Delayed Justice by Cara Putman

Don't wait any longer to read Delayed Justice, a contemporary suspense novel by Cara Putman that shows it is never too late to let your voice be heard.  Jamie Nichols has seen experienced things as a child that no one should ever go through in their life.  She didn't have a voice back then, but as an adult she does and she plans on using that voice so that no one will ever have to endure what she has in the past.  Chandler Bolton is a retired veteran, brought into Jamie's life as they are trying to help a young child who is going through the same events Jamie once did.  Together, will they be able to protect this young victim?  Will Jamie finally let her walls come down so she could love again?  Will her voice be enough to put the person who damaged her responsible for his actions?  Find out in this third installment of the Hidden Justice series.

The book opens up with us reading what was happening to Jamie as a child, leaving us with a knowledge of what it is she will be fighting for throughout the book.  Not much to be hidden here, but I just kept wanting to get to the part where I would see if Jamie got the peace and justice she needed or not.  I loved how Putman doesn't make this known until well into the book, always keeping you wanting more.  The most suspenseful part of the book was when Chandler kept getting calls from a mysterious man who said he was in the army.  He never gave anything away to Chandler as to who he was, but I couldn't wait to find out.  You never knew what he had against Chandler, but it was bad and Putman kept you yearning to learn more about this part of the story.

My favorite characters were Jamie and Chandler.  They were complete opposites but once together, they were really connected.  And as an animal lover, I loved Aslan, the dog.  Immediately, I knew he must've been named after the characters from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe and sure enough, that's how Chandler explains where his name came from.  

The only part of the book I didn't enjoy was when Putman went inside Dan's mind.  They felt like they came out of nowhere at the end of certain chapters.  I would've rather seen them in more detail and in their own chapters set aside.

Putman gives the message that even when you think you aren't strong, the power you need is inside you all along.  All you have to do is pray and God will guide you in the right direction.  With Putman's writing, I really felt like I was inside Jaime's head, especially when she was faced with all the horror of bringing up her past.  You really felt for her and wanted her to get what she deserved in the end, freedom from her past.

I would recommend this book for anyone who is into suspense novels.  Also, with all that's going on in the world today, especially with the #MeToo movement, this is a great book for all women to read so we can know that we aren't alone.

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