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Jenny Parker #1
Due Diligence
It’s a dirty business where dirty money is concerned.
Jenny Parker is a young mum making ends meet with a firm of accountants in Manchester. She is a smart cookie and is rewarded an unexpected £20,000 ‘thank you’ from a client for smoothing the way on a due diligence assignment to clinch a deal. At the same time Jenny’s lover Martin, a partner at the accountancy practice, goes missing. When he turns up dead, Jenny thinks that keeping her secret and hiding her grief are her biggest problems. Just how naive can some people be?
Deception, bribery and violence suddenly send Jenny’s life whirling sickeningly out of control. She quickly finds herself on the wrong side of the law. She suffers grossly when sentenced to serve time. Self-preservation inside only earns her more black marks on her record.
Facing the loss of her home, her child, and her career, will Jenny be able to get herself back on track? Or is she set on a fatal collision course with the shadowy forces behind Martin’s death? Will her new security guard friends be able to flex enough muscle to protect her?
It’s a dirty business where dirty money is concerned. Dirty dealings in the boardroom and chicanery in the world of motorsports provide an intriguing background to this fast-paced and ingenious thriller.
Due Diligence is a high-octane race for survival in the company of a spirited young woman who discovers hidden reserves of talent when the going gets tough.
D J Harrison lists his occupations as scientist, businessman and writer, ‘not always in that order’. He lives in Lancashire with his wife Anne Marie and has four children. He is an active member of Chorley & District Writers’ Circle and blogs as Northern Writer. Among his influences are Kurt Vonnegut, Raymond Chandler, and Bob Dylan. Due Diligence is the first book of four in his Jenny Parker novel series.
Jenny Parker is a young mum making ends meet with a firm of accountants in Manchester. She is a smart cookie and is rewarded an unexpected £20,000 ‘thank you’ from a client for smoothing the way on a due diligence assignment to clinch a deal. At the same time Jenny’s lover Martin, a partner at the accountancy practice, goes missing. When he turns up dead, Jenny thinks that keeping her secret and hiding her grief are her biggest problems. Just how naive can some people be?
Deception, bribery and violence suddenly send Jenny’s life whirling sickeningly out of control. She quickly finds herself on the wrong side of the law. She suffers grossly when sentenced to serve time. Self-preservation inside only earns her more black marks on her record.
Facing the loss of her home, her child, and her career, will Jenny be able to get herself back on track? Or is she set on a fatal collision course with the shadowy forces behind Martin’s death? Will her new security guard friends be able to flex enough muscle to protect her?
It’s a dirty business where dirty money is concerned. Dirty dealings in the boardroom and chicanery in the world of motorsports provide an intriguing background to this fast-paced and ingenious thriller.
Due Diligence is a high-octane race for survival in the company of a spirited young woman who discovers hidden reserves of talent when the going gets tough.
D J Harrison lists his occupations as scientist, businessman and writer, ‘not always in that order’. He lives in Lancashire with his wife Anne Marie and has four children. He is an active member of Chorley & District Writers’ Circle and blogs as Northern Writer. Among his influences are Kurt Vonnegut, Raymond Chandler, and Bob Dylan. Due Diligence is the first book of four in his Jenny Parker novel series.
- GenresThriller
260 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 13, 2013
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About the author
D.J. Harrison
15 books17 followersD J Harrison is a husband, father to four children, scientist, businessman and writer, not always in that order. Amongst his sources of inspiration he lists his wife, Anne Marie, at the very top followed, not too closely, by Vonnegut, Chandler and Dylan.
David's first love is writing, his career has depended on his ability with words, both written and spoken. His second love is reading.
Although an established thriller writer, David's favourite genres are Fantasy and Science Fiction.
His Fantasy Trilogy, The Secret of the Scroll, King of the Desert and Voyage to Oblivion is published by Open Circle.
His Jenny Parker thriller series is published by Lume Books.
David lives in Yorkshire and blogs as Northern Writer. (http://djharrison99.blogspot.com/).
