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Try Darkness

James Scott Bell
Center Street (2008)
ISBN 9781599956855
Reviewed by Gina Holland for RebeccasReads (6/08)

Ty Buchanan was once a great lawyer who was engaged to a woman he truly loved with all his heart.  Jacqueline was his heart and soul, and then she was murdered. Ty was the prime suspect in her murder and proving his innocence in court was extremely hard. He was eventually found innocent and went on to live his life without Jacqueline, but his life as a lawyer changed drastically. No longer willing to practice for a large firm, Ty decides that he wants to use his services to help poor people who cannot afford the services of expensive lawyers. Ty’s life was about to take a most drastic turn.

Ty's new office is a seat at a local coffee shop called the Freudian Sip. He lives out of a trailer on the grounds of St. Monica's, a very nice community church. In this place, Ty feels peace for the first time in a long time. He has friends here: Father Bob and Sister Mary Verita. Father Bob occupies the trailer next to Ty's, so if Ty needs to talk, Father Bob is only a minute away. There’s nothing better than having a priest right next door when you need to talk.  Sister Mary is a confidant, a helper and beautiful nun.

One day, Ty receives a visitor who claims to need his help. Her name is Reatta and has a beautiful daughter named Kylie. She seeks Ty's help for she is living in a place where they will not allow you to stay week after week. She has the money to pay them but they will not accept it. It's basically a place where homeless people and ex cops and ex veterans stay when they have nothing left or no place else to be. Ty decides that he wants to help her and so he begins to try and find out what is going on. As Ty begins to investigate the situation, he dives into a world of murder once again. Now he is in charge of a small child, and he is falling in love with someone who he should not be, and who should not love him back.

This thriller is so fantastic. Ty is a very interesting character and very funny as well; I sometimes found myself laughing out loud. Sister Mary also had some very humorous things to say. Father Bob was very knowledgeable and very wise.

James Scott Bell shows us how different people can be friends as well as enemies. I wish I could have given this book more than 5 stars.

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