ask her to track down some patients who have dropped out of contact with the clinic and need urgent medical care.

There’s a lot going on in this book – both with the cases and with their relationship and although I wanted to tap Micky on the shoulder and point a few things out, I could understand how she may have missed a few things along the way. Despite being able to figure out a few things before Micky, I still got a bit of a surprise in the big reveal and felt that all the pieces fit together nicely.

One of the big themes in this book is the American health system and the disparity between those who are covered by the insurance companies and those who either aren’t eligible or can’t afford coverage. Add to that the miracle panaceas that promise a hope of cures where even the medical community can’t live up to that kind of promise. Redmann tackles it through a number of characters – at some times it was a bit heavy handed, but then again, it’s a serious issue.

Although we get a bit of the supporting characters that have always been front and centre in the previous books, Redmann focuses on Micky and Cordelia for this book. Even the mystery parts seemed to take a back seat to the relationship between the two women - which is fine by me because they are what I really love in these books. They have been through a lot in the series – good and bad. Through it all, there’s been a steady development and growth of their characters and they’ve both managed to grow and mature (although I think Cordelia was pretty much all grown up and mature from the first book whereas Micky took a few books to get her act together). Micky is in her forties now, and although she’s still got a sharp wit, she’s not quite as cocky and smartassed as she was early on. Cordelia, who was the level headed one, has her own demons to wrestle with and Micky provides her with the stability and support that she once got from Cordelia.

I don’t want to spoil the book – so just read it for yourself.

[Judith · Rating 3 out of 5]

ILL WILL by J M Redmann


#7 in the “Micky Knight” series......

Micky Knight is a Lesbian PI...a “dyke dick”....and, this time around, she’s tackling the Health Care System......post Hurricane Katrina....in the shambles of New Orleans

Besides dealing with shady Contractors...she’s dealing with shady Health Care Providers....Snake Oil salesmen of the first water, who have “science” as a back up..

The thing is, Micky’s lover is a Doctor....with a recent Cancer diagnosis....I think you see where this is going...Micky has to fight for what’s right...and, fight for the Love of her Life....Lesbianism ain’t easy...even in The Big Easy!!...especially in this case..with Evil Doctors and HIT MEN on the loose

My first Micky Knight was THE INTERSECTION OF LAW & DESIRE....from there i was hooked!

There is much emotionalism here....as there would be, if your lover was ill....get over it...they’re women...Jeesh

Read the series....J M Redmann/Micky Knight Rock!!!

[Commander · Rating 4 out of 5]

All I can say is: Cordelia better survive this shit.

[Wayne Spiceland · Rating 5 out of 5]

On occasion, I’m asked why I read a lot of lesbian fiction,, largely mysteries, but urban fantasy/paranormal when I can find decent examples. Sometimes, the question is accompanied by a Python-esque “nudge-nudge, wink-wink” à là Eric Idle, eliciting gnashing of teeth on my part. Less frequently, it’s accompanied by something resembling a leer, which means that the interrogator and I likely won’t be having these little tête-à-têtes in the future.

Anyway, something over a decade ago, I was browsing a website, not a clue which one, for female PI’s. As a fan of V.I., Kinsey, and Marcia Muller’s Sharon McCone, I wanted to expand my horizons. One of the authors listed was J.M. Redmann, and it turned out that the local public libe had a copy of Death by the Riverside. The rest, as they say, is history. Something just resonated within me as no fiction had before. There was an emotional content I hadn’t found in any other genre, at least not to the same extent. Whatever the reason, I was hooked and landed. Maybe even filleted and grilled.

So, you might say Micky Knight and I have a long history together. I just finished Ill Will the seventh entry in the series. Before starting it, I reread the entire series again, a third reading for all but books five and six. That was rewarding in itself, and helped prepare me for he latest volume. Sorta like rereading all the Harry Potter books before seeing the movies.

