{"id":5139,"date":"2012-01-08T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=5139"},"modified":"2012-01-08T13:27:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T19:27:49","slug":"book-review-drt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/book-review-drt\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: D.R.T."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=adamsblog03-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B005TUMVT4&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This week, we take a look at a more modern detective novel, that&#8217;s actually set in my backyard, the Treasure Valley.<\/p>\n<p>In<em> D.R.T.<\/em> (Dead Right There)\u00a0 by Ray Ellis, a serial killer targets registered sex offenders living in the Treasure Valley.\u00a0 The killer has a list of victims and a deadline to get his killing done.\u00a0 Detective Nate Richards is assigned to the case and when he and his partner thwart the killer&#8217;s first attempt on the only female on the list, the killer becomes desperate to finish the job and the list.<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>Ellis is a police veteran and gives <em>D.R.T. <\/em>a sense of authenticity. At the same time, <em>D.R.T. <\/em>is a well-crafted and suspenseful story. While, the identity of the killer is revealed early, Ellis introduces two other characters that kept me guessing as to what their role in this is.<\/p>\n<p>The nature of the crimes at the heart of <em>DRT <\/em>are emotionally charged as we&#8217;re dealing with the perpetrators of horrendous crimes against children. Ellis avoids extremes and handles this aspect of the story with great sensitivity.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the crime story, Richards personal life provides a well-developed subplot as he deals with the return of his love interest from the first novel after a year and a half of her not contacting him.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the novel is a well-done and suspenseful story that captures both the ups and downs of a policeman&#8217;s life, but also the attention of readers.<\/p>\n<p>Rating: 4.5 stars<\/p>\n<p><em>D.R.T.\u00a0 <\/em>is available as an ebook in Amazon Kindle Store and also for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/drt-ray-ellis\/1106506832?ean=2940013258006&amp;itm=2&amp;usri=d.r.t.\">the Nook<\/a>. The book is published by Stonehouse Ink.<\/p>\n<p><em>This post contains affiliate links, which means that items purchased from these links may result in a commission being paid to the author of this post at no extra cost to the purchaser.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>If you enjoyed this post, you can have new posts about Detective stories and the golden age of radio and television delivered\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004U8SET2\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=adamsblog03-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004U8SET2\">automatically to your Kindle<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we take a look at a more modern detective novel, that&#8217;s actually set in my backyard, the Treasure Valley. In D.R.T. 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