The Golden Girl is the second book to feature Jessie Tucker, an investigative journalist. Jessie has been through the mill as she has been attacked and left for dead twice in the last 12 years.
Jessie works for The New York Tribune and becomes involved in the case of a young NYPD officer Maura Walsh who is the daughter of the Deputy Commissioner Mike Walsh also, has been murdered while on her shift with her own weapon. Jessie feels like she has a connection with Maura due to her own personal history so vows to find the perpetrator. With no witnesses to the crime, Jessie starts to dig into Maura’s history and things begin to surface that shows Maura appeared to be a dirty cop. The further she digs the scarier it becomes due to the powerful people she realises must be involved. The police decide Maura’s murder is only a random crime and it’s finished in their eyes, Jessie wonders just how deep the rot goes.
This is an engrossing, entertaining and thrilling read throughout. As Jessie begins to uncover the real powers behind Maura’s death and the corruption it shows how bad it is, from Mafia to Police officers. People from all walks of life which is shocking but as we know this can happen in real life as well.
Jessie is a tenacious, likeable young woman who realises just how much she is endangering herself by her investigation and where it is leading but she still carries on regardless. I actually felt like I was with Jessie all the way through, pushing her to uncover the corruption, this is due to the vivid, realistic and unpredictable storyline.
I very much enjoyed this book and would recommend it to people who love a rollercoaster of a book with characters you can empathise with. A thrilling read for sure! Thanks to Bookouture Books-On-Tour for allowing me to be a part of the Blog Tour and Netgalley for the copy of the book so I could take part.
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