Well, if I look to this genre for emotional impact, then Ill Will is a veritable bonanza. Things have been so since the early books where Micky deals wih the trauma of her childhood years. It’s fair to say Redmann’s writing is visceral, affecting you not only emotionally, but almost physically. Very few authors have hit me so hard in this way. Certainly, not as consistently. But, in the current volume, the emotional stakes have risen, even over the wrenching events of the previous two books.

As to Ill Will itself, I’ll speak in generalities for it would be very easy to drop spoilers. Let me start by saying I consider Micky and Cordelia to be the iconic couple of the genre, kinda the Bette and Tina of lesbian mystery. And make no mistake, though Redmann’s books are extremely enjoyable simply as mysteries, the relationships are very bit as important. As the book opens, something over two years post-Katrina, Micky and CJ (Cordelia James) are beginning to get somewhat back to normal after the hurricane and after CJ’s brief slip from the monogamy wagon. Then, after the various mystery elements have been introduced -- the Micky Knight stories usual have several mystery threads going on simultaneously -- new and even greater emotional turmoil arises. Gotta admit, Redmann totally blindsided me with this one. The French have a word, bouleversant which can mean simply upsetting, but which usually implies shattering or staggering. That’s how I felt. Like I said, Redmann tears at your gut. I was stunned. I mean, I fuckin’ love these two.

Anyway, enough angst. The mystery is enjoyable in and of itself, and satisfactorily, if messily -- quite literally -- tied up, but he major emotional issue remains unresolved. I was a bit disappointed that familiar secondary characters didn’t occupy a bigger role, but understand that, given the issue I don’t wanna name, Redmann was right to focus on the two principals.

I was, just here and there, a little disappointed in the writing, which heretofore has been so rock-solid, even exemplary. Sprinkled throughout, not terribly often, but enough to be jarring, is some phrasing that’s just really awkward, not wrong necessarily, but very un-Redmann-like. Not enough to spoil an excellent reading experience, just enough to cause you to scratch your head a few times.

So, to conclude, highly recommended, on several levels. Like the others in this series, this one goes straight to my “favorites” shelf.

[Katy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book Info: Genre: Detective/Lesbian Noir Reading Level: Adult

Disclosure: I received a free eGalley eBook from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Synopsis: First, do no harm. But as New Orleans PI Micky Knight discovers, not every health care provider follows that dictum. She stumbles into a tangle of the true believers to the criminally callous, who use the suffering of others for their twisted ends. In a city slowly rebuilding after Katrina, one of the most devastated areas is health care, and the gaps in service are wide enough for the snake oil salesmen—and the snakes themselves—to crawl through. First, her investigation is driven by anger, but then it becomes personal as someone very close to Micky uses her cancer diagnosis to go where Micky cannot, into the heart of the evil where only the ill are allowed. Micky is her only lifeline out. Can Micky save her in time to get to the medical treatment she desperately needs to survive?

My Thoughts: Some of the topics addressed in this book were very close to me – especially the problems with the high cost of insurance. I am chronically ill but have to pay all my medical expenses myself – or ask for charity care – because I can’t afford the insurance rates. I have also tried out various herbal remedies – while I know there are some that are scams, I think this particular book was a bit hard on the overall idea of herbal remedies; there are some that really do work, such as kava kava for anxiety, things that I have tried for myself. Also, I had a friend who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in the mid 1990s, so even that part of the story struck close to home.

This book doesn’t pull any punches – it is painfully realistic about the effects of living with someone with a potentially terminal illness, the sorts of thoughts that go through your head. It was at times very difficult to read, but I was unable to put it down and read it straight through without stopping. The mystery was more convoluted than in the previous books – I’ve always figured out whodunit early on in the previous books, but in this book it remained a mystery until the denouement. A terrific mystery, fast-paced, realistic and a book – and series – that I highly recommend. Get to know Micky Knight, dyke dick.

