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Murder In Plain Sight
By Marta Perry
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Did a sweet–faced Amish teenager brutally murder a young woman? To save her career, big–city lawyer Jessica Langdon is determined to defend the boy against the community's bitter and even violent outrage. Yet without an understanding of Amish culture, Jessica must rely on arrogant businessman Trey Morgan, who has ties to the Amish community...and believes in the boy's guilt.
Jessica has threats coming from all sides: a local fanatic stirred up by the biased publicity of the case, the dead girl's boyfriend, even from the person she's learned to trust the most; Trey Morgan. But just when Jessica fears she's placed her trust in the wrong man, Trey saves her life. Now they must both reach into a dangerous past to protect everyone's future – including their own.
Author
Marta Perry
Marta Perry realized she wanted to be a writer at age eight, when she read her first Nancy Drew novel. A lifetime spent in rural Pennsylvania and her own Pennsylvania Dutch roots led Marta to the books she writes now about the Amish. When she’s not writing, Marta is active in the life of her church and enjoys traveling and spending time with her three children and six beautiful grandchildren. Visit her online at www.martaperry.com.
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Rating: 3.5434782608695654 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Murder in Plain Sight
3 Stars
When Philadelphia defense attorney Jessica Langdon is assigned the case of a young Amish boy accused of murder, she assumes it will be a simple plea bargain. With little knowledge of the Amish community and threats emerging from all sides, Jessica is forced to rely on the help of local businessman Trey Morgan whose arrogance is eclipsed only by his biased attitudes. Can Jessica overcome the obstacles to uncover the truth and save a boy's life?
As a fan of Linda Castillo's fantastic Kate Burkholder series, I was looking forward to this book due to the similar setting. Unfortunately, it does not live up to expectations as the mystery is predictable, the villain is obvious and the romance lacks zing.
While the information on the Amish is interesting and the descriptions are not as graphic as in Castillo's books, the characterization is one dimensional and the relationship between Jessica and Trey feels forced rather than natural. Not only is their supposed romance very light on the chemistry, but there is an underlying air of mistrust and suspicion that taints almost all of their interactions.
The suspense plot doesn't make much sense and the killer's motivations are not sufficiently explained. There are hints at a wider story arc, but it lacks foundation and it not interesting enough to warrant continuing with the series. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jessica Langdon a junior associate in her law firm, knows her job is hanging by a thread. When she is called into the office of one of the senior partners, she thinks she is about to be fired, instead he tells her she has been requested to handle a case in which an Amish boy has been accused of murder. The Morgan family, specifically Geneva Morgan, is funding the case, while most of the community believes Thomas Esch is guilty, Geneva believes in his innocence. Trey Morgan, Geneva's son doesn't want his mother involved, he is still suffering from his fathers suicide and is very protective of his mother. Jessica is determined to do her job, and when she starts receiving threats, Trey feels obligated to protect her as well. Feelings start to develop between Jessica and Trey,but they cant let that get in the way of the case.Can Trey protect his mother and Jessica, and how far will the the person go to get Jessica off the case? Will she find the answers she needs to prove Thomas is innocent? Amish murder mysteries are one of my favorite genre's to read, and boy did Ms. Perry deliver with this one. She keeps the reader in suspense trying to figure out who might be threatening Jessica, and with some clues early on, it was easy to decide that Thomas wasn't a killer, but figuring out who was well, that wasn't so easy.Ms. Perry has an uncanny way of drawing you into the story so completely that you feel as if you are actually a part of the story.Jessica was a very likable character, with her background, you really want her to find a place to belong a sense of family, something she doesn't have with her father.The romance that develops between the couple unfolds slowly, which seems very realistic. It was also great to read a bit about the Amish culture, and how they might have dealt with the murder issue had Geneva not stepped in and hired legal representation. The ending left several unanswered questions that makes me anxious for the next book in the series, Vanish in Plain Sight, available Spring 2011. Thanks to Netgalley for providing me a copy of this book for review.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5MURDER IN PLAIN SIGHT by Marta Perry is a romantic suspense present day Springville, PA. It is a wonderful story of suspense,Amish culture,betrayal,murder,love,romance,danger and buried secrets. While the community is wielding from one of their own committing murder,other secrets will come to light.Against the Amish community'swishes and through their outrage,a friend of the young man accused of the violent crime, hires an attorney from Philadelphia to represent him.The attorney Jessica finds difficultoppression and finds a friend and romance with Trey,whose mother is the one to hire Jessica.Together they face danger,violent outrage and will find some answers and love.It also shows views of the Amish culture conflicts with the English's courts and justice system.This is a great read full of mystery,murder and buried secrets.This book was received for the purpose of review from Net Galley and can be found at HQN and My Book Addiction and More.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoyed this story of a young Philadelphia lawyer thrown in to the deep waters of Amish country. Jessica Langdon did not ask for the job of defending a young Amish man against a murder charge but she is determined to do the best job she can. But to break through the cultural differences she is going to need local help. Enter the Morgan family who retained her. While Mrs Morgan is anxious to help, her son Trey does not want to get the family involved. But Jessica slowly breaks down his resistance.As I said I enjoyed this. Any mystery or thriller set in Amish country attracts me. I found the insights into Amish life and custom interesting. The mystery was also pretty good and there was some action. I will be reading the next one in the series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book was a lot better than I expected. I really enjoyed the suspense and a little romance. I have the second book in this series and will probably read it next year.
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