

Devious
Author: Lisa Jackson
Narrator: Joyce Bean
Unabridged: 15 hr 53 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 03/29/2011
Categories: Fiction, Romance, Suspense & Thriller
Author: Lisa Jackson
Narrator: Joyce Bean
Unabridged: 15 hr 53 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 03/29/2011
Categories: Fiction, Romance, Suspense & Thriller
Born in Oregon in 1952, American author, Lisa Jackson, began her career in 1983 with her book, The Twist of Fate, and is still presently writing. She is a number one author on The New York Times bestselling list, writing more than 85 published novels. (She also uses the pseudonym of Susan Lynn Crose.)
As with many authors, Lisa began writing when she was a struggling mother, out of necessity to put food on the table. At that time, she probably did not realize that she would end up with a writing career putting her neck deep in romantic, murder mysteries. Lisa is best known for taking her readers to "the edge of sanity...... and back". Dangerous secrets, deadly passions, lies, clues, personal relationships.......all intertwined to create the terror and madness that can exist in the world.
Lisa is now a typical spoiling grandmother who loves her grandchildren and her little pug dog named Jackie-O-No. She loves old rock and roll, pop, and new country music. She leads a pretty quiet, fulfilling life in her native state of Oregon.......time with family, walks with her sister (also an author), coffee, crossword puzzles and great TV.
Lisa Jackson is one of my favorite suspense writers and I enjoy nearly all her books. DEVIOUS was no exception and in fact her New Orleans series is one of her best. There is always something totally off in a Nawllins setting! The atmosphere is almost always a little creepy and quite Gothic which I love! DEVIOUS was all those things and a good story too. I am not that crazy about novels with a plot that is based on any kind of religion but Jackson actually made it work and not sound preachy or too far out there. It totally made sense to me that this order with its emphasis on being an old fashioned, traditional parish because that has always had an air of mystery about it, more so than the modern nuns who dress in contemporary attire. The order was right out of the 19th century with a few accommodations to contemporary life with cell phones and computers. It wasnt enough to detract from the authenticity of the story of an old order that was dark and rotting at the core. The connection with the orphanage was also a Gothic touch. The only thing that I didnt like was the emphasis on Valeries and Slades relationship. Slade? Anyone know any guy named *Slade* ? was my first thought! I think it dragged the story down and a book over 500 pages of gripping suspense , one wants to get to the whodunit and whyunit? as quickly as possible, it was a little frustrating to have them going at each other and i was mentally telling them OK OK break it up! : Still on the whole it was a great book and if you are looking for something good to read on a chilly October night DEVIOUS is a good choice. Check out the other books in the New Orleans series too. They are just as good!
Another chilling and terrifying read by Lisa Jackson. Devious, the 7th book in her New Orleans Series, features once again, one of my favorite detectives, Reuben Montoya and his partner, Rick Bentz. The story opens with the grisly and horrifying murder in a chapel, of a novice nun from St. Marguerite’......more
Good nuns, bad nuns, dead nuns! Who's killing the nuns and why? And who is that handsome priest that has a problem keeping his vows! Another good read from the Montoya and Bentz series based in New Orleans. Some twists and turns and a parallel story that was picked up from before, just thrown in to......more
I just finished this book and I enjoyed reading Lisa Jackson again. She never fails to keep the story interesting......more
Spannung von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite. Eine meiner Lieblingsschriftstellerinnen......more
4 months ago This was a very good read. Complicated, multi-layered murder mystery with a number of interesting elements and plenty of excitement. When one of the nuns at St. Marguerite's is found garroted on the alter of the cathedral, wearing an old and yellowed bridal gown, the New Orleans police de......more