[Heidi | Paper Safari Book Blog · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first Micky Knight mystery that I've read and I just discovered that there are six more that came before this! I am pleased that I didn't feel like I was missing any information by jumping in so far along in the series. I really loved the characters and I am a sucker for just about any book set in New Orleans. I love the atmosphere, and the descriptions of post Katrina NOLA are devastating, riveting and real.

Micky gets thrown into a case involving a snake oil salesman selling vitamins and other potentially harmful "herbal remedies" to the desperate and downtrodden. While investigating this case she also finds herself mixed up in an insurance fraud case that might jeopardize her partner. There are many layers to the case and you find yourself swept along with Micky and all the other players in this book.

There is a real underlying theme of the health care system and its many flaws and the anxiety that sick people have to deal with when they either have no insurance or their insurance starts denying their care. The book ends on a semi-cliff hanger which is a bummer since now I have to wait for the next one to find out what happens!

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great novel in this series. I love the characters and issues this book touches. The logistical and personal difficulties of living in Post-Katrina New Orleans came alive for me. I figured everything went back to normal down there when the power came back on.....duh.

[Ken Finlay · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Ill Will”, seventh in the 'Micky Knight' series, sees New Orleans on the road to recovery after Hurricane Katrina.
Many people have lost their jobs and, as a result, can no longer afford health insurance.
Even Cordelia, who once ran her own clinic, is affected – she's now temping as a doctor.
As a favour she asks Micky to trace two patients who, without notice, have missed appointments they desperately need.
Finding them is the easy part but it opens up a particularly nasty can of worms.
People with life-threatening illnesses are being bled dry by criminals who, well aware of the law, operate just on the edge of criminality (mostly!) Micky gets to know some of them and learns just how banal evil can be.
Oh, and she's got a hulking meth addict trying to kill her, but puts it down to another case.
And then Cordelia drops a bombshell, one that will completely change their future.
As always the book is as much about Micky (and Cordelia) as it is about crime solving, and it is the better for it.
I must admit to shedding a tear or two at the end.
4 Stars.

[Nancy Lochmann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Y ahora que...?

Esta vez ne ha costado terminar el libro. Por una parte no quería que termina. Y ahora estoy en un dilema. Me compro los siguientes capítulos en inglés o me muero de la intriga 😭😢.
Está vez mickey tenía un caso bastante complicada. Que implicaba el sistema de salud. Encima cordelia se enferma de cáncer.
Está vez los personajes secundarios no rodean mucho por la historia.
Mickey y cordelia intentan aprovechar los pocos días buenos que les quedan para tener una vida más a menos normal.
Redmann sabe muy bien atrapar al lector, además después de tanto capítulos uno ya se indentifica con sus personajes y
Lástima que ha terminado.

[Leire Fernández · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hasta aquí llega mi vertiginosa aventura con Micky Knight y Cordelia. No hay más libros traducidos y me parece una pena. No se si daré el salto a leer en inglés.

Una gran saga, llena de personajes redondos y complejos, con traumas de la infancia dejando grandes estragos en sus vidas adultas. La devastación del Katrina, el intento de volver a la normalidad, los golpes inesperados de la vida, los problemas de conciliación familiar, el trabajo, las heridas a medio sanar. ¿Que mas se puede pedir a una saga detectivesca? Ah, que el grosso de la historia recaiga sobre mujeres, mujeres que aman a otras mujeres.

6/5.

[Sara Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel is set in New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina and deals with the issue of access to medical care that existed then (and continues to exist to some extent). It rang very true, and the characters' emotions felt very real. After reading this I'm anxious to read the next book in the series.

[Jay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a Micky Knight addict, so here I am 7 books completed. Story wise, this was less complicated.
It seems CJ is counting her days in this Micky Verse, and I hate it, I'm going to hate it, if CJ dies. Why Ms.Redmann wants to get rid of her?! Let Micky has a less turbulent personal life when there are so many adversities in her professional life.

