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Deviance (Brooke and Daniel Book 3) Kindle Edition
In a perfect world, the deviant cannot be permitted to live.
Someone has been murdering sex workers and those on the margins of the city, flaying the skin from their bodies, and leaving them as a warning to others like them.
Jamie Brooke used to be a police officer. But there’s no place on the force for someone who wasn’t fast enough to stop a killer from attacking Parliament and killing a friend.
Blake Daniel is on the verge of being fired, his life and his mind in tatters. Cursed with the ability to “see” the murderous past of certain objects and relics, his life has become a waking nightmare — his only relief at the bottom of a bottle.
They’ve had their fill of danger and death, and just want to be left alone… but evil isn’t done with either of them. So when the body of a priest is discovered — stabbed and slashed, skin flayed off, and white feathers stuffed in his mouth — Jamie and Blake find themselves enmeshed in the web of murders terrifying the city.
The community is paralyzed. The police are powerless — or maybe even covering up the murders. It’s up to Jamie and Blake to solve their darkest mystery yet.
And they have to hurry. More death is coming. Because the murderers want one simple thing: perfection. And that can’t exist in a world with any DEVIANCE.
Blending crime and psychological thriller with a touch of the supernatural, Deviance is a one-of-a-kind adventure from the mind of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J.F. Penn! Get your copy today, and dive into Brooke and Daniel’s toughest case yet!
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJuly 31, 2015
- File size969 KB
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- ASIN : B010W01I6W
- Publisher : Curl Up Press (July 31, 2015)
- Publication date : July 31, 2015
- Language : English
- File size : 969 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 220 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #470,400 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #632 in Psychic Thrillers
- #1,000 in Psychic Suspense
- #1,209 in Psychic Mysteries
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About the author
J.F. Penn is the Award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the ARKANE action adventure thrillers, Mapwalker fantasy adventures, and the Brooke & Daniel psychological thrillers as well as other stories.
Her books weave together ancient artifacts, relics of power, international locations and adventure with an edge of the supernatural.
Jo lives in Bath, England and enjoys a nice G&T.
Find out more at www.JFPenn.com
If you enjoy books set in international locations, check out Jo's Books and Travel Podcast: www.BooksAndTravel.page
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Jamie Brooke, once Detective Sergeant Jamie Brooke, is now on her own after resigning from the police force at the end of the previous book. Her daughter Polly's death and the phantasmagoria she's endured on her last few cases have been too much. She walked away and into the dull world of keeping tabs on cheating husbands as a private detective. But perhaps her biggest case is solving who she is, where she belongs, which people she feels the greatest connection to and what she values most. Her journey begins as she weaves her way through a celebration of London's deviants at the Cross Bones Cemetery in honor of the Outcast Dead, where she recognizes a waif of a young woman named O, her body beneath her clothing extensive covered in body art of an octopus erotically cloaking her body. Jamie meets an urban shaman named Magda Raven (Morgan Le Fey? Mary Magdalene?), witnesses the sex trade that built London, and the evil others can bring down on those who dare live outside the strict boundaries of polite London society.
The villains in this book are the bright side of the penny with charisma, standing on the moral high ground; the heroes are those labeled deviants who feed the hungry, protect the vulnerable, and have released their pain in the beauty of body art. Look twice. Those we shun because they're not like us may not have buried their secrets of truly deviant childhoods to fester and boil over into greed and gore and the torture of others. Look yet again. The upstanding citizens may not be who they seem.
Blake is here, too, his gloved hands protecting him from his gift as he works his safe and predictable job, walking a slender thread of losing his safety and a freefall into the that which he fears most--himself. There is a bond between Blake and Jamie that pulls him further out of his isolation and towards acceptance of himself. With his help, Jamie is able to risk it all and bring down, for the moment, the evil that threatens the destruction of London's history and macabre beauty.
Throbbing beneath this story is the author's love of London. I've been to London several times and done quite a bit of wandering (OK, I was lost, but it still counts as wandering), only to find myself in places I couldn't understand and was tempted not to fear. But I ran, asked for directions, and retreated to the facade that felt safe but robbed me, and other tourists, of the depths the city holds. Now I want to go back. And when I do, my eyes will be to the skies in search of swarming ravens. And I will follow.
Another thing I like about Ms. Penn's books is the education regarding various subjects such as history of places or groups of people in and around London. Although I still think her books are way too short, she manages to get a lot into a small space and keep the thrills coming. I would highly recommend this as well as her other books. Those opposed to blood and violence in a novel might find it offensive, however, there is much more to her books than that.
We are also reunited with O from the first book and her lover Magda. Each has their own story to tell and those are unveiled here. Together they have worked to bring some joy into the lives of those who are much less fortunate than many would suspect as they try to instill a sense of community and self-respect. Of a sudden, there looms a threat that seems overwhelmingly opposed to their existence: murders by a skin collector for their tattoos, destruction of the Kitchen, attempted destruction of Cross Bones Graveyard and attacks on Jamie, Magda and Olivia.
This book is yet another dive into the darkness that humans have in their hearts and souls, but there is trust, hope and light for those who fight for it.
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This installment of the series is just as well written, researched and edited as Desecration and Delirium. It isn't as dark in nature as the previous books, but there are some parts of it that may be uncomfortable reading for some.
Parts of it made me angry. Angry on behalf of some of the characters who are doing nothing worse than trying to survive, whilst being treated as though they are worthless. Often, my mind compared events in this book to the current political situation in the UK, and I have to say, it's PM. The books antagonist, Dale Cameron "was used to getting everything he wanted, destroying lives in the shadows while he stood squeaky clean in public." I couldn't help seeing the similarities!
This is a fantastic book, very emotive and using subject areas that not a lot of other authors do. I highly recommend all the books in the series.
I enjoyed reading Deviance and found it on a par with the previous novel Delirium. More of the same with tonnes of research making this an intelligent adult read.
I liked how the sense of community was explored and how the characters, some from the previous novels, were fully developed. It was lovely how this book highlights the diversity of the population within London and how people on the fringes of society were included.
It is far better that you read this series in the order they were published otherwise your possible enjoyment would be ruined. I do not feel this book would work as a stand-alone as although there is back story, this works as a refresher for existing readers and not for newbies.
I think Deviance is a GOOD 4 star read and I can’t give it a higher score because of the supernatural elements woven into the tale. Ravens responding like that? Get real as this should be a realistic adult book and not indulge in childish fantasies.
Of course once you read something, it can’t be unread and this quote from Deviance is very hard to forget!
She shuffled through them so Blake could read the texts: Maiden Lane, Love Lane, Codpiece Lane, Gropecunt Lane. He put a hand up to stop her, laughing a little. “I think that last one would bring in a raft of complaints,” he said. “It became Grape Street and then Grub Street over time,” Catherine said. “But I quite like the original name. At least you knew what you were going to get there.”