This book was given to me as a gift or I might not have made myself finish..it may have suffered by comparison because I’m currently reading the Edgar nominees. I’m also Catholic and the fact that the plot revolved around Catholicism while the author has seemingly never even lunched with one or even sat through a screening of a double feature of the trouble with angels and the exorcist irritated me. Chastity clubs are not really a Catholic thing, if you’re Catholic, you’re expected to be in the “club” and would be laughed at for trying to make a big deal of promising to do what is expected of everyone wedding classes, it’s called pre-canna and the larger issue would be getting married in the church while they are living together and her not being Catholic.They would be discussing whether the children would be raised Catholic, things like that. Then s/he says Catholics don’t do fundraising? Never seen bingo signs at churches?And a Catholic priest , ( and nobody would call a seminarian “Candidate ,”would know that they were sending the souls to hell because they hadn’t had a chance to repent their sins..
Put all that aside, and the dialogue is where the author needs practice. Conversation is very stilted. Basic plotting was not bad. ( )

Kate Murphy's latest case is wrapped around faith and the Church. This attention-grabbing thriller holds you throughout the book! Must read. started reading this book at noon today. I've raced through it, forgoing food, fluid, or movement, and ignoring a persistent cat.

That's how good this thriller is.


C.C. Jameson creates a world where teenagers make vows they don't keep, where the priest that listens to your confession may not be helping you, where almost everyone has a deep secret. The 'almost' is part of what makes this book so gripping. It is filled with well-written characters, gruesome details, interweaving stories. With this author's skill, the strands of the story are never tangled but the solution is difficult to guess.


Kate Murphy has been assigned her first lead on a murder case. She barely hangs on as the murders pile up, and as the trauma from her childhood creeps more and more often into her dreams. Her long-lost lover is getting exasperated, and his mother is pressuring him to marry her, while Kate barely has a moment to catch her breath. Her boss is also on her case, but is kind enough to allocate extra staff to the investigation, and continually sets limits on overtime, not because of the cost, but because he feels his team do their best work when rested. (The only unlikely thing in this book is his management approach, unfortunately.)


Being rested doesn't help the team as they chase the murderer, always one step behind. Despite taking the time to position his victims dressed sweetly and holding an open Bible, the murderer is so careful there are no clues. Will they manage to dig through the past to find the murderer? Who is lined up to be the next victim, and is the police team safe? Will Luke lose patience with his always-gone girlfriend?


The last several chapters should be read in one sitting. Allow time, You won't want to put this book down.


Highly recommended. I'm off to look up more books by this author.

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Dorothyanne Brown

An avid reader of all genres except romance (it makes me snicker). Published writer of humour and short fiction/non-fiction. Currently working on a fiction trilogy and a self-help book for people with MS or other brain conditions.

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The Last Amen

Written by C.C. Jameson

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C.C. Jameson

C.C. Jameson is an ex-military officer now wanderlust-driven author. The author currently lives somewhere along the coast of Mexico, where blue skies meet turquoise waters, and cold beers and lime margaritas reign as the best thirst quenchers. view profile

Published on March 27, 2019

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Contains explicit content ⚠️

Genre: Mystery & crime

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The Last Amen. C.C.Jameson. 2019. “A Contemporary female detective crime thriller.” This is another Kindle cheapie that was mildly suspenseful. Kate Murphy is a Boston police detective who is living with her boy friend and his Catholic mother when she is put on a case of a serial murderer who is killing young women and leaving them in a prayerful pose holding a Bible. Naturally Kate has her own problems stemming from the unsolved murder of her family when she was a child. Only so-so. Doubt I’ll read others in the series. ( )

OH WOW! I have never a novel so entertaining and captured me from the first chapter. I loved Kate Murphy as a young girl, but loved her more when she became a detective in Boston. Young Kate had returned home late, only to see her family all killed in a viscous way. Twenty years later, a serial killer is killing young blonde girls and Boston is afraid and the mayor wants action!!! ( )