The Other Woman

Apr 15, 2012 Nancy rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Other Woman is a thrilling roller coaster ride full of ups and downs and twists and turns. And is a totally believable look into the world of investigative reporting, political machines, police procedures and how they collide.

Investigative reporter Jane Ryland is trying to resurrect her career which was destroyed when she refused to reveal a source. She has no idea that her determination to find out who the ‘other’ woman is in random pictures of a senatorial campaign will turn out to be a co...more

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Oct 22, 2012 Terri Lynn rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, mystery-suspense-thrillers

I saw an ad for this book on the right side of my Goodreads page and ordered it from my library. I wasn't the only one with the same idea and had to wait for a long time to get it.

What do I think? I think the same things many of my favorite mystery and suspense writers think. Here is a sampling:

Lee Child> "The Other Woman does everything a great suspense novel should. Ryan raises the bar sky high."

Lisa Scottoline> "If you haven't read Hank Phillipi Ryan yet, you should, and The Other Wo...more

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Jun 25, 2012 Nancy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Jake Brogan is following leads in two deaths….women who the media believes were killed by “The Bridge Killer”….Jane Nyland is trying to get her life back together after refusing to reveal a source and losing her job and her credibility…..she takes a job at a newspaper and doesn’t want to do the local stories that no one cares about…..she is trying to track down “The Other Women” in a Senate election.
Will Jake and Jane figure out if their stories are connected? Who is willing to kill women in Bos...more

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Apr 25, 2012 Vicki rated it 4 of 5 stars

Jane Ryland is a reporter with something to prove. Up until she refused to name a source in a high profile story she covered on Channel 11, she was the rising star in Boston's TV news. But her principled stand resulted in a losing court case that got her fired and is costing Channel 11 a million bucks.

Humiliated and suddenly jobless, she drops out of sight to wallow in depression for awhile, but when she decides life must go on, she follows up on a lead provided by her police detective friend, J...more Jane Ryland is a reporter with something to prove. Up until she refused to name a source in a high profile story she covered on Channel 11, she was the rising star in Boston's TV news. But her principled stand resulted in a losing court case that got her fired and is costing Channel 11 a million bucks.

Humiliated and suddenly jobless, she drops out of sight to wallow in depression for awhile, but when she decides life must go on, she follows up on a lead provided by her police detective friend, Jake Brogan, and takes a job as a newspaper reporter on a local Boston paper.

Jake is dealing with a couple of murders of young women near bridges which have occurred within a few days of one another. Though he doubts a link between them, people are beginning to refer to The Bridge Killer, assuming a serial killer is on the move in Boston.

In the meantime, Jane is assigned the task of getting an interview with Senatorial candidate Owen Lassiter's wife...not the candidate, but his wife Moira, who is apparently taking a break from campaigning and the campaign staffers aren't exactly up front about why. Against all odds, Jane does connect with the woman, who is surprisingly chatty and is very suspicious of those campaign staffers. She wants Jane's help to ferret out "the other woman" that she suspects her husband is seeing.

Jane and Jake have an obvious attraction to one another, but know that a potential relationship would be sabotaged by their professional need to keep work related information secret from one another. To add intrigue to her mostly non existent love life, the editor who hires Jane is also known among the females in the business as "Hot Alex." A few days after Jane starts to work she notices that he has quit wearing his wedding ring. His behavior toward Jane however, is strictly on the up and up.

The bridge murders and the Senatorial campaign which Jake and Jane are working on eventually collide and they begin to share enough information to shed a little light on both the murders and the identity of the other woman, but work interruptions frustrate their efforts to spend a little time alone.

The suspense builds as additional murders occur. Could Jake have been wrong in doubting that a serial killer was at work? And as Jane learns more about the Senatorial race, the identity of the other woman shifts from one mysterious suspect to another. Neither is who she seems to be, and the real story is much more sordid and complex than first assumed. What's more, the prominent businessman who had originally sued Channel 11 emerges as a suspect in the Bridge murders, and Jane's life is in danger too. This book starts off at a fast pace and never stops. There are twists and turns at the end that make this book anything but predictable...but I do predict that if you enjoy suspense, detective work, murder and a little bit of romance, you will indeed enjoy this! (less)

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Feb 11, 2013 Tom rated it 2 of 5 stars

As a Bostonian I probably expected too much so when the book did not meet my expectations I was disappointed. I did not like the many quick and choppy plot jumps, the unclear characters, the puerile dialog, and the completely unbelievable premise. My biggest desire was for the story to end so I could go on to another book by someone else. (One month later) The Other Woman won the Agatha reward so I went back and reread it. It helped that I read it before so now I would not confuse the characters...more

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Dec 31, 2012 Kathleen Hagen added it

Shelves: 2012-audio-books

The Other Woman, by Hank Phillippi Ryan, a-minus, Narrated by Ilyana Kadushin, Produced by Macmillan Audio, Downloaded from audible.com.

