Deadly Laws

Bryson Coventry Mystery #4

by Jim Michael Hansen

Third-year law student Kayla Beck receives a chilling telephone call. A stranger has chosen her to be the rescuer of a woman he has abducted. Kayla can either attempt to rescue the woman and possibly save her life or she can ignore the call and never be bothered again. If she disregards the call, however, no one else will get a similar opportunity. The woman will die. What happens next catapults both Kayla and Denver homicide detective Bryson Coventry into a deadly world where the FBI has been hunting unsuccessfully for years; a world of unknown boundaries and dangers; a world where, in the end, the only hope of getting out is to go all the way in.

423 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2007

About the author

Hansen is a graduate of Cleveland State University, where he earned a B.A. (Mathematics) in 1971 and a M.S. (Mathematics) in 1973. Following graduation, Hansen taught mathematics to junior high school students for ten years in the Cleveland Municipal School District.

In 1980, Hansen obtained a Juris Doctorate from the Cleveland Marshall College of Law.

Hansen became an author in 2006 with the release of his debut thriller, Night Laws.

Series:
* Bryson Coventry Mystery
* Trane Ravenwood

Reviews

[Marty M.]

Good who done it. Hard to tell the good guys from the bad in Hansen's books. This is the second in this series that I have read.

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Since no one else has really reviewed this book, I suppose I will. Some of the prior reviews docked stars for being creepy and overly sexual. That is 100% true. If creepiness and sex bother you, this book is not for you.

In many of Jim Michael Hansen's books, the antagonists are creepy as hell. For me, at least, that's the draw of them- the creepier the killer, the more psychologically fascinating, at least for me. The book was also very well written, balancing several intricate plotlines well enough that I was equally absorbed in all of them. The end tied everything together well.

I read the book in 3 days. Couldn't put it down.

In conclusion, if fictional serial killers freak you out, this probably isn't for you. If fictional serial killers fascinate you, you will love this book.

Jim Michael Hansen, I wouldn't want to live in your head, but thank you for using whatever is going on up there to contribute to my entertainment.

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a great mystery book, but was much more sexual than other detective stories I've read.

[Wendy · Rating 1 out of 5]

creepy