Jeanette Cooper Novels

Violent Visions of Murder

Review on Amazon.com

A Captivating and Suspenseful Read, September 17, 2007 By  Geraldine Floyd -    Violent Visions of Murder is a riveting thriller with grizzly scenes of rape and murder, as seen through the visions of a psychic. If you like to read mystery and suspense this story that takes you into the mind of a killer will keep you spellbound. It also will warm your heart with romance that sustains unquestionable loyalty when things are darkest for one of the suspected murderers. Brianna Taylor is a beautiful young woman who has lived her life in near isolation to avoid psychic stimulus, which her brain soaks up like a sponge when she gets close to or touches someone with strong emotions. When she sets out to discover the mystery behind a suspected baby-switch, involving her dead baby brother, her investigation draws her into the lives of three brothers, all under suspicion of murder. After Brianna falls in love with the eldest brother, attempting to eliminate him as a suspect, she volunteers her psychic ability to help Investigator David Sherman find the killer. What she discovers will draw you into a captivating drama in a strange twisted tale of human depravity that nearly destroys three families' lives. The author gives you conflicts, drama, romance and suspense galore in Violent Visions of Murder. By the middle of the first chapter, I was hooked on the story and didn't want to put the book down.

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Review on Amazon.com

An Engaging Read, October 2, 2007 By  Masako Cornell "An avid reader"     Brianna, a beautiful young lady, has finally come to a place in life when she feels that she can devote her time to searching for her dead brother's twin. The account her mother gave her about the birth of the twins had given her clues to her brother's identity and she was determined to find him. Her "psychic" abilities, if used could drain her of energy, not to mention the possible negative emotional effects. She meets David in a police investigation and they become involved as "just friends". Though she does wonder about the possibility of his being her brother off and on. Then she meets Preston, Robert and Donald. Could any one of these men be her brother? The story is told masterfully, drawing one to continue reading until the mystery is solved. Great reading!

Review on Barnes and Noble

Violent Visions of Murder is a spellbinding story... By  Victor Pirie

Although I’m one of those readers who like to get right into the action of a story, Cooper’s style teases the reader with a lead-in to the plot through the main character. (She does inform us on her web site that her novels are character-driven) Then suddenly when Brianna, the main character, is about to surprise her friend, Investigator David Sherman, with a birthday cake, David’s cell phone rings with an announcement of double murder.

From that point on, Violent Visions of Murder kept me glued to the pages.

Brianna Taylor, born a psychic, sets out to solve a thirty-year mystery involving her brother’s dead twin, whose family believes he is not their blood child, but was switched by someone at birth. Her search for answers draws her into the lives of three brothers, Preston Marlowe, a prominent businessman, Robert who is retarded, and Donald, a drifter, all under suspicion of murder. When Brianna falls in love with Preston Marlowe, the eldest brother, wanting to prove his innocence she teams up with Investigator David Sherman and uses her psychic skills to ferret out the identity of the real killer.

     “Wouldn’t Preston give you a job?” asked Investigator David Sherman.
     “Dear old Preston was nearly as pissed off with me as my old man was. He works his ass off with that real estate business of his, and he has no patience with anyone who doesn’t dedicate effort to work as he does. He wrote me off long ago the first time I asked him for help,” replied Donald.
     “You mean the first time you asked for money! I would have written you off, too. You should have told him how things are with you.”
     “Yeah, I probably should. But it was pride.
     “What?”
     “Pride. My actions had to do with pride…my pride. Preston is the most successful businessman in the county, and I am just a bum off the streets. I couldn’t paint the story of my miserable existence for Preston’s razor-edged judgments. His opinion of me was bad enough, and I sure as hell didn’t want his pity.”
     “Why didn’t you just move in with Robert?” David asked, stepping around an old fallen log.
     Donald laughed. “That old boy would probably have shot me if I had tried to impose myself on him. Hate and anger were my social tools of communication when I was a kid. I used old Robert as my scapegoat. I tortured the old boy with taunts about being crazy, stupid, and dozens of other derogatory nicknames. I’ve repented since then, but I never expect Robert to forgive me—I damn well wouldn’t if he had put me through what I put him through.”