This is the first in a new series, and the author has raised the bar even beyond her first series. Jane Ryland is a well-known t.v. anchor in Boston who loses her job with Channel 11 because she refuses to reveal a source. Her source gave her information that accused a major store magnate of murder, but the jury acquitted him, whereby he filed and won a million...more

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Dec 30, 2012 Terry Ambrose rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan is a whirlwind affair of lies, deceit, and treachery. Greed, love, and hate are all painted on an intricate canvas filled with characters who have their own agendas—and human failings.
Jane Ryland’s career as a TV journalist went up in smoke when her employer was sued for defamation by the subject of her latest blockbuster news story and Jane refused to reveal her confidential source. If Jane has a failing, other than her dedication to her sources, it’s her...more The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan is a whirlwind affair of lies, deceit, and treachery. Greed, love, and hate are all painted on an intricate canvas filled with characters who have their own agendas—and human failings.
Jane Ryland’s career as a TV journalist went up in smoke when her employer was sued for defamation by the subject of her latest blockbuster news story and Jane refused to reveal her confidential source. If Jane has a failing, other than her dedication to her sources, it’s her attraction to Jake Brogan, a Boston PD homicide detective. Personally, their relationship is irresistible. Professionally, it’s a time bomb waiting to explode.
Jake’s latest case involves multiple murders of young women in Boston. As the body count rises, so does the cry from the press about a serial killer. Jane’s first story takes her into the political campaign of Governor Owen Lassiter, who is running for senate and who Jane suspects of having an affair with a mysterious woman that no one can identify.
As they delve deeper into their cases, Jane and Jake suspect that there’s a connection between the two. And, when one of the Governor’s political staffers is murdered, suspicions of a connection between the evens grow.
As the murder investigation heats up, the political intrigue intensifies, and Jane digs deeper into her story, the reader learns that this is not a cookie-cutter suspense novel, but a story filled with human failings and desires.
Ryan’s plot requires numerous points of view and she handles this need very well. She maintains one character’s point of view throughout a scene, which keeps the reader involved with that character. She does use multiple scenes in a chapter and, sometimes, starts a scene without any reader orientation. Within a couple of sentences, however, it’s clear who the point of view character is.
Ryan’s main character, Jane Ryland, is self-confident at times, insecure at others. She’s got the drive and instincts to follow her story wherever it takes her, but has just lost the biggest battle of her life, which brings out her insecurity. Other characters are equally conflicted, which makes the storyline unpredictable.
That unpredictability is what sets this novel apart and Ryan deftly foretells the reader that there will be twists throughout in an early chapter when a seemingly sympathetic character turns menacing. That scene is a warning to the reader—no one is what they seem in The Other Woman.
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Nov 09, 2012 Luanne Ollivier rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Hank Phillippi Ryan is an award winning investigative reporter for a television station for Boston, Massachusetts. She has also turned her talents to fiction writing and has won numerous accolades for her four books. After all, she's writing what she know - reporting and investigation. So I eagerly picked up my first book by this author - her latest - The Other Woman.

Jane Ryland was a television reporter, fired when she refused to reveal a source and cost the station a million dollars. Now she w...more Hank Phillippi Ryan is an award winning investigative reporter for a television station for Boston, Massachusetts. She has also turned her talents to fiction writing and has won numerous accolades for her four books. After all, she's writing what she know - reporting and investigation. So I eagerly picked up my first book by this author - her latest - The Other Woman.

Jane Ryland was a television reporter, fired when she refused to reveal a source and cost the station a million dollars. Now she works for a newspaper. But the drive is still there to uncover the 'big' stories. And she thinks she's found it in the final days of the senate race. A mysterious woman is appearing at every rally for the governor. At the same time her cop friend Jake (or as she refers to him - Jakey) is investigating the deaths of a number of young woman. Is it a serial killer? Could there be a connection between the two 'cases'?