David's career has brought him into contact with a variety of individuals and organisations, some of which might be classed as dubious and, in one or two cases, dangerous. His work has involved extensive travel throughout Europe, the USA and the Caribbean. He even spent some time being smuggled in and out of communist held East Germany, such was his devotion to an over enthusiastic venture capital fund. He is adamant that none of these people ever feature in any of his writing.
David's first love is writing, his career has depended on his ability with words, both written and spoken. His second love is reading.
Although an established thriller writer, David's favourite genres are Fantasy and Science Fiction.
His Fantasy Trilogy, The Secret of the Scroll, King of the Desert and Voyage to Oblivion is published by Open Circle.
His Jenny Parker thriller series is published by Lume Books.
David lives in Yorkshire and blogs as Northern Writer. (http://djharrison99.blogspot.com/).
David's career has brought him into contact with a variety of individuals and organisations, some of which might be classed as dubious and, in one or two cases, dangerous. His work has involved extensive travel throughout Europe, the USA and the Caribbean. He even spent some time being smuggled in and out of communist held East Germany, such was his devotion to an over enthusiastic venture capital fund. He is adamant that none of these people ever feature in any of his writing.
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November 26, 2017
Even though some of the problems felt a bit far-fetched, the book read pretty well and felt light. Call me a sucker, be my guest, still it's my unprofessional opinion that this is a patently underrated novel.
I have a feeling the author went out of their way to explain how the existing system for AML gets law-abiding citizens to do just that. Makes one wonder how it happened that the system just might be no longer protecting the people. And how come that only one party to bribery got to prison? That would be unusual prosecution practice.
What can I say, the novel definitely felt tight on the DD details thing, which is probably for the best with the people who are not in the business and which will irritate the people who are. A lot. And I definitely want to know how the hell can one legitimize squatting on state property. Too bad the author did not describe that. Reason: I just love to learn in detail about unusual business practices.
BEWARE OF MY SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ON! Now, you've been forwarned and I can prattle all I want. I'm so evil! Color me a spoilerlord. Or -lady. Whatever.
Worldbuilding irks me. A lot. What can I say? I find it totally stupid on the part of our professional accountant protagonist to take a chunk of cash for bribe (and not even a big one, mind it! sizeable but within limits) and hide it. Under her shoeboxes. And the bank scene? She really an accountant or did she just wing her job, huh?
Really? Even if she couldn't have prevented getting it in the first place, couldn't she have just got rid of it? 1. Give it away for anonymous charity? To some beggar? The net result would have been better anyway. 2. Spend it on that wardrobe upgrade thing, you know? Wear a large chunk of her bribe rather than 'a large chunk of her salary'? 3. Throw it out? Drop it on the street? Burn in her frigging backyard, in the middle of the night, under the stars, skyclad? Gosh! No, it would have been too easy, she had to keep it with her shoes for police to find it. And then she had to say where she got it from, instead of the usual 'it's my savings, get your hands off of my home cash piggybank!' stuff. The sum involved was not staggering enough to be unexplainable. I do understand how things can go south this way and still it all - seems pretty simplistic.
As for the story flow, the author used an instrument of broken timeline (much appreciated by me and all lovers of fast-pacing stories). Basically, instead of describing all the minutiae of daily life transitions, we are given insight into the key points and are left to think of the intermissions. I loved it, wish some of the more languid storytellers used it.
The character building was sketchy at bits, which allowed the story not to become a quagmire of psychology. A relief! Not recommended for all books but some authors actually manage to pull this off. This one definitely did.
I loved how Jenny switched professions. I felt that her relationship with her child was a bit underoverdeloped, if such thing exists. What threw me a bit is that she started off as a dumbsicle in all things AML and winds up a crime advisor incarnate. Though again, a clever gal who spends hundreds of hours behind the bars, would definitely want to learn why the freak she has been put there. This just might lend credibility to where and why she got her updated credentials on this topic.
And as for the personal stuff, she definitely should have gone to the doctor with her troubles from the beginning.
