Cherry Bomb

by J.A. Konrath

In the latest installment of the Lt. Jack Daniels mysteries, the book starts with a funeral, tying in with the ending of "Fuzzy Navel". At the funeral, Jack's cell phone rings, bringing her right back into the world of Alex Kork and her psychotic games.

Jack's grief at her loss (no, I won't tell you who!) turns to anger as she dives into finding Alex again. Officially banned from the case for being too closely involved - really?! - everyone knows Jack won't be able to stay away. The FBI agents from previous books return and there is a new character, Slappy. Slappy gives the reader some much needed humor during what is otherwise a dark book.

I enjoyed this book as much as the others in this series. I hope there will be more to follow and I suspect there will be, since there are so many more crazy murderers out there for Jack to stop.