I never read other reviews until I've written my own. And I've discovered I'm in the minority on this one. It was an okay listen, but never really engaged me fully. I listen back and forth while driving to work and honestly found my attention wandering during the last few discs. Much of the story seemed to be repeated - there were multiple phone calls and texts that I found interminable, discussions rehashed and more. I truly think Ryan dragged out the story - it could have been two discs shorter for me.

The reader was Ilyana Kadushin. Kadushin has an excellent voice - rich and resonant. She also read the Twilight series. And that was the character I associated her voice with - a teenager. Her breathless delivery didn't suit an investigative reporter character. She really didn't have a different voice for each of the characters and at times I was hard pressed to figure out who was talking. You really had to listen the the "Tuck said, Jake said" cues.

I never really bought into the Jane Ryland character. Her cutesy references (Jakey and Janey) and daydreaming about her married boss (Hot Alex) lessened her and I had trouble taking her seriously. I found Jane's dialogue amateurish given her profession and Jake as a detective was the same.

Given the number of 'big name' blurbs that promoted this book, I thought I would love it too. Sadly,I didn't.(less)

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Oct 12, 2012 Mason rated it 5 of 5 stars

Stories that could have some facts based in truth pull me in quickly as realistic actions and fantasy characters play out in an intriguing tale of murder and suspense that is plausible. Author Hank Phillippi Ryan puts these elements together in her latest thriller, THE OTHER WOMAN, with great results.

Narrator Ilyana Kadushin does an excellent job bring the characters to life providing each with their own distinct voice. She has a flare for expressing the emotional ups and downs throughout the st...more Stories that could have some facts based in truth pull me in quickly as realistic actions and fantasy characters play out in an intriguing tale of murder and suspense that is plausible. Author Hank Phillippi Ryan puts these elements together in her latest thriller, THE OTHER WOMAN, with great results.

Narrator Ilyana Kadushin does an excellent job bring the characters to life providing each with their own distinct voice. She has a flare for expressing the emotional ups and downs throughout the story causing you to feel the excitement as the tension mounts.

Protecting one’s source is extremely important to rising T.V. star Jane Ryland. It’s so important she loses her job when she refuses to reveal a source involving charges against a prominent businessman. Landing a job as a newspaper reporter working for a former rival, she’s assigned puff pieces. However, as Jane goes about her job she discovers a candidate for Senate may be hiding a secret mistress just days before a pivotal election and it seems his wife thinks so too.

Meanwhile, Boston Detective Jake Brogan is busy investigating a possible serial killer and trying to keep the media from dubbing the suspect as ‘the bridge killer.’ Two bodies of unidentified women have been found by bridges and Jake isn’t making much progress.

When the body count rises, the third victim turns out to be someone connected to the case involving Jane’s dismissal from T.V. Jane and Jake begin to realize their cases may be related. As they battle their attraction for one another, they each set out to find a ruthless killer bent on silencing a scandal or making a name for himself.

The action is fast-pace and filled with highs and lows true to reporting. Ryan’s detailed descriptions of the Boston area places you in the heart of the action with the characters making the setting a major part of the story. There are twists and turns and just when you have it figured out, another turn takes you in a different direction as dirty politics, revenge, betrayal and seduction lead to murder.

Ryan’s journalism background shines through in THE OTHER WOMAN. She has created a dedicated journalist in Jane as she deals with high standards for reporting and her desire to have a forbidden relationship. Jane has strength and determination, but also a vulnerable side. Jake is a dedicated cop trying to do the right thing as he battles his feelings for Jane.

While at times there appears to be not one but several other women, in the end there is truly only one that is THE OTHER WOMAN. Will it be who you think it is? This is a adrenaline-driven story that will hold you captive from opening paragraph to the last line. Jane and Jake, a crime-fighting duo to rival Lois and Clark.

FTC Full Disclosure - This audio book was sent to me by the publisher in hopes I would review it. However, receiving the complimentary copy did not influence my review. (less)

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Oct 08, 2012 Kathleen J rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: thriller

I was so disappointed by the opening of this book I could go no further. Writers are told that the first scene of a novel should capture the reader, make them feel as though they are in the hands of a master who will take them on a wonderful journey.

