Dangerously Innocent by Nesrine Joseph

Reviewed by Cy Hilterman

Jo Beth Eaton stepped out of the shower, called to her husband, Mitch and received no reply causing her to wrap herself in a towel and start looking for her husband. Instead she found a pool and trail of blood leading into the garage. Detective Senior Sergeant Luther James and his partner, Detective Sergeant Rochelle Trevelyan now looked at a report of another mutilation murder, the murder of Jo Beth’s husband. Who could be involved in these torture and mutilation of these victims that had various body parts removed? Thus the two detectives were assigned the case. Four homicides had appeared and there were virtually no clues at any of the sites. Their superiors were getting very aggravated and were starting to “push the button” for the murderers to be found—very fast—before any more occurred.

Suspects were hard to find. Most of them, those possibly connected to the Eaton’s through one way or another, came under scrutiny, especially a few that the detectives had personal suspicious feelings about. The investigation continued hard and as fast as possible with legwork, information on all the possible suspects, interviews, and much questioning. As time went on Jo Beth even became a suspect. Rochelle’s boy friend, Jude, was suspected too. No person or any clues were left unchecked. Luther had a soft spot for Rochelle but he knew that Jude was in the picture as #1 boyfriend.

The book is well written without going into too much detail that a mystery reader might not enjoy. There is lots of action, all very descriptive. The story takes place in Australia which ads a different twist on police work from most books I have read and gave me the feeling I was there in Sydney with these detectives as they attacked this crime. A very entertaining story.