The Last Word (Sophie Trace Trilogy)

by Kathy Herman

Paperback, 2009

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Publication

Bethany House Publishers (2009), 398 pages

Description

Fiction. Suspense. HTML: When Vanessa Jessup returns home from her sophomore year of college, her mother, Police Chief Brill Jessup, is stunned to see that she's pregnantâ??by one of her professors. Brill is glad Vanessa rejected the father's abortion ultimatum, but hurt that she ignored her upbringing and angry that the professor has disappeared without a trace. But that's not all Brill's got on her plate. One of her detectives has been killed, and the attacker has threatened to come for her next. When a second cop is wounded, public criticism mounts as Brill attempts to stay alive long enough to catch the perp. And she's trying to find that deadbeat dad as Vanessa struggles to make decisions about her future. The killer seems to be everywhere and nowhere. How can a police chiefâ??and a motherâ??do her job with her life on the l… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member smilingsally
Thank you to The B & B Media Group, Inc. for my copy of this Christian fiction novel. This is the second installment of the Sophie Trace Trilogy series, and can be read without having read the first as the author nicely fills in all gaps.

The character of Brill is one I connected with in the first
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book. She's the first female police chief in the town's history. Working in a high pressure position, while being wife to Kurt and mother of three gives her depth. The layered story begins when her teenage daughter comes home from college seven months pregnant, shocking her parents. People begin dropping like flies as a murderer takes revenge, threatens that Brill is next. Talk about a stressful life!

However, there is too much repetition. This character tells that character about a circumstance, and later, the reader reads yet another conversation about the same topic being discussed between two others.

Nonetheless, the book is a worthy read, with a bit of romance and the suspense of tracking a slippery killer. Discussion questions are included.
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LibraryThing member msh09
I enjoy reading Kathy Herman's books. This series is an entertaining read. I love the characters.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

8.2 inches

ISBN

0764235044 / 9780764235047
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