Read Series: Irene Kelly
by Author Jan Burke
Goodnight, Irene (2002)
Started: Nov 2, 2007Finished: Nov 11, 2007***I met Jan Burke at the Surrey International Writers' Conference in October, and had a total fangirly moment when she told me she'd coauthored a book (story?) with Sue Grafton (author of the Kinsey Millhone series, starting with A is for Alibi***This is...
Dear Irene (2003)
When a strange letter signed "Thanatos" -- the ancient Greek name for death -- lands on Irene Kelly's desk, the intrepid reporter doesn't think much of it; she gets crazy mail all the time. A less cryptic message is sent when a body turns up the next morning. As more letters roll in, the death to...
Hocus (2003)
Here’s a little dip into the past: In Jan Burke’s 2003 “Hocus,” reporter Irene Kelly’s husband (Det. Frank Harriman) has been kidnapped and she has only 3 days to get him back. What does she have to do? Save her husband by solving another crime. It’s fast-paced, believable, good manipulation of p...
Bloodlines (2006)
Bloodlines, by Jan Burke, A-minus. Borrowed from the National Library Service for the Blind.This is my first Irene Kelly mystery, and I understand it to be pretty late in the series. But, knowing nothing about the series, it could stand alone pretty well. The book is in three parts. The first par...
Sweet Dreams, Irene (2002)
Politics and murder mix in the second mystery, after Goodnight, Irene , to feature Southern California newspaper reporter Irene Kelly and her homicide detective lover, Frank Harriman. Jacob Henderson, teenaged son of a district attorney candidate whose mudslinging race Irene has been covering, as...
Bones (2001)
This book has been sitting on my shelf for years, so maybe there were unrealistic expectations. I was also impressed with the Edgar Award for best mystery this book won, as well. But I wasn't overly impressed by the end. It left me underwhelmed.The first third or half was solid. Investigators...
Liar (1999)
Intrepid sleuth/reporter Irene Kelly barely has time to recover from the shock of learning that her estranged aunt has been killed before being blindsided by an even bigger surprise - she's the number one suspect! Irene searches for her aunt's son, Travis - a young man who wants nothing to do wit...
Disturbance (2011)
Journalist Irene Kelley finds herself out of a job as her newspaper closes down. At the same time, serial killer Nick Parrish (from previous novel Bones), whose prior encounter with Irene left him partially paralyzed, miraculously recovers in prision. Nick and his sick fanboys and girls called “...