Ultraviolet is original, unique, and funny! I loved the character of Jane Kelly - she is a hoot! Not
only was this book a good mystery that kept me guessing to the end, I also caught myself laughing out loud
numerous times while reading it.
Nancy Bush is a great writer and really knows how to write fun and interesting characters. I loved Jane's
quirky personality, her wit and her wisdom. I look forward to reading more of Nancy Bush's work.
Jane Kelly works for Dwayne Durbin Investigations as a PI (actually Jane is Dwayne's only employee and is
not yet a certified PI).
Their current investigation is digging into the death of Roland Hatchmere, a former plastic surgeon. Roland
was the third and most beloved ex-husband of their client, Violet Purcell, who desperately seeks to clear her
name of Roland's murder. Violet is the sole suspect in Roland's death yet maintains her innocence. Roland and
Violet were seeing each other again, and Roland was separated from his current wife, Melinda. On the morning of
his daughter's wedding day, Roland and Violet fought, and Violet hit him over the head with a serving tray she had
bought as a wedding gift for his daughter, Gigi. When Violet left Roland, he was alive and well. However, a few
hours later, he was found dead, and Violet's fingerprints were the only prints on the murder weapon - the silver
serving tray.
Authorities believe that a group of wedding bandits may have been responsible for Roland's death through a
botched heist, but why had the wedding bandits diverged from their regular MO? They always committed their
robberies during the wedding ceremony, so why did they show up two hours before the wedding for this heist?
Were they even involved in Roland's death?
As Jane spends time interviewing Roland's family, she discovers that Violet's first husband, Bart Treadway,
had also died under mysterious circumstances, and Bart's family believes Violet murdered him. Seems she was the
last person to see him alive, too.
Dwayne is laid up with a broken leg and has taken to watching his neighbors through his binoculars. When he
notices a teen in trouble, he talks Jane into checking out the situation at the teen's hangout in an abandoned
building called the "do not enter". Eighteen-year-old Keegan Lendenhal and his disciples are definite trouble.
At first Jane thinks they are dealing drugs but she soon finds out they are committing even more sinister acts
of crime than that.
After numerous unanswered phone calls and unreturned voice messages, Jane discovers who killed Roland
Hatchmere.