[Elaine Burnes · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the 7th Micky Knight book. It maybe should score higher (if we could do half stars, it'd get 3.5), but it has a fair amount of flaws. The personal saga of Micky is as good as ever. If you thought she and Cordelia had been through the worst possible, hold on tight. Yikes! I don't want to say anything about that story line and thankfully the book's blurb does not go there. Suffice it to say, Redmann had better be writing no. 8. Fast! I would like to think I could trust this author with her recurring characters, but I'm just not sure.

I don't know if all serial works suffer from this, but Redmann spends a lot of time filling us in on things that happened in past books. There must be a more graceful way to get the reader up to speed. In some ways you can't--and shouldn't--because these books need to be read chronologically. You need to know the history of Micky and Cordelia and their band of merry and not-so-merry friends. You can't just summarize it all. So that was tedious.

The mystery was OK, but Micky made a blatantly dumb assumption early on that was just annoying, and could easily have been avoided. I don't like shouting at characters, but I had to and she's better than that.

Now I see that the book blurb and the Amazon blurb are very different. I'll do my own: it's two years since Katrina hit New Orleans (and Redmann takes too long to establish that, given that seven years have passed). Cordelia is working temp jobs for an agency since her clinic was destroyed. As a favor, Micky helps the doctors group where Cordelia is working track down some patients who have disappeared. Micky is also hired to look into an herbal supplement that might be at the center of a scam. Her cases collide and escalate to insurance fraud and murder. There's some ridiculously dangerous role playing allowed that seems designed only to heighten the climax, not enhance the case (since there was an "older" woman available, but her age was never clarified or why she couldn't do the deed). Convenient coincidences help fill the gaps in the mystery. It was OK. Cordelia does do something surprising, which is nicely foreshadowed.

There are way more typos in this book than there should be. BSB is a big publisher by lesfic standards. Redmann thanks six BSB people. Was not one of them a proofreader?

[PJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Confession here ... I'm a huge fan of the Micky Knight books by JM Redmann ("Deaths Of Jocasta" is an absolute must read). In my opinion, Micky is one of the best defined and written characters, in lesbian fiction or otherwise. She's complex and flawed and feels real. I look forward to each and every installment in the Micky Knight series and I was not at all disappointed in this latest edition.

"Ill Will" is a wonderful book, incredibly well written and strongly poignant. I refuse to give out any plot points but fans of JM Redmann know that the real world touches Micky in all kinds of ways, good and bad, and the plot and subplots in "Ill Will" do not shy away from real life issues, pains and fears.

A big part of the Micky Knight books is a fabulous family of secondary characters, and I was thrilled to see them again on the pages of "Ill Will". I do feel it's safe to say that one of my favorite secondary characters is back - Joanne Ranson. It was great to see her and Micky interacting as only they can (as Micky says "Hey, you want sympathy, you talk to Cordelia. You want a b*tch slap into reality, you talk to me."). JM Redmann is great with dialog, and can say more with one sentence than a lot of authors can say with a paragraph.

There's a lot of history with Micky and her family, with their relationships and their environments - and as in the real world, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and it's impact on New Orleans is alive and greatly felt on the pages of "Ill Will" and that adds to the gravity and believability of the book.

"Ill Will" is much more than a well-written mystery: it's about characters and place, it's about feelings and frustrations, it's about love and pain and it's about people ... people who you'll wish you knew, people who you wish you had as friends.

