A woman in a mans world. Review of The Dirty Dozen.

Great Read. Suspenseful. What is really great about it is the character of Jane Tennison. She is smart and strong and can hold her own in a room full of misogynistic men. The novel takes place in London in the 80s. Jane Tennison is assigned to an all-male police force called the "Flying Squad." (Sweeney). Also dubbed "The dirty dozen." All in all the boys in the club make it plain to Jane she is not welcomed. A robbery takes place on her first day. The Murphy AKA the Colonel assigns her to talk to witnesses who saw the crime. While the men gather evidence around the crime scene. Resentful of the assignment; Jane does what she is told only to find evidence the other officers' miss. She collects this samples of evidence and shows them to her partner Dabs agrees they are relevant to the case and tells the boss Murphy at the Flying squad meeting the next day. Murphy ignores the evidence until he is forced by Kingston to pay attention to Janes evidence. Murphy reluctantly agrees. There is so much detail in this book i began to start skimming a few pages until the book got back on its feet again. lol. The mystery was interesting and nail-biting with a satisfying ending. I felt as if i was experiencing the mystery in "Real-Time." Beginning slow and then picking up pace as it raced to the climax. I finished it this weekend. It reminded me of an episode of "Law and Order." London Edition. The characters i thought were all human and three dimensional, with flaws, heartaches, dreams and wants and were very relatable. Even the worse of them. lol. I am very familiar with this author as a writer for "Prime Suspect" which i watch on PBS. However, not as an author. I definitely plan to change in the near future. I love her writing on and off the screen. I received this complimentary copy ARC from bookishfirst.com and Simon and Schuster publishers in exchange for an honest review. Thank you.