Q: I have to remind myself that we are not looking for problems; we’re here only to demonstrate that we do our job in a reasonably responsible manner.
(c) Yeah, RIP Andersen.
Q: Eric made it quite clear that this visit has to gather the detail to justify our positive report. Landers Hoffman’s fees are conditional on the acquisition going ahead. If a few financial warts are uncovered after the event we only need to make sure they were blemishes we couldn’t have been expected to see.
(c) Uh-huh, and Enron.
Q: It’s a situation that I’ve observed many times before. He asks what he imagines are important questions and expects me to write down the answers. This would be a reasonably efficient way to do business if only he listened to the answers. This failure on his part leads inevitably to him repeating the questions over and over again until I manage to stop him or night falls or the subject dozes off.
(c)
Q: I can see that they are lying, covering up, avoiding straight answers. Paul continues, smiling and accommodating, pretending to be a man of the world in the company of equals.
(c)
Q: There is a cool charm, the air of a man operating in his own element, performing work that he is good at and comfortable with.
(c)
Q: But he’s gone, I can tell by the emptiness in my heart.
(c)
Q: ...a lady whose luminous charms light up any room she enters, together with all the men in it. Poor Paul still quivers like an electrocuted jelly whenever she so much as looks in his direction.
(c) Wherever did she watch electrocuted jelly behaviour?
Q: It has the appearance of a conversation between a magnificent female cat and a male mouse whose hormones have overwhelmed his sense of self-preservation.
(c)
Q: ‘Before we made our proposal, we were well aware of the possibilities of the OFT investigation,’ I reply. ‘As far as we’re concerned the OFT can investigate anyone at any time. Our knowledge of your business and the high standards to which you work give us every confidence that the accusations are unfounded. In practical terms, a large global business has to operate in the context of its markets. From what I’ve seen, the OFT’s chief concern is that some countries operate their commercial activities somewhat differently to here in the UK.’
My reply is couched in what I hope are terms which combine reassurance and knowledge. I’m making it up as I go along but continue anyway. ‘Landers Hoffman will provide professionalism and a pragmatic approach in the event. Together I’m sure we can demonstrate the integrity of the WOS position.’
(c)
Q: A very strange impulse rises inside me and try as I might I can’t get it out of my head. In the midst of the most important professional meeting I’ve had in my whole career, all that I can think of is getting a spray tan. Where I should go, how much it might cost, how deep to have it, whether to get a very light one at first and then gradually build it up over a few weeks. The summer is coming and it would be really nice to have a bit of colour to go with it.
(c)
Q: ‘Look, I love the things you’re telling me, they’re brilliant and really interesting, I could listen to you all night, you’re great to be with, but it’s five o’clock already and you’ll need to be going home soon, won’t you?’
(c)
Q: I look at his unremarkable features and feel a huge ocean of calm energy underneath.
(c)
Q: The rhythmic thump of the bed and the loud groans of its occupants continue for hours at a time, gradually building up velocity as I lie praying for him to climax and let me rest.
(c)
Q: My new-found calm is borne out of the temporary nature of my situation.
(c)
Q: Looking down at the Irwell from Blackfriars Bridge I wonder for an instant what that cold oblivion might taste like, then anger swells up and heats my spirit. I am not finished yet, I tell myself, and start to believe it, at least enough to avoid clambering onto the slippery stone parapet and plunging to my death. There is no joy in my surroundings, the scurrying people hardly glance at my unremarkable figure trudging the streets they use as thoroughfares.
(c)
Q: ‘Listen,’ Gary’s eyes are soft and comforting, ‘things don’t just happen, everything happens for a reason. I’ve been needing someone like you for a long time, someone I can trust, someone who is strong and capable, then you just turn up – no job, no money, nowhere proper to live. Don’t you see, this is an opportunity for both of us, one that is meant to be.’
(c)
Q: My job is to formalise the informal, to account for the unaccountable and to regularise the irregular.
(с)
Q: As far as I’m concerned they should have given her mother a medal for what she rid the world of.
