The Real Enemy

I purchased this book for Free. I like reading mysteries. This book was very well written in a way that you can identify with the characters and what they are going through. It was a very fast, and hard to put down. I thouroghly enjoyed reading it. I will be ordering the next in the series to find out more about the Jessup Family and how they are doing. I came to care about the characters and was intrigued about their faith, love and hope. Kurt and Brill have something together and they finally realized how special it is. I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I have.

I read another Kathy Herman series a few years ago, and was glad to see she's started another one! I had a hard time putting this book down, and finished it in less than 24 hours! The main character, Bril (short for Brilliant - she's a very sharp policewoman who has solved many crimes) has just started a new job in a small town in eastern Tennessee bordering the Great Smoky Mountains. She didn't expect major crimes to solve like her previous job in Memphis, but soon after she comes to take charge of this small town police department, people start disappearing. But Bril has even bigger problems at home... The twists and turns of this plot are spellbinding, and the story at home heartbreaking. This book is very well-written and I can't wait to read the sequel!

This was the first book that I had read by Kathy Herman and I so enjoyed it !! - I look forward to reading 'Sophie Trace Trilogy' No.2 and I will most definitely read Kathy's other books. It was a good mixture of Suspense and also how much it took for Brill Jessup, the female Police Chief to come around to forgive her husband's one time, infidelity - some of the blame should have been on herself, because her job had come first !!It was a hard book to put down !!

Brill Jessup is the new police chief of Sophie Trace. Shortly after she begins the job people start to vanish into thin air. The kidnappers leave no evidence and there isn't any obvious connection between those who have disappeared. Brill is under a lot of pressure to find the missing people while dealing with the resurgence of gangs in Sophie Trace and the turmoil in her own home. Can she locate them before it's too late? I wasn't sure I'd like the main character in this book before I read it. I assumed that she would be hard-nosed and difficult to connect with. I couldn't have been more wrong. She was very believable and the struggles she went through were relatable even to those of us not in law-enforcement. I really appreciated that this book strayed from the girl meets boy and falls in love formula. Instead of following a single woman in her quest for love Brill is a married woman who is struggling with some very real issues in her marriage. This helped make this story even more believable as it gave it a realistic feel to it. The characters were extremely well-written and the mystery was excellent. It was moderately paced without any extreme suspense yet it stayed interesting throughout the book. I can't wait until the next book in the series!

I am an avid fan of Kathy Herman and can hardly wait til a new book comes out to get hold of it. I was certainly not disappointed in this one and now I'm anxiously awaiting another.