Cut to the Quick: A Novel Review

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(More customer reviews)I was hooked on the gutsy character of Pasadena homicide detective Nan Vining in Dianne Emley's debut novel THE FIRST CUT.
In the first few pages of CUT TO THE QUICK, Emley shoves Nan into a gruesome double homicide, and the action never lets up from there. As someone who was minutes away from being a murder statistic herself, Nan has great empathy for the two murder victims. As she gets closer and closer to solving the case, Nan deals with reluctant witnesses, a male perp who dresses as a woman, and the attention of her partner, Detective Jim Kissick(who was once a friend with benefits). However, Nan's off-the-Job life as a single mom doing her best to provide for her 14 year old daughter pretty much takes up the rest of her time.
Casting a dark shadow over Nan's life is "T.B. Mann," her name for The Bad Man who nearly succeeded in killing her. Nan suspects that he is a serial killer of women in uniform, but she has no real proof. He is still out there somewhere, never found. And he's taunting her in bizarre ways. In the book's chiller ending, Nan and her daughter Emily discover that T.B. Mann has somehow gotten WAY too close for comfort.
If you like thrillers with strong characters, meticulous plots, and rich details then grab a copy of CUT TO THE QUICK! (And the book contains the best use of a nest of rattlesnakes ever!)
This book is definitely a keeper. I can hardly wait for Nan #3, already on pre-order!

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The crime scene was like something out of a horror movie. Billboard tycoon Oliver Mercer has been brutally slain in his home in the Pasadena hills, joined in death by his long-legged trophy girlfriend–both of their bodies displayed in a chilling tableau. The murder scene reawakens terrible memories for homicide detective Nan Vining, who survived her own harrowing attack a year earlier. While tracking the taunting gameplayer her daughter Emily dubbed T. B. Mann–The Bad Man–she is now working the Mercer case alongside her ex-flame Jim Kissick, stirring up conflicted feelings in her. From the ritzy estates of L.A.'s Lamborghini-driving set to a rocky desert outpost where rattlesnakes whisper murder, Nan will risk both her badge and her heart on a case that cuts close to the bone.

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