See Jane Run!

by Liz Brady

From the award-winning author of Sudden Blow and Bad Date comes another compelling mystery featuring Jane Yeats, a crime journalist with a passion for hard-boiled adventure, Harleys, and hops. Overnight, Jane is forced to confront the shocking nightmare that has haunted her for years - the chance murder of her lover, Pete. Only the certainty that William Shortt, a serial rapist and killer, had been imprisoned for life has kept her clinging to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1896764916
• ISBN13: 9781896764917
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Second Story Press
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Liz Brady really knows how to spin a great yarn.

Canadian writers are particularly good at mysteries...must be those Siberian winters they have to endure. Liz Brady ranks right at the top of mystery writers, having won the Crime Writers of Canada's annual Arthur Ellis award for her premier mystery, SUDDEN BLOW. Her second novel, BLIND DATE, carries on the Jane Yates saga to delighted audiences. Liz Brady is a feminist, Harley-riding Toronto resident who has been profiled on the mystery show "Mystery Ink" and who also attends motorcycle shows. Jane Yates loves her brand new Harley, named Maeve, hard drinking, and the memory of her perfect man, Peter Findley, who was found brutally murdered in a co-worker's apartment. Jane is jolted out of her six year destructive alcohol binge when her friend Sam Brewer, retired crime journalist, informs her that William Shortt was not responsible for one of the six murders connected to her boyfriend's case. That meant the probable murderer was still living a normal life in society, and that propels Jane into action. She dries up, works out, trades in her old bike for Maeve, and prepares to hunt down Pete's murderer with thoughts of retribution in mind: "I was three days into boot camp. Every morning I exercised so rigorously that my body made short work of the organic produce I packed into it. My kidneys were even more efficient at processing the water I was drinking in place of beer. My liver must have been doing cartwheels. Temperance made it easier to limit myself to ten cigarettes a day, twenty less than my habitual intake. Keep my body and mind busy was essential to staying with the program." SEE JANE RUN! is a delightful mix of diverse characters. There is Jane herself, who is a successful crime writer living off of royalties even as she dons the Harley attire to race after the destroyer of her life. Her mother, Etta, is the proprietress of a gritty bar, whose fierce love of her daughter manifests itself in Irish mythology. Jane's best friend is a large Canadian-Indian who lives large and is a successful lawyer. The action is non-stop; Jane's angst is as real as it comes; and the plot is superb. SEE JANE RUN! would be a welcome addition to any mystery lover's library. Liz Brady really knows how to spin a great yarn. Shelley Glodowski Senior Reviewer

Well written and entertaining story

True Crime writer Jane Yeats has suffered for years after her partner's death at the hands of a serial killer. But when the man convicted of those crimes is himself killed in prison--and DNA evidence absolves him of at least one of the murders he is supposed to have committed, Jane starts to wonder if the killer is still on the loose. If so, she intends to pay him back. With revenge as a motive, Jane cold-turkeys her drinking and cigarette habits, and steps into Toronto (Canada)'s seamy underworld. As she has written several books on corrupt cops, Jane is not surprised that the police officials refuse to admit they might have made a mistake. An ex-con, though, tells her a different story--the killer who falsely confessed was set up for a prison assassination--and the guards were involved. With occasional help from her cowboy-dressing bar-owning mother, plus-sized lesbian/Indian friend, and a fellow crime writer, Jane digs deeper into the mess that she had spent years refusing to think about--and equipping herself for the day she can kill whoever killed her lover. Author Liz Brady makes Jane a sympathetic character even as she pursues the goal of breaking the law by taking justice into her own hands. In her dealings with others, the reader can see the warmth that Jane would deny having--and her suffering certainly motivates her feelings of anger. It did seem to me that Jane was a bit slow to pick up on the actual killer--the reader will certainly guess who killed Peter long before Jane makes that leap. But the strong characterization, Jane's relationship with other, and the sense of place in Jane's Torronto more than make up for any reader frustrations with Jane's blind spot. Brady added a nice twist at the end, giving the reader an extra jolt of excitement in a well written and entertaining story.