[Rhonda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review: Ill Will by J.M. Redmann
4 STARS
This is a book I wouldn't have picked up to read, because its out of my comfort
zone. I liked it but it did have a lot of swearing in it. No sex scenes in it.
PI Micky Knight works in New Orleans and has been really busy since Katrina. Her partner Cordelia is a doctor who is taking over for a doctor on leave.
Cordelia mentions to the other doctors who are discussing some patients that have not hat medical follow ups and were canceled when different people where fired. So the Doctors ask Micky two find the patients and let them know to come in because they were not answering their phones.
Another case Micky is working on is to find out if these certain over the counter her herbs are for real or are they conning someone elderly relatives.
Someone wants Micky off a case and plans to beat and rape her to make her drop the case. Micky is tougher than she looks and hurt him instead so she got away.
The story is good and kept my attention in it. I cared about Cordelia and Micky. Their were a lot of gay and lesbian characters but they seemed real and were tastely done so it was just part of the story. Never got uncomfortable for my taste except for swearing.
I learned a lot about how life has changed for everyone living in New Orleans, things I would not have thought of. Like having farther to drive to grocery store. The stress of not being able to help save lives or waiting to see if the ones you love made it to safety.
I would read more about Micky in the future.
I was given this book to read in exchange of honest review from Sandy Lowe via Netgalley.
04/16/2012 PUB Bold Stroke Books

[Alena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not quite possible to discuss this without spoilers, but I'll try.

It was paced a lot slower than previous novels and only picked up speed towards the end, but hey, even Micky gets older, I guess.

I enjoyed the ride and had my heart broken in between, but this series always manages to do so. I was surprised that a storyline that hit very close to home didn't have me more emotionally involved. I'm such a crybaby when it comes to books and movies, but nope, no tears here. I don't know why.

It was a very Micky-centric novel, and I missed reading more about her friends. They were kinda there, but not really.

But it was good. Katrina still dominates their lives in so many ways, amidst the many tragedies in this novel, that is the greatest one.

I hope the typos etc. will be removed in the final copy, there were more than is usual for BSB, I think.

[Jess Faraday · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although I can't say enough good things about the entire series, this installment somehow tops them all. I've enjoyed watching Micky grow, professionally and emotionally, and this book sees her at her sharpest, as well as at great emotional depth.

The mystery is well-plotted, well researched, and very well paced.

One of the hallmarks of an excellent series is that a reader can pick up any volume and not feel as if she's missing something. This is true of this series as well, but one will get the fullest impact of the complex relationship arc if one goes in order.

A great story from an outstanding author.

[Mary Vermillion · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting depiction of post-Katrina New Orleans and a wonderful portrait of Mickey and her partner Cordelia as they struggle with Cordelia's lymphoma. One of my favorite lines: "...how you spend time can be more important than saving time."

I had the great pleasure of serving on a couple panels with Redmann at the recent GCLS conference. She said that her writing is all about why people pursue justice--certainly true of this novel, focused on health care issues.

I'm sad and embarrassed that this was the first Mickey Knight novel I'd read, but now I have a lot of fabulous reads ahead of me.

[Hesch Aut · Rating 5 out of 5]

She just won't give us a break!

If you expect hot sex, exciting flirts and lots of laughter like in the earlier books of the Micky-Knight-series, you might be dissapointed with book # 7. But when you're a Micky-fan, you very likely still might want to keep reading about her, her partner, her friends and her life. And in that case you will get a bit of a shock at some point when reading "Ill Will". Not, that you weren't used to shocks anyway by now. So if you are up for another emotional ride, get in and buckle up!

[Ulla · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a Micky Knight fan and have read the whole series again and again. Now I'm happy to start the next one, still remembering every detail of "Ill Will".
I've never been to New Orleans but it's become so alive for me through Redmann's writing, on top of what I've learned through the years as a jazz and blues fanatic!!

[Gill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Annoyingly, I don't know when I read Ill Will, but I've definitely read it.

The dislocating effects of Hurricane Katrina are still apparent for Micky and her friends, the latter again being mostly absent.

Healthcare - or the lack of it - takes centre stage for Micky personally and professionally.

[Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this author. She writes about New Orleans which I am fascinated by and the women she writes about I can identify with. Please read this author!

[Heather Henkel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked that even though there were health issues, Cordelia and Micky stuck together and built a closer relationship.

[Elisa Rolle · Rating 5 out of 5]

2012 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention (5* from at least 1 judge)

[Ami Raegan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love all that Redmann writes. This is no different.

[Brenda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun mystery with a medical twist!