Jane/John Doe

by Blake Everstone

A dead body and a lifetime of hiding in the shadows.

Scott has a secret, one he is desperate to keep. Coming from an abusive childhood, Scott worked to make a new life and start again, but a late night call threatens to destroy it all. The body of a transwoman is discovered, but was it suicide or murder? Join Scott as he tries to put the pieces of the puzzle together and solve the mystery. Scott is forced to face his own demons and learn to trust those closest to him.

191 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 17, 2017

Reviews

[Lisa Neal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jane / John Doe is the story of Scott, a Transgender Man, who lives in a small Bible belt town in Texas. Scott works for the county as a recovery specialist, this means that when there is a death Scott retrieves the body and turns it over to the coroner for the autopsy or takes the body to a funeral home.

This book follows Scott on his journey from arriving at the scene to pick up a deceased female to the discovery by Scott and his Justice of the Peace Colleague Chase that the deceased female is in fact a Transgender Woman who Chase believes has been murdered.

We follow Scott on this journey with Chase as they attempt to find out what has happened to their Jane \ John Doe. The journey that Scott and Chase find themselves on is not an easy journey and there are some obstacles that stand in their way but Scott and Chase do not give up and are determined to find out what has happened to their victim.

I absolutely loved this book. I found the characters were very well developed and Blake does a fantastic job of describing the background story as well as the current situations that you find the characters in.

I highly recommend this book and I look forward to reading more by this very talented author.

I voluntarily read an advance reader copy of this book.

[Lilly Rosemeade · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a sweet little story about an investigator in a homicide case. The protagonist, Scott, is a transman which gets points from me because we always needs more diverse characters (books), and the story was a good one. However I felt that the tension wasn't as high as it could be in a few scenes, and the reveal of who the murderer was could have had a little more foreshadowing. But I don't regret reading this book at all, and I quite enjoyed it. If you want a book with diverse characters and enjoy murder investigations then you'd enjoy this.

I voluntarily read an advanced reader copy of this book.

[Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Blake Everstone is new to me and I absolutely loved Jane/John Doe. This book had everything I love to see in a book. There was a strong plot, independent and well developed characters, suspense, and it kept me intrigued from the first page until the last.

Scott Wright was a transman whom was “The Undertaker.” When an unidentified transgender woman was found dead…it made him remember his abusive past that he was keeping hidden. And that gave him the inspiration to get justice for the deceased while helping Judge Chase Riley.

This book kept me guessing until the killer was revealed and I was completely shocked. Well done Blake!!

I cannot wait to read more by this author.

[TransBookReviews · Rating 1 out of 5]

The book is at times transphobic, homophobic, sexist, and racist. - Arthur

It jumped between present and past tense at random, to the point that the narration was hard to follow at times and it gave me a headache. - Laura

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