Nina Reilly as a young woman in Carmel/Monterey/Pacific Grove, raising her son, Bob, who is four, attending Monterey Law School in the evening, and working as a paralegal in a law firm by day. The reader meets several characters who will appear in later stories. Nina's family situation is quite sad, as Nina's divorced mother has a degenerative disease, Nina's father is remarried and ignoring his ex-wife's problems, Nina's brother is a drug addict, and a former lover is trying to get custody of Bob. Good plot, interesting characters, but a bit depressing. When I discovered that one of the co-authors is a fellow attorney, I incorrectly assumed that this book must be well-written. Some of the metaphors are preposterous and there are serious continuity issues. Also, this book is not character driven. Even though all of the characters had faults and tried to be three dimensional, they weren't. After the death of a major character, I felt no emotion. To me, that's poor writing.That being said, I couldn't put the damn book down--my sole reason for awarding three stars. I kept reading because I wanted to know what the crime was. Unfortunately, the crime in the prologue did not take place until half-way through the book. This felt odd and disjointed. Show No Fear is a whodunit that probably won't keep you guessing, but, if you are looking for dumbed down reading, check it out.
What do You think about Show No Fear (2008)?
Was a bit slow. It goes back to before Nina was a lawyer in CA.
—taylor
A Nina Reilly prequel; so glad to have read it.
—kirti
