‘Dead Girl Walking’ by Roberta Gately is the beginning of a brand new series in which an E.R Nurse Jessie Novak is our main character. I found this idea alone a refreshing one, to have an E.R nurse involved in a crime thriller, in a way it almost made a cross-genre, a medical crime thriller!
The story hit the ground running with a couple being shot as Jessie is about to clock off from her shift in Triage. The call comes in and Jessie gets everything together for their arrival at E.R. The couple are of high media attention so as she is leaving, she finds the corridors blocked by all manner of people, police and reporters mainly. The pressure is on for the police to find who did it straight away. Jessie’s friend Detective Sam Dallas is at the head of the team.
As I said, a refreshing change to see an E.R Nurse involved in investigating a crime. Jessie is an intelligent and sharp woman who goes about her daily job and also helps where she can with the police. The fact she works in the E.R allows her to keep an eye on people being admitted and what they come in for. That extra dimension in the investigation is a clever twist in the tale. An excellently paced read with an interesting protagonist that I can see has the potential to add many adventures to this series.
One thing I also noticed when I picked up the book to read. The dedication is to her brother and I don’t know why, but it stayed with me throughout the book. Roberta has put her everything in this story and I think I felt that with the dedication.
Thank you to Bookouture, Roberta Gately and NetGalley for my copy of the book to write my review for Dead Girl Walking.
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