The writing in the opening is amateurish, characterization and dialog poor. The author tries awkwardly to give us time, place, backstory. Do the following excerpts sound to YOU like what a realistic seasoned detective is thinking and saying at a murd...more

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Oct 01, 2012 Carol rated it 2 of 5 stars

I was immediately intrigued by the plot line of this one. Jane Ryland’s got it all, looks, smarts and a great job as the anchor of Channel 11 News. When she refuses to give up her source she finds herself facing a million dollar lawsuit and looking for a new job. I really thought I was going to love this. So how come it was just ok.
To be fair I’d have to rate The Other Woman somewhere between ok and like. As stated above I liked the premise but something fell flat for me. I didn’t like the dialo...more

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Sep 23, 2012 Michael Sherer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Writers like Grafton, Paretsky, Muller and Hart may have paved the way for today’s women crime fiction authors, but the pantheon of mystery/thriller writing, especially fiction featuring strong women of all stripes, now is incredibly bright with stars. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in what may once have been thought of as a niche or sub-genre—romantic thrillers.

Nowadays, they’re just plain thrillers, though they’re still characterized by female leads and often a “will-they-or-won’t-...more Writers like Grafton, Paretsky, Muller and Hart may have paved the way for today’s women crime fiction authors, but the pantheon of mystery/thriller writing, especially fiction featuring strong women of all stripes, now is incredibly bright with stars. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in what may once have been thought of as a niche or sub-genre—romantic thrillers.

Nowadays, they’re just plain thrillers, though they’re still characterized by female leads and often a “will-they-or-won’t-they” relationship. One only has to go a website like JungleRedWriters.com to see a representative sampling of some of the best in the business. But at the top of their game are writers like JT Ellison, Allison Brennan, and, yes, Hank Phillippi Ryan.

Ryan’s latest, THE OTHER WOMAN, has so much going on you’ll need a case of Post-It notes in different colors to keep track of all the threads. At the center of it all is Jane Ryland, recently fired from her job as a television news reporter and newly hired as a newspaper reporter, chasing down a potential political scandal involving the titular character, and Boston PD Detective Jake Brogan, her potential love interest, trying to solve a number of murders that Jane’s paper has deemed the work of a serial killer, but that he believes are unconnected.

What follows is a rollercoaster ride of mistaken identities, miscommunications, missed phone calls and missed connections that heighten the tension, layer on the complications and wind all the threads tighter and tighter. Just when you think Ryan can’t possibly make things any tougher for Jane and Jake, she throws in some office politics and another potential romantic interest to keep them, and us, on their toes.

Masterfully, Ryan weaves all these disparate elements into a brilliantly-hued tapestry, a satisfying tableau with everything in exactly the right place at the end, even the open-ended question—will-they-or-won’t-they?

Nicely done.

(My qualifier, again, is that here on Goodreads, five stars means "it was amazing," which to me means it must somehow surprise me and truly stand out from the crowd through plotting, character, or use of language. A four-star book, which means "really liked it," may well earn five stars from me on other sites such as Amazon.)(less)

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Sep 23, 2012 Victoria Allman rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Other Woman is a plot-twister of a novel set in Boston involving a strong and sexy cop, Jake Brogan, and a smart and savvy newspaper reporter, Jane Ryland, as they struggle to find a serial killer and follow a political campaign while trying to ignore their draw to one another. When the murder investigation and campaign seem to overlap, Jake and Jane are thrown into each others worlds and have to face what their growing attraction could mean to both of their careers.

Steven King once said, "G...more

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Sep 09, 2012 Virginia Campbell rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, mystery, romance, suspense, thriller