(c)
Q: It’s amazing what clarity of mind can be induced by the simple act of sitting quietly, without distractions.
(с)
Q: Gerard seems to be even older than the clientele he serves. When he potters off to oil a sticking door I half expect never to see him alive again.
(c) Now, that's one cheerful gal.
I have a feeling the author went out of their way to explain how the existing system for AML gets law-abiding citizens to do just that. Makes one wonder how it happened that the system just might be no longer protecting the people. And how come that only one party to bribery got to prison? That would be unusual prosecution practice.
What can I say, the novel definitely felt tight on the DD details thing, which is probably for the best with the people who are not in the business and which will irritate the people who are. A lot. And I definitely want to know how the hell can one legitimize squatting on state property. Too bad the author did not describe that. Reason: I just love to learn in detail about unusual business practices.
BEWARE OF MY SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ON! Now, you've been forwarned
Worldbuilding irks me. A lot. What can I say? I find it totally stupid on the part of our professional accountant protagonist to take a chunk of cash for bribe (and not even a big one, mind it! sizeable but within limits) and hide it. Under her shoeboxes. And the bank scene? She really an accountant or did she just wing her job, huh?
Really? Even if she couldn't have prevented getting it in the first place, couldn't she have just got rid of it? 1. Give it away for anonymous charity? To some beggar? The net result would have been better anyway. 2. Spend it on that wardrobe upgrade thing, you know? Wear a large chunk of her bribe rather than 'a large chunk of her salary'? 3. Throw it out? Drop it on the street? Burn in her frigging backyard, in the middle of the night,
As for the story flow, the author used an instrument of broken timeline (much appreciated by me and all lovers of fast-pacing stories). Basically, instead of describing all the minutiae of daily life transitions, we are given insight into the key points and are left to think of the intermissions. I loved it, wish some of the more languid storytellers used it.
The character building was sketchy at bits, which allowed the story not to become a quagmire of psychology. A relief! Not recommended for all books but some authors actually manage to pull this off. This one definitely did.
I loved how Jenny switched professions. I felt that her relationship with her child was a bit underoverdeloped, if such thing exists. What threw me a bit is that she started off as a dumbsicle in all things AML and winds up a crime advisor incarnate. Though again, a clever gal who spends hundreds of hours behind the bars, would definitely want to learn why the freak she has been put there. This just might lend credibility to where and why she got her updated credentials on this topic.
And as for the personal stuff, she definitely should have gone to the doctor with her troubles from the beginning.
Q: I have to remind myself that we are not looking for problems; we’re here only to demonstrate that we do our job in a reasonably responsible manner.
(c) Yeah, RIP Andersen.
Q: Eric made it quite clear that this visit has to gather the detail to justify our positive report. Landers Hoffman’s fees are conditional on the acquisition going ahead. If a few financial warts are uncovered after the event we only need to make sure they were blemishes we couldn’t have been expected to see.
(c) Uh-huh, and Enron.
Q: It’s a situation that I’ve observed many times before. He asks what he imagines are important questions and expects me to write down the answers. This would be a reasonably efficient way to do business if only he listened to the answers. This failure on his part leads inevitably to him repeating the questions over and over again until I manage to stop him or night falls or the subject dozes off.
(c)
Q: I can see that they are lying, covering up, avoiding straight answers. Paul continues, smiling and accommodating, pretending to be a man of the world in the company of equals.
(c)
Q: There is a cool charm, the air of a man operating in his own element, performing work that he is good at and comfortable with.
(c)
Q: But he’s gone, I can tell by the emptiness in my heart.
(c)
Q: ...a lady whose luminous charms light up any room she enters, together with all the men in it. Poor Paul still quivers like an electrocuted jelly whenever she so much as looks in his direction.
(c) Wherever did she watch electrocuted jelly behaviour?
Q: It has the appearance of a conversation between a magnificent female cat and a male mouse whose hormones have overwhelmed his sense of self-preservation.
