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Miami police beat reporter Britt Montero is set up by a scheming apprentice who has her eyes on Britt's job. Framed and jailed for murder, Britt now faces the most critical deadline of her life as she hits Miami's steaming streets searching for the real killer
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A very good read. This is the 1st one I have read of hers and it won't be the last.
This is the third book of the Britt Montero series but I thought it really lacked the previous books' momentum. I simply didn't buy a reporter getting so involved in a teen's life, as this book portrayed. I have multiple members of my family who have been reporters and that behavior would have not been tolerated. Britt also has more autonomy in what she writes about than is normal in a major newspaper hierarchy.
The story starts with a very interesting story about the hit-and-run of a young woman and her two children by teen carjackers. Then, Britt helps Trish Tierney to get a job as a reporter at the same newspaper where she works. Before long, Trish is scooping Britt's stories (on her own beat). Much of the book is about Britt working her contacts in the Miami police (especially Det. Bill Rakestraw) to catch a ring of juveniles who are responsible for massive numbers of car thefts.
I don't know if the author overstated the crime in Miami or was telling the straight story. But Miami comes across as a horrible place to live. Frankly, after reading these three books, I have absolutely no interest in visiting Miami. It seems to be a particularly lawless area of the country.
Britt Montero
1. Contents Under Pressure (1992)
2. Miami, It's Murder(1994)
**3. Suitable for Framing (1995)
The story starts with a very interesting story about the hit-and-run of a young woman and her two children by teen carjackers. Then, Britt helps Trish Tierney to get a job as a reporter at the same newspaper where she works. Before long, Trish is scooping Britt's stories (on her own beat). Much of the book is about Britt working her contacts in the Miami police (especially Det. Bill Rakestraw) to catch a ring of juveniles who are responsible for massive numbers of car thefts.
I don't know if the author overstated the crime in Miami or was telling the straight story. But Miami comes across as a horrible place to live. Frankly, after reading these three books, I have absolutely no interest in visiting Miami. It seems to be a particularly lawless area of the country.
Britt Montero
1. Contents Under Pressure (1992)
2. Miami, It's Murder(1994)
**3. Suitable for Framing (1995)
Contemporary crime fiction at its best.
From the cover:
Britt Montero - the touch-as-nails police beat reporter - finds herself targeted by a scheming apprentice with eyes on her job, caught up in deadly carjackings and gang shootings, and jailed for a murder, suitably framed. Fighting the most desperate deadline of her life, Britt must identify the real killer - and find her way back to the blistering streets which will hold the answers - before it's too late.
Britt Montero - the touch-as-nails police beat reporter - finds herself targeted by a scheming apprentice with eyes on her job, caught up in deadly carjackings and gang shootings, and jailed for a murder, suitably framed. Fighting the most desperate deadline of her life, Britt must identify the real killer - and find her way back to the blistering streets which will hold the answers - before it's too late.
This caught my attention, held it and was a GREAT read! Will look for other of her books!