Author Hank Phillippi Ryan is a Renaissance Woman of the 21st Century. In addition to being an award-winning fiction writer, she is a multiple Emmy winner for her three decades of work as a television journalist, and she has won numerous prestigious Edward R. Murrow awarads for her hard-hitting revelations as an investigative reporter. Hank is also a teacher, a popular and accomplished public speaker, and the owner and operator of a sharp wit and keenly observant mind. She is also generous to a...more Author Hank Phillippi Ryan is a Renaissance Woman of the 21st Century. In addition to being an award-winning fiction writer, she is a multiple Emmy winner for her three decades of work as a television journalist, and she has won numerous prestigious Edward R. Murrow awarads for her hard-hitting revelations as an investigative reporter. Hank is also a teacher, a popular and accomplished public speaker, and the owner and operator of a sharp wit and keenly observant mind. She is also generous to a fault in her ceaseless encouragement of fellow authors and others in the scope of her vision. I say all of this in preface to my review of her latest release, "The Other Woman", because everything that Hank takes in comes back out in her work. Her readers are the lucky recipients of all of the thought processes, observances, and life experiences of this remarkable woman. Hank once again rocks the suspense/thriller genre with "The Other Woman", a timely thriller that turns over rocks and lets loose all sorts of slimy, slithery political creepers and crawlers. Jane Ryland was building a solid career in television journalism until protecting her source left her vulnerable to a high-powered media barrage, thus ending her favored status. With a recommendation from her almost "more than a friend", police detective Jake Brogan, she is hired as an investigative reporter for one of the very Boston newspapers which had featured her prominently in their headlines. As Jane begins working on finding the secret mistress of a Senatorial candidate shortly before an upcoming election, Jake is investigating a serial murderer dubbed "the bridge killer" because each of the bodies was left by a bridge. As common elements emerge, Jane and Jake realize they are working on the same story, and then things really get complicated, not to mention deadly. Be forewarned: Once you start reading "The Other Woman", you won't want to put it down, and you'll have to read it right through to the end. Next, you'll have to check out the rest of Hank Phillippi Ryan's booklist, and I predict your reading table will soon be stacked with terrific suspense thrillers from this talented author. Highly recommended.

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Sep 04, 2012 Sandi rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: mystery/suspense fans

Shelves: mystery-suspense

I won this book in a drawing, so I got to read it just before it was released. It arrived on Saturday afternoon, and I finished it Monday morning. This is definitely a keeper! The story is complicated (it's told from five different points of view) but I never struggled with keeping everything straight. In fact, it didn't even register that there were so many storytellers until after I finished the book. I don't like mysteries that are too obvious, where you guess the bad guy before the book is h...more

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Aug 29, 2012 Amy Lignor rated it 4 of 5 stars

Reporter, Jane Ryland, knows that she’s right about her story, but when she refuses to reveal a source she’s ‘cut loose’ by the T.V. station and finds herself all alone. But being extremely tough, Jane refuses to give up and takes a job with a newspaper writing little, boring stories that pay the rent but don’t really measure up to her intelligence.

Son hired by The Boston Register only because the city editor wants her to identify the source she wouldn’t identify in court, Jane has to once again...more

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Aug 20, 2012 Cheryl rated it 4 of 5 stars

Jane Ryland was a top reporter. That is until she would not reveal one of her sources, which caused her news station to be sued for a million dollars. Now Jane finds herself starting at the bottom of the food chain. Although, Jane is not satisfied by writing fluff stories. Jane decides to do some investigation into the rumor about Senator Lassiter and his secret mistress.

Meanwhile, Detective Jake Brogan has two bodies. Both women who have been found near bridges. He does not want to admit there...more

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Aug 23, 2012 Denise rated it 4 of 5 stars

4.0 out of 5 stars..."You can choose your sin...but you cannot choose your consequences."

Jane Ryland was a television newscaster and reporter until she refused to reveal a source and was subsequently sued and fired. Now working as a reporter for a Boston newspaper, Jane is drawn into the investigation of a candidate in the Senate race - the former Massachusetts governor, Owen Lassiter. It seems that his wife, Moira, is convinced that he is having an affair with a campaign volunteer. Who is "the...more

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Aug 08, 2012 bookczuk rated it 3 of 5 stars

Recommended to bookczuk by: Tor books

Shelves: advanced-reader-copy, not-a-cozy-mystery-more-a-thriller, read-for-review, taught-me-something

This was my first time reading anything by Hank Phillippi Ryan (a name which greatly intrigues me, by the way) and was interested to see how the author's background in politics, media, and reporting entered into a novel that promised to be about all of the above. The copy I read was an Advanced Reader copy of the book from Tor (thank you very much, by the way.)

It took me a little while to get into the rhythm of the book and sort the characters all out. Once I found the rhythm of the story, I cou...more This was my first time reading anything by Hank Phillippi Ryan (a name which greatly intrigues me, by the way) and was interested to see how the author's background in politics, media, and reporting entered into a novel that promised to be about all of the above. The copy I read was an Advanced Reader copy of the book from Tor (thank you very much, by the way.)