(c)
Q: ‘Before we made our proposal, we were well aware of the possibilities of the OFT investigation,’ I reply. ‘As far as we’re concerned the OFT can investigate anyone at any time. Our knowledge of your business and the high standards to which you work give us every confidence that the accusations are unfounded. In practical terms, a large global business has to operate in the context of its markets. From what I’ve seen, the OFT’s chief concern is that some countries operate their commercial activities somewhat differently to here in the UK.’
My reply is couched in what I hope are terms which combine reassurance and knowledge. I’m making it up as I go along but continue anyway. ‘Landers Hoffman will provide professionalism and a pragmatic approach in the event. Together I’m sure we can demonstrate the integrity of the WOS position.’
(c)
Q: A very strange impulse rises inside me and try as I might I can’t get it out of my head. In the midst of the most important professional meeting I’ve had in my whole career, all that I can think of is getting a spray tan. Where I should go, how much it might cost, how deep to have it, whether to get a very light one at first and then gradually build it up over a few weeks. The summer is coming and it would be really nice to have a bit of colour to go with it.
(c)
Q: ‘Look, I love the things you’re telling me, they’re brilliant and really interesting, I could listen to you all night, you’re great to be with, but it’s five o’clock already and you’ll need to be going home soon, won’t you?’
(c)
Q: I look at his unremarkable features and feel a huge ocean of calm energy underneath.
(c)
Q: The rhythmic thump of the bed and the loud groans of its occupants continue for hours at a time, gradually building up velocity as I lie praying for him to climax and let me rest.
(c)
Q: My new-found calm is borne out of the temporary nature of my situation.
(c)
Q: Looking down at the Irwell from Blackfriars Bridge I wonder for an instant what that cold oblivion might taste like, then anger swells up and heats my spirit. I am not finished yet, I tell myself, and start to believe it, at least enough to avoid clambering onto the slippery stone parapet and plunging to my death. There is no joy in my surroundings, the scurrying people hardly glance at my unremarkable figure trudging the streets they use as thoroughfares.
(c)
Q: ‘Listen,’ Gary’s eyes are soft and comforting, ‘things don’t just happen, everything happens for a reason. I’ve been needing someone like you for a long time, someone I can trust, someone who is strong and capable, then you just turn up – no job, no money, nowhere proper to live. Don’t you see, this is an opportunity for both of us, one that is meant to be.’
(c)
Q: My job is to formalise the informal, to account for the unaccountable and to regularise the irregular.
(с)
Q: As far as I’m concerned they should have given her mother a medal for what she rid the world of.
(c)
Q: It’s amazing what clarity of mind can be induced by the simple act of sitting quietly, without distractions.
(с)
Q: Gerard seems to be even older than the clientele he serves. When he potters off to oil a sticking door I half expect never to see him alive again.
(c) Now, that's one cheerful gal.
January 4, 2022
Astounding
When I started to read the book about Jenny, working mother with a sour marriage and a job as an accountant in a large firm, my spidey-sense didn't even tingle. But by crikey, it's had a few tingles along the path of this book. An eye-opener and hopefully just the first - I see there are more to enjoy. Yay!
When I started to read the book about Jenny, working mother with a sour marriage and a job as an accountant in a large firm, my spidey-sense didn't even tingle. But by crikey, it's had a few tingles along the path of this book. An eye-opener and hopefully just the first - I see there are more to enjoy. Yay!
November 16, 2017
If this score were possible on netgalley, I'd award 3.5 stars. I found this at times to be a disjointed, frustrated read and difficult to follow. However, I persevered, and overall I enjoyed it. This is the first book in a series and I hope that the author matures and develops more of a flow to his writing as the main character is one I think with much more to tell!
Thanks to net galley, DJ Harrison and the publishers for the opportunity to preview this book.
Thanks to net galley, DJ Harrison and the publishers for the opportunity to preview this book.
December 14, 2015
An accountant, at the beginning of a crime novel? Stick with it because what at first appears to be a quiet first chapter takes off with a briefcase full of cash and leads to money laundering, assault, murder and all sorts of financial shenanigans. Set in the business world, and underworld, of Manchester, accountant Jenny Parker is sent to conduct due diligence of a company’s finances. That briefcase full of cash, £20,000, is the beginning of the trouble for Jenny which sees her lover dead and risks her marriage, her son, and her life.
