Red by Jordan Summers
Gina Santiago, nicknamed Red because of the amount of blood spilled when she’s around, is a member of the International Police Tactical Team, a team created to protect the various republics that exist in the former United States. It is the only entity that has rights in each republic to investigate murder–which is almost obsolete–or to take care of outsiders, the people who refuse to commit themselves to a specific republic.
During a routine mission to investigate a group of outsiders who jumped the border into the Republic of Arizona, a body is found brutalized. The authorities claim it was an animal attack, but Red has other ideas. She travels to a border town to investigate, a town where everyone knows what Red is but Red herself.
The relationship between Red and Morgan Hunter, the sheriff of the border town she is investigating, is volatile and heartwarming and above all, real. They fight when they should, are intimate when they should be, and understand each other–something that’s often lacking in paranormal books.
Red
Based very loosely on Little Red Riding Hood, this is an extremely original novel that leaves you breathless and craving more.
Book Stats:
- Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Tor Paranormal Romance (November 4, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0765359146
- ISBN-13: 978-0765359148
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Books in the Dead World series in the order they should be read:
Red
Scarlet
Crimson
First person and third person, confusing? It does sound good, and I think I agree with you. Released just too early, I think it would do well now. I might have to find it!
I thought it would be confusing, too, but it was well done! There’s something about seeing things from the villain’s perspective that added a nice, creepy tone to the novel.
Sounds like I’m in luck. I came across this whole series a couple of years ago and snatched it up. Unfortunately, it resides on the shelf of “lost books” gathering dust. However, I’m going to the beach next week and have been busily piling a suitcase full of series books, who needs clothes anyway, and this sounds like a nice addition. Let you know in two weeks what I think about it.
Third person and first person. First person being the killer… It would be easier to know which is which when you read. Maybe I am one of the few that wouldn’t get too confused
Lots of the bad guy liking blood off his muzzle. ; )
I haven’t read it, but it does look interesting. Might need to add it to my reading list.
Very nice review, in which you give a very clear description of what the book is about and why you liked it.