It took me a little while to get into the rhythm of the book and sort the characters all out. Once I found the rhythm of the story, I could begin to appreciate the conflicts and drive that fills the main character Jane. She'd been a rising star reporter for a Boston TV station, until her unwillingness to reveal a source lost a huge court case, and cost the station a passel of money and Jane her job. (Darn that integrity. It can turn around and kick you in the arse. But at least you've kept your integrity.)

Jane ends up working at a city tabloid, where instead of chasing the big story of the day (is there a serial killer loose in Boston, slaying women and leaving them near bridges), she's sent off to do a fluff piece on the wife of one of the candidates running for office. Except Jane may have stumbled on a bigger story -- does this same candidate have another woman in the background?

To complicate matters, for both Jane's emotional heart, and a few other things, the cop working on the "there is no bridge killer say the police" case is Jake, Jane's forbidden heartthrob. Forbidden, because even though they both lust after each other and know it, to be involved could and would compromise their jobs. (Darn that integrity again!)

There are more twists, people who aren't what they seem, and several very attractive blonde young women who seem to be making a play for the candidate (who coincidentally is the ex-Governor.)

I followed those twists and turns, anticipated a few, got annoyed that one of the main characters seemed to be mobile phones ringing and texts pinging -- what did we do in the age before all this electronic communication?) I wasn't entirely sure how I felt about the romantic aspects of the story -- those rang less true to me than other parts. I wasn't quite sure if I should be rooting for Jake (aka Jakey when she's mooning about him) or Alex (her new boss that her friend calls "Sexy Alex") or someone entirely else.

All in all, I did learn a some interesting things about media and politics, as well as a bit more about dysfunctional relationships, unstable, unscrupulous people, and some of the more seedy aspects of our society. I'm glad I read this book, and will look for more by this author with a name that fascinates me. She's apparently got an award-winning series under her pen already, which I will have to explore. I expect this book is the first in a new series featuring Jane and friends.(less)

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May 08, 2013 Andreasoldier rated it 2 of 5 stars

Possible serial killer. Big election, where married candidate may be cheating. TV reporter Jane reduced by court decision to writing for a lowly newspaper. Said reporter torn between two men: a hot cop, jake, who gives her tips, and her new boss Alex who may be married.
A good ingredients for a great book, but for some reason this didn't gel for me. It's good, Phillippi Ryan knows journalism, knows what reporters do for a story (even this seems old time in this time of shrinking newsrooms and th...more

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Oct 14, 2012 Nikki rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: audiobooks, books-set-in-massachusetts, fiction, mysteries

Hank Philippi Ryan is a television investigative reporter in Boston and knows the journalism and political worlds there very well. In The Other Woman she has used her knowledge and a fertile imagination to keep the reader guessing almost to the last page. Set during a Massachusetts Senatorial campaign, The Other Woman follows reporter Jane Ryland – once a television star, now disgraced as a result of protecting her source through a libel suit – as, grateful for a chance at a newspaper job, she f...more

