{"id":5966,"date":"2020-10-12T12:06:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T18:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=5966"},"modified":"2020-10-12T12:06:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T18:06:42","slug":"raven-rain-a-johnny-delarosa-thriller-the-delarosa-series-book-3-by-david-stever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=5966","title":{"rendered":"Raven Rain: A Johnny Delarosa Thriller (The Delarosa Series Book 3) by David Stever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5967\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=5967\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/raven-rain.jpg?fit=316%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"316,475\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"raven-rain\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/raven-rain.jpg?fit=316%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/raven-rain.jpg?resize=198%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5967\" width=\"198\" height=\"298\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A stand-out\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stever\u2019s solid third Johnny Delarosa thriller finds the Port City private eye trying to unravel a sinister blackmail conspiracy. The former pro football star\u2014turned car dealer\u2014Stan Shelton assigns Johnny to look into a blackmail scheme. But when a woman is found murdered, it becomes extremely difficult for Johnny to keep his client\u2019s name out of the mess. Meanwhile, Monica Mattson, a police detective, is working a sex trafficking case that\u2019s focused on the very same escort service Shelton had been using. Johnny pairs up with Monica to get to the root of the case. Stever layers much emotion into the narrative as he deepens Johnny and Katie\u2019s characters. Johnny is a deeply flawed but empathetic protagonist, and readers will be on the edge of their seats as he is pressed into a long spiral of deceit and death while trying to find the truth. Determined to make something out of her budding PI career, Katie has enough depth to sustain a long-running series. The unexpected twist at the end will assure readers that the eluding Talia\u2019s chapter in Johnny\u2019s life is far from over. Stever masterfully blends various characters\u2019 backstories, setting, and investigative detail while his tight plotting and sophisticated twists fuel the rich storytelling. The crisp, biting dialogue and the protagonists\u2019 increasingly complex life make this an ever more compelling series. Anyone who loves a precisely crafted, sophisticated mystery should curl up leisurely with a cuppa to relish this impressive installment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note: This title is free on Kindle Unlimited.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Raven Rain: A Johnny Delarosa Thriller<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Delarosa Series Book 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By David Stever<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Raven-Rain-Johnny-Delarosa-Thriller-ebook\/dp\/B08CHGVC46\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ASIN B08CHGVC46<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price $4.04 (USD) Kindle edition, $14.99 Paperback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stand-out\u2026 Stever\u2019s solid third Johnny Delarosa thriller finds the Port City private eye trying to unravel a sinister blackmail conspiracy. The former pro football star\u2014turned car dealer\u2014Stan Shelton assigns Johnny to look into a blackmail scheme. But when a woman is found murdered, it becomes extremely difficult for Johnny to keep his client\u2019s name out of the mess. Meanwhile, Monica Mattson, a police detective, is working a sex trafficking case that\u2019s focused on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":5967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[38100332,24777292,7223,726,7215,40309533,3328,178,8053601,1136176,610903656,54306025,62857929,13078,1473,1008073,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-5966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-amreading","tag-amwriting","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-book-review","tag-book-review-website","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-indie-author","tag-indie-books","tag-indie-books-review","tag-indieauthor","tag-indiebooks","tag-mystery","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-1ye","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/raven-rain.jpg?fit=316%2C475&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5966"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5970,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions\/5970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}