Review of Jake Miller
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Review of Jake Miller
[Following is a volunteer review of "Jake Miller" by Billy Ray Williams.]
Jake Miller by Billy Ray Williams is a captivating novel set mainly in the streets of New Jersey and Philadelphia. It seamlessly weaves a story around the brutal murder of Mary Miller, wife of Detective Jake Miller of Cape May County, New Jersey. Jake, who is also an ex-Navy SEAL, and his fellow detectives in the squad, get together to solve the high-profile crime and end up getting entangled in a web of a drug-dealing mob who call themselves The Cobras.
Jake’s wife is killed in a bombing incident at their private residence which inevitably results in Jake having to temporarily stay with his partner Detective Sonny and his wife Eleanor. During the investigation, Jake ends up being framed for his wife’s murder, uncovers police corruption, suffers heartbreak after losing friends, has an affair, comes close to death several times, and eventually finds love again.
What I immensely enjoyed about the book is that it is filled with suspense having numerous plot twists which keep the reader captivated and questioning, “What next?” It has some fight scenes and police car chases that have been quite well described with good flow and are fairly easy to picture. Billy Ray Williams has also managed to insert humor very well to lighten various grave incidences.
In its entirety, the book has not been professionally edited. It has several errors, both grammatical and typos right from the first line of the first page. There is an unnecessary use of commas, ellipses, and capital letters in mid-sentence, which can be quite disconcerting when reading. There is also excessive use of dialogue with little attention given to the description of the environment and emotions that the characters are going through as they experience physical and emotional trauma. There is hardly any indication of a change of speaker during any conversation, therefore, making it quite confusing and difficult to keep up with the conversations at times.
In addition, I would like to point out that the character named Fatso has been portrayed as a humble, kind-hearted guy but the dialogue attributed to him contains some racist remarks which could be quite hurtful to people of different ethnicities. The entire conversation he has with his partner Detective Jamal King on pages 107 and 108, is filled with racial slurs and entirely unnecessary to the story. Therefore, I give Jake Miller a rating of three out of four stars.
This book would be perfect for adults who love crime and detective stories and don’t mind profane language.
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Jake Miller
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Jake Miller by Billy Ray Williams is a captivating novel set mainly in the streets of New Jersey and Philadelphia. It seamlessly weaves a story around the brutal murder of Mary Miller, wife of Detective Jake Miller of Cape May County, New Jersey. Jake, who is also an ex-Navy SEAL, and his fellow detectives in the squad, get together to solve the high-profile crime and end up getting entangled in a web of a drug-dealing mob who call themselves The Cobras.
Jake’s wife is killed in a bombing incident at their private residence which inevitably results in Jake having to temporarily stay with his partner Detective Sonny and his wife Eleanor. During the investigation, Jake ends up being framed for his wife’s murder, uncovers police corruption, suffers heartbreak after losing friends, has an affair, comes close to death several times, and eventually finds love again.
What I immensely enjoyed about the book is that it is filled with suspense having numerous plot twists which keep the reader captivated and questioning, “What next?” It has some fight scenes and police car chases that have been quite well described with good flow and are fairly easy to picture. Billy Ray Williams has also managed to insert humor very well to lighten various grave incidences.
In its entirety, the book has not been professionally edited. It has several errors, both grammatical and typos right from the first line of the first page. There is an unnecessary use of commas, ellipses, and capital letters in mid-sentence, which can be quite disconcerting when reading. There is also excessive use of dialogue with little attention given to the description of the environment and emotions that the characters are going through as they experience physical and emotional trauma. There is hardly any indication of a change of speaker during any conversation, therefore, making it quite confusing and difficult to keep up with the conversations at times.
In addition, I would like to point out that the character named Fatso has been portrayed as a humble, kind-hearted guy but the dialogue attributed to him contains some racist remarks which could be quite hurtful to people of different ethnicities. The entire conversation he has with his partner Detective Jamal King on pages 107 and 108, is filled with racial slurs and entirely unnecessary to the story. Therefore, I give Jake Miller a rating of three out of four stars.
This book would be perfect for adults who love crime and detective stories and don’t mind profane language.
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Jake Miller
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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