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Mar 02, 2013 Victoria rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This was a very enjoyable read with many twists and turns. Jane Ryland is a TV reporter with Channel 11. The problem is Jane was asked to reveal a source to maintain her integrity, and she refused to do so, resulting in the station being sued to the tune of $1 million dollars so Jane is let go. Picture the powerful but corrupt bigwig, Arthur Vick, who gets off scot free. A friend with the Police Dept, Jake Brogan, refers her to the Register to become a newspaper reporter. The head of the paper,...more This was a very enjoyable read with many twists and turns. Jane Ryland is a TV reporter with Channel 11. The problem is Jane was asked to reveal a source to maintain her integrity, and she refused to do so, resulting in the station being sued to the tune of $1 million dollars so Jane is let go. Picture the powerful but corrupt bigwig, Arthur Vick, who gets off scot free. A friend with the Police Dept, Jake Brogan, refers her to the Register to become a newspaper reporter. The head of the paper, Alex, knows Jane and gives her a chance. Her first story is to interview Moira Lassiter, the wife of senatorial candidate, Owen Lassiter to find out why she has stopped accompanying her husband on tours. Jane is dismayed as this seems like a pretty tame story. But as Jane looks over some press photos she notices a woman in a red coat in all the campaign rally photos. When she finally gets Moira by phone, apparently Moira, too, thinks her husband is having an affair and she wants Jane to find out who the other woman is. The book goes back and forth with different scenes so you then meet Kenna Wilkes, who appears to be a random meet and greet with the Governor and joins his campaign as a volunteer. I'll admit to getting a little confused as it appears there are two women going by the name of Kenna Wilkes. One, the woman in the red coat, takes pictures and shows up at rallies and Jane is convinced she is the other woman. You also have a potential serial killer in operation, The Bridge Killer, of which Jake is not convinced but then Jane's original un-revealed source is found dead as well as Kenna Wilkes. It takes awhile for Jane to actually make it to a rally but with the help of Trevor and Rory, both with the Governor's campaign, Jane is one step behind. With Jake's help, its revealed that one Kenna Wilkes is actually a woman named Holly Neff. She is the ex-girlfriend of Matthew and it was her elaborate plan to disgrace the governor to get back at him for turning his back on Matthew....who is his son. As Jane continues to dig, she finds out the other Kenna Wilkes is Matthew's sister, Sarah. In a final confrontation, Kenna (Sarah) is threatening the Governor, telling him he needs to step down as the pictures Holly took surface and it does appear the Governor had a relationship with her. As the Governor tries to reason with her and explain that his marriage to Sarah and Matthew's mother, Katherine, was ending before he left and he tried to maintain a relationship with them but Katherine refused but they could be a family now, Matthew is overjoyed at the thought of his dream coming true. But Sarah is enraged saying its the Governor's fault their mother killed herself. When she takes out a gun to shoot him, Matthew intervenes and is shot instead. In the next scene, as Jane and Jake are coming up the stairs to the office, another gunshot rings out and they burst in to find the Governor kneeling over Sarah, covered in blood, saying it was an accident when he tried to take the gun from her. I have my doubts. And apparently, all of this was planned by folks in the Governor's own camp on the part of his competition, Eleanor Gable. I guess the interesting lesson learned is when Jane next meets with Moira, she discovers that apparently Moira was the other woman in the Governor's life when he was with Katherine and she says you can choose your sin but you can't choose the consequences. I'm wondering if there will be other books as Channel 11 decide to offer Jane her job back with its discovered that her source was killed by the wife of Arthur Vick and he unwittingly reveals his relationship with the deceased girl bringing out he perjured himself before. But Jane, well she turns down the job offer and decides she is home right where she is at, chasing the next story which as it turns out is the death of one of those campaign aides in on the deal. I'll read it if there's another one, I know!(less)

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Oct 25, 2012 M.E. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Summary: I haven't read a thriller this gripping in a long time.

Long: I reserve five-star reviews for books that I find almost perfect & can give an unreserved recommendation. THE OTHET WOMAN starts out at a fairly brisk pace. Dead body. Possible serial killer. Disgraced reporter. It's a good hook. Ryan moves the story right along using several POVs, no mean feat. You get a good picture of Jane & Jake. There are some people who are clearly not who they appear to be. Then somewhere aroun...more

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May 12, 2013 Megan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: american-stories, crime-dramas, justfinished, mystery-thrillers, malice-authors

When I heard Hank Phillippi Ryan describe how she came up with the idea for this book at the 2013 Malice Domestic Conference (my dental visits may never be the same!), I was intrigued by the premise of "The Other Woman" and decided to pick up a copy (which she graciously signed :)) The story was fast-paced with many twists and turns that kept me turning the pages and reading "just one more chapter" until there were no more left. I enjoyed how the story was revealed bit by bit and told in alterna...more

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Sep 14, 2012 judy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-thriller

It had to happen sometime--I'd hate an author most people love. I've waited forever to get my hands on a Hank book. Other authors mention her in their books. The comments on the back include many of my favorite writers. Sadly,I closed it maybe 1/5 from the end. The book was completely unbelievable to me. (2 weeks to election and you're only just doing major interviews?) With all the attention Jane paid to attractive men in the very beginning, I was worried that we might head down a romance book...more

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Jul 13, 2012 Gloria Feit rated it 5 of 5 stars

