This book turned out to be an unexpected treasure. The back
cover blurb just doesn’t do justice to the way the story is written and
narrated.
Jemima (Jem) Pardon is a paramedic in the rapid
response arm of the services. She is selfless about her work but seems to
attract the most complicated situations. So much so that most of her partners
choose out because of high stress. On an assignment, she meets Rosie Jones, a
police officer. The two women find a comfortable connection as they haul a bridegroom
dangling mid-air in some bachelor party misadventure. They bump into each other
again on another case. First texting and then meeting for a coffee, their
relationship grows smoothly through tough cases.
The setting and the situations in the book are grim. But that
is the environment that the two women work in. Jem and Rosie are both lovely,
their relationship is precious and their conversations are so much fun. The book
is as much relationship (not simply romance…it is a well developed relationship)
as it is crime. The characterisations are excellent and the conflict, when it
comes, is not forced.
Definitely recommended.
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
