Review: A smart little cop story with a twist
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 9, 2012
In the always alive city of New Orleans, young black homosexual men are being brutally abused and murdered. Being black and homosexual himself, and having known the last victim, Detective Sam Garrett is taking it personally. To add insult to injury, the captain has paired him up with Detective Travis Bourderaux, who in his four weeks on the force pretty much has alienated just about everyone he's come in contact with. Take one by the book GQ cop, and add one laid back easy going cop, mix together and you get one dynamic duo. Sam and Trav will take on the case of their lives and find opposites just might attract after all.I love a good buddy/cop story, and Ms. Harner delivered just that. This short novella takes the reader into the steamy side of New Orleans, where there is a thin line between reality and fantasy, and everyone just wants to let the good times roll. Sam and Travis are good cops, dedicated to bringing the bad guys down and giving justice to the victims.This book is a pre-quel to Deep Blues Goodbye, which Ms. Harner co-wrote with T.A. Webb. Altered States is short, almost short story-short but still gives the reader a good story full of action, and a little bit of steamy cop on cop action. There is a little bit of a cliffhanger ending, which normally would upset me, but since I read this knowing it was a pre-quel and that I was going to read the next book, I was o.k. with it. I recommend anyone who likes a good murder mystery/erotic romance pick this up and spend a hour getting to know Sam and Travis, you won't be sorry.Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Dual Review Team