A Credible Threat The Jeri Howard Series Book 6 edition by Janet Dawson Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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WHEN HARASSMENT ESCALATES…SOMEBODY COULD GET KILLED!
“…a chilling plot.” --The Bookwatch, Midwest Review of Books“In Dawson’s capable hands, the characters are believable and the story moves forward in a lively fashion.” --Roberta Alexander, Contra Costa Times
Oakland PI Jeri Howard is now taking house calls. At least when her ex-husband's daughter, Vicki Vernon, is on the other end of the line. Vicki, who is an undergrad at prestigious UC Berkeley, fears the worst when her shared house receives multiple threats from an unknown antagonizer.
First, it's hostile phone calls. Then vandalism and stalking. And everything becomes real when Jeri picks up the house phone and hears the stalker's chilling voice herself.
As if that weren't enough, a nasty flyer circulates around the law school filled with bigoted epithets against students of color and women -- and it's uncannily similar to the anonymous caller's hateful words. But with so many possible targets in one household, Jeri's just not sure which of the housemates is the target.
After all, Rachel volunteers at an abortion clinic. Ben is an African-American student on scholarship. Marisol spends her time helping victims of domestic abuse. And Vicki and Emily have been harassed on campus by a sexist chemistry student.
But when someone throws a pipe bomb through the students' window, the case all but explodes. .
Hard-boiled detective fans who devourvintage PIs like those invented by Sue Grafton, Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky, and Linda Barnes will will flip for this absorbing private investigator story—and indeed Dawson’s whole series; so will those who enjoy the more contemporary Laura Lippman, Alison Gaylin, and T.R. Ragan
“California PI Jeri Howard takes a deliciously suspicion-saturated interest in everyone around in her latest adventure.” --Publishers Weekly
A Credible Threat The Jeri Howard Series Book 6 edition by Janet Dawson Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
A young man named Ted Macauley is stalking two undergraduate women at UC Berkeley. Someone, presumably the same man, has been calling the Elmwood District house they share with several other students and hanging up without speaking. And now the residents have returned to find all the flowers in the front yard of the house trashed and their lemon tree decapitated. One of the two women, Vicki Vernon, calls in Jeri Howard to look into the matter. Jeri is an Oakland private investigator who had been married to her father, an Oakland cop. Vicki has carefully avoided calling her dad, knowing he would go on a rampage against her stalker. Thus begins Janet Dawson’s A Credible Threat, the sixth novel in her Jeri Howard series.Shortly after Jeri meets the residents of the house, the threat escalates. Stalking eventually turns to murder, involving both Jeri and her ex-husband in a dangerous investigation that harkens back to a murder case early in Jeri’s career as a P.I. The inquiry requires her to take several quick trips from Berkeley to Boulder and to Mendocino, as the case broadens.
A Credible Threat was published in 1996 and reflects the passage of the nation’s first anti-stalking law in California in 1990. The title refers to the central definition in that law: “a credible threat to place [a person] in reasonable fear for his or her safety, or the safety of his or her immediate family . . .”
Dawson writes serviceable prose and has mastered the art of plotting that brings suspense into the open. My only complaint is that she digresses into over-lengthy descriptions of the scenery on Jeri’s trips away from Berkeley.
About the author
Janet Dawson has written 12 novels in the Jeri Howard series and two in a newer one, an historical mystery series with a woman protagonist, as well as a standalone suspense novel. She was a U.S. Navy officer, a journalist, and an employee in legal affairs at UC Berkeley.
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A Credible Threat The Jeri Howard Series Book 6 edition by Janet Dawson Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
I definitely enjoyed this story and the author's style than previous books in the series. She is good at making the characters very human. I also like the social conscience of Jeri Howard without being too preachy.
This is another good story in this series. Someone is stalking college students who live together in a house with a single mother with a young son. One of the students is the daughter of Jeri's ex-husband. She calls Jeri to come and investigate. She won't call her father, because she knows he will go ballistic (and he does). Which one of the students is actually being stalked? As Jeri begins to investigate, she learns that the students are not being entirely truthful with her, which makes it harder to decide who is actually the target. It has a surprise ending. I have enjoyed this series and would recommend it if you like strong female characters and if you like a good mystery. On to the next book in the series.
I recently discovered Janet's books and enjoy the suspense and adventures of her PI sleuth! I recommend these books, very entertaining.
I love this author! Every book has an underlying theme in addition to the main plot. The author does a lot of research on current issues, and I always walk away feeling educated as well as entertained.
This mystery set on the University of California campus keeps the reader guessing at every turn. Dawson is a super mystery writer!
I love her down-to-earth style, and she always has a good story with recurring characters. However, she does tend to rely on coincidences a little too much. Still a very enjoyable read. I've read every one of the Jeri Howard books.
Dawson's novels are true to the time and feel real with a credible heroine whom I, for one, would like to meet. The novels are neither noir nor cozy but are set in places we know and deal with problems we've either experienced or aware of. Pick up any of Dawson's books and you'll be glad you did. The first won many awards and those following have not received the praise they deserve.
A young man named Ted Macauley is stalking two undergraduate women at UC Berkeley. Someone, presumably the same man, has been calling the Elmwood District house they share with several other students and hanging up without speaking. And now the residents have returned to find all the flowers in the front yard of the house trashed and their lemon tree decapitated. One of the two women, Vicki Vernon, calls in Jeri Howard to look into the matter. Jeri is an Oakland private investigator who had been married to her father, an Oakland cop. Vicki has carefully avoided calling her dad, knowing he would go on a rampage against her stalker. Thus begins Janet Dawson’s A Credible Threat, the sixth novel in her Jeri Howard series.
Shortly after Jeri meets the residents of the house, the threat escalates. Stalking eventually turns to murder, involving both Jeri and her ex-husband in a dangerous investigation that harkens back to a murder case early in Jeri’s career as a P.I. The inquiry requires her to take several quick trips from Berkeley to Boulder and to Mendocino, as the case broadens.
A Credible Threat was published in 1996 and reflects the passage of the nation’s first anti-stalking law in California in 1990. The title refers to the central definition in that law “a credible threat to place [a person] in reasonable fear for his or her safety, or the safety of his or her immediate family . . .”
Dawson writes serviceable prose and has mastered the art of plotting that brings suspense into the open. My only complaint is that she digresses into over-lengthy descriptions of the scenery on Jeri’s trips away from Berkeley.
About the author
Janet Dawson has written 12 novels in the Jeri Howard series and two in a newer one, an historical mystery series with a woman protagonist, as well as a standalone suspense novel. She was a U.S. Navy officer, a journalist, and an employee in legal affairs at UC Berkeley.
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