Janet Dawson
8 SeriesJanet Dawson is an American author known for creating the Jeri Howard series, which follows a private investigator in Oakland. Her first book in the series, "Kindred Crimes," won the St. Martin’s Press/Private Eye Writers of America contest for the best first private eye novel.
In "The Devil Close Behind" by Janet Dawson, Jeri's vacation in New Orleans turns into a perilous search when her friend's sister, Laurette, and her musician boyfriend, Slade, go missing. Slade's lifestyle is suspected to be the cause of their disappearance. Jeri's investigation takes her from the French Quarter to the everyday neighborhoods of New Orleans and eventually back to California. As the case escalates, Jeri faces deadly dangers in her quest to find the missing couple.