A quick-moving story, Jenny is a likeable heroine who finds toughness she never knew was harboured within herself. The storyline jolts around a little but DJ Harrison has drawn a support network around Jenny, including the wonderful security boss Gary. The financial and business background is well constructed, and the fraud all too believable.
This is the first in the Jenny Parker series by DJ Harrison.
Read more of my book reviews at http://www.sandradanby.com/book-revie...
A quick-moving story, Jenny is a likeable heroine who finds toughness she never knew was harboured within herself. The storyline jolts around a little but DJ Harrison has drawn a support network around Jenny, including the wonderful security boss Gary. The financial and business background is well constructed, and the fraud all too believable.
This is the first in the Jenny Parker series by DJ Harrison.
Read more of my book reviews at http://www.sandradanby.com/book-revie...
June 15, 2013
This wasn't bad. It was a page turner , and as the blurb says , a fast paced thriller. Here comes the BUT. There were too many new revelations slotted into to story at odd times , with no build up or follow up. That threw me and put me off. Also, the main character Jenny, was unlikeable - quite selfish and thoughtless , which I find hard to deal with - I prefer to like the characters. Quite good but the author needs to work on that 'revealing' issue.
May 4, 2013
An excellent fast-paced thriller with dark undercurrents. There is, however, some disconcerting jumps in the last few chapters that left me, at least, feeling as if I've missed some pages or the author finished in something of a rush in order to start something new.
October 1, 2015
I like the fact that initially Jenny seems like a victim when she ends up in jail
She turns everything around and deals with all the idiots and villians in a timely fashion
She turns everything around and deals with all the idiots and villians in a timely fashion
December 16, 2015
Not my usual genre of choice, but this is a real page turner with a lot of action. Loved it.
January 4, 2022
not at all my kind of book
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February 19, 2021
Who knew auditors lived such exciting lives!
I liked the writing in this novel. While vividly descriptive, it is still briskly paced. Turns out, when there is bribery and money laundering going on, an auditor’s work in doing due diligence can get messy and dangerous! Jenny has more excitement than she can handle after she feels compelled to accept a bribe for a clean audit, her lover turns up dead, and someone turns her in to the police. After a stint in prison and on the brink of destitution, she finds her way back to life helping an old friend get his business records “cleaned up” - even as she gets involved in a bit of shady money laundering herself. Well played, Jenny.
I liked the writing in this novel. While vividly descriptive, it is still briskly paced. Turns out, when there is bribery and money laundering going on, an auditor’s work in doing due diligence can get messy and dangerous! Jenny has more excitement than she can handle after she feels compelled to accept a bribe for a clean audit, her lover turns up dead, and someone turns her in to the police. After a stint in prison and on the brink of destitution, she finds her way back to life helping an old friend get his business records “cleaned up” - even as she gets involved in a bit of shady money laundering herself. Well played, Jenny.
November 15, 2017
Netgalley furnished this challenging read. The story lacked continuity & made senseless jumps in the storyline. Characters' physical & personality characteristics would be described one way in the 1st chapter, then differently by chapter 17. The primary character, Jenny Parker, was unpleasant & angst-driven. While suffering from dyspareunia, she continued to bed random men for reasons unexplained. Her decision-making skills are so poor, you have to wonder how she would obtain a position in accounting that dealt with clients. My hope is that significant editing took place before the book was released because Due Diligence could have been a better novel.
February 26, 2021
Very good read!
I loved the idea of the main character being a women. I've read so many similar book's, but always with male male main characteracters. DJHarrison also did a good job dealing with Jenny's emotions. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
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I loved the idea of the main character being a women. I've read so many similar book's, but always with male male main characteracters. DJHarrison also did a good job dealing with Jenny's emotions. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
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October 25, 2020
I did not finish this book - only got to 20%.