There is more than one “Other Woman” in this new novel by Hank Phillippi Ryan [following her 2010 “Drive Time,” the fourth in the terrific Charlotte McNally series]. This time she introduces a new female journalist, Jane Ryland. For Jane, the other woman she is trying to track down is the one she suspects of being the paramour of Owen Lassiter, the political Golden Boy, charismatic former Governor and current candidate for Senate, in whose life there is, perhaps, more than one “other woman.” For...more There is more than one “Other Woman” in this new novel by Hank Phillippi Ryan [following her 2010 “Drive Time,” the fourth in the terrific Charlotte McNally series]. This time she introduces a new female journalist, Jane Ryland. For Jane, the other woman she is trying to track down is the one she suspects of being the paramour of Owen Lassiter, the political Golden Boy, charismatic former Governor and current candidate for Senate, in whose life there is, perhaps, more than one “other woman.” For Jane’s not-quite-significant other, Detective Jake Brogan, of the Boston PD, the “other woman” is the one whose dead body is discovered [on page one], the second in a week found in the river, under one of Boston’s bridges, with nothing to identify her: no ID, not even a pair of shoes, for the police to work with. The tabloids have of course dubbed the women as victims of The Bridge Killer, though the police vehemently deny that a serial killer is in their midst. And there will be more “other women” before this tale is through.

Jane’s personal backstory plays an important part in the plot: an award-winning investigative tv reporter, when she refuses to give up her source on a scandalous piece she did about a married businessman magnate who patronized a prostitute, she and the tv station for which she covered the story are found guilty in the ensuing defamation lawsuit, a million-dollar verdict the result. She is, of course, promptly fired, although she soon manages to get a job as a reporter on a Boston paper. On the romantic front, she and Jake find that their respective professional obligations make any relationship difficult, at best.

Other bodies turn up, and the ‘serial killer’ theory harder to deny. The political story as well is a tough one for Jane to uncover. There are a couple of females who could be described as potential stalkers, their motives unclear. But who was the real threat? And who the killer? The author sleekly weaves together several threads, with corresponding and changing pov, each time leaving the reader with mini-cliffhangers, and building the suspense to the point that this reader was racing through the pages in the final third of the book.

Ms. Ryan’s bona fides in writing about a media reporter turned print journalist, involved in a political fray, are hard-won: She is a multiple-Emmy-Award-winning reporter on Boston’s NBC affiliate and former US Senate staffer and political campaign aide, and her credentials are evident on every page. I found this a terrific summer read, and it is highly recommended.
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Nov 06, 2012 Judy Alter rated it 5 of 5 stars

An absorbing novel of politics, elections, serial killers, and other women...with more than a hint of romance that must be denied. A TV reporter herself who has covered campaigns and probably killers, Hank Phillippi Ryan creates an authentic world of journalism and a tough journalist in disgrace. Jane Ryland fights to regain her reputation and credibility and to solve the bridge murders even while she resists that charm of Jake Brogan. His career, as a law officer, would conflict with her impart...more

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Aug 28, 2012 Lisa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: crime-dramas, first-reads, received

I received this book today. Will post a review as soon as I get it read.

I just finished this book and it was a fantastic, thrill filled read. The author did a wonderful job of character development. As I read this book, I could see what each character looked like and was thinking in my mind's eye. Just when I thought I had the whole book figured out, Ryan's would add a twist to the plot line. Filled with intrigue and excitement, this book was one that I could not put down! Definitely not your av...more

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Sep 12, 2012 John rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, hank-phillippi-ryan

Let's get this straight right off the top: this is one terrific novel! This story introduces us to down-on-her-luck, ex-TV star reporter Jane Ryland, as she hopes to resurrect her media career as a newspaper reporter. Her seemingly impossible opening assignment is to find and interview the wife of Senate candidate Governor Owen Lassiter, who has mysteriously dropped out of sight. From this simple(?)assignment Jane falls into a world of high profile murders, mysterious campaign staffers, layer up...more

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Mar 24, 2013 Sheila rated it 4 of 5 stars

Jane Ryland was a successful TV reporter whose world and career came crashing to an abrupt end when she refused to divulge the name of her source in an investigation. Now she has found a job as a newspaper reporter but is not satisfied with a 'fluff' assignment. She believes there is a more important story relating to an upcoming senator election. Jake Brogan is a police detective trying to solve the mystery of the murders of two young women. Jake and Jane soon realize their two cases are relate...more

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