The main character is not likable. I didn’t care what might happen to her in the rest of the book. The men she works with are indistinguishable in their voting stereotypes. The story was described as fast-paced. It is not. I read some of the reviews, including one with spoilers; none encouraged me to continue.
The main character is not likable. I didn’t care what might happen to her in the rest of the book. The men she works with are indistinguishable in their voting stereotypes. The story was described as fast-paced. It is not. I read some of the reviews, including one with spoilers; none encouraged me to continue.
October 26, 2020
Don't read this if you are subject to depression, it's not a happy story with a clear cut happy ending. A lot of her problems are self inflicted brought on by her lack of impulse control and poor decision making but her circumstances at work and the crooks she works for are also contributing factors. It's a gritty story with some good characters.
October 26, 2020
Karma
Karma is a bitch,I found my self wanting to feel bad for her but when you consider when she was doing well she really was a dirty chick so when it was her turn I had mixed feelings because if you live through a lot of dirt that you do you really will get a turn.
Karma is a bitch,I found my self wanting to feel bad for her but when you consider when she was doing well she really was a dirty chick so when it was her turn I had mixed feelings because if you live through a lot of dirt that you do you really will get a turn.
December 9, 2020
This book is filled with such personal vulgarities I couldn't read more than a few chapters. It's too bad because other than the filth, it seemed like it would have been interesting. It's written in the first person present which is different.
May 3, 2021
Ran out of steam
The ending is very weak. It appears book deadline was upon her and put immediate closure to the book. Very good start but also very disappointed with the conclusion.
The ending is very weak. It appears book deadline was upon her and put immediate closure to the book. Very good start but also very disappointed with the conclusion.
June 30, 2022
Everyone in this book is unlikable . Yes this book is fast pasted by jumping months at a time, but all the scenes don’t connect in any way. There are no thought from anyone and hardly any dialogue to make you like any of the characters.
October 25, 2023
Jenny is an unhappily married accountant with an overactive bladder. When her lover dies, things go from bad to worse, forcing a complete change in her life. The way she deals with it is interesting, albeit rather unbelievable.
February 18, 2025
sick and crude
What I did read I found to be sickly crude, explicitly sexual, about very selfish adults that cared about no one but themselves.
Really a horrid type of story.
And I read thirty pages !
What I did read I found to be sickly crude, explicitly sexual, about very selfish adults that cared about no one but themselves.
Really a horrid type of story.
And I read thirty pages !
November 15, 2020
Business crime
An accountant spends her time tracking down the crime leader who set her up and had her jailed and loosing her child. Some hidden twists to the storyline.
An accountant spends her time tracking down the crime leader who set her up and had her jailed and loosing her child. Some hidden twists to the storyline.
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November 17, 2020Intricate and fast paced action
I enjoyed the path woven in this tale. Perhaps you will as well. Characters fleshed out, plot very complex. Enjoy!
I enjoyed the path woven in this tale. Perhaps you will as well. Characters fleshed out, plot very complex. Enjoy!
November 24, 2020
F as t and furious
Great plot never a dull moment- thoroughly enjoyed a great yarn in and around manchester and the north west always nice when the accountant is the hero !
Great plot never a dull moment- thoroughly enjoyed a great yarn in and around manchester and the north west always nice when the accountant is the hero !
December 1, 2020
Pretty good
A very interesting story. A little hard to follow and places, but a good overall story. I would recommend it
A very interesting story. A little hard to follow and places, but a good overall story. I would recommend it
December 6, 2020
2.5 stars - I finished this in the hopes that things would pick up, but no. I don't have any plans to read the rest of this series.
December 22, 2020
My mama said if you can't say something good just stay quiet!
December 28, 2021
If you want literary genius, check out some of the author's later works.
But if you want something that is easy to read, fast-paced and different, then this doesn't disappoint.
But if you want something that is easy to read, fast-paced and different, then this doesn't disappoint.
February 20, 2023
A really good page turner, I had a very hard time putting it down
June 9, 2024
This is another author I have her first ,I can tell you I will be getting the second
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