The Murder List
Law student Rachel North is the ultimate reliable narrator–she will tell you, without hesitation, what she knows to be true. She's smart, she's a hard worker, she does the right thing. She's successfully married to a faithful and devoted husband, a lion of Boston's defense bar. And her internship with the powerful District Attorney's office […]
Say No More
"Engrossing…Ryan uses a complex, multifaceted plot to deliver an unflinching look at college sexual assault and examine the "hard line between journalism and law enforcement." The tension mounts as the action builds to a conclusion that thrills and gratifies." –Publishers Weekly
What You See
Library Journal ★ 09/01/2015 Unemployed reporter Jane Ryland finds herself in the right place at the right time when, while on a job interview at Channel 2, she is offered an impromptu opportunity to freelance and cover breaking news—a murder in a busy city park. Will eyewitness accounts, cellphones from the crowd, or local surveillance […]
Truth Be Told
Publishers Weekly 07/07/2014 Ryan’s smart, well-paced third Jane Ryland novel (after 2013’s The Wrong Girl) takes aim at the housing crisis of recent years. Boston Register reporter Jane Ryland is at work on two stories: an apparent murder in a recently foreclosed house and a supposed puff piece about banking customer service. Both assignments lead […]
The Wrong Girl
Library Journal Ryan's stellar follow-up to The Other Woman throws Boston newspaper reporter Jane Ryland into a strange mystery. She hears the story of a former colleague, adopted as an infant, who used information provided by her adoption agency to find her birth mother, only to discover that the woman was not, in fact, her […]
The Other Woman
STARRED REVIEW: BOOKLIST *Ryan..knows her way around politics at high levels, and she uses that knowledge to fashion a revenge-fueled plot that twists and turns at breakneck speed. Political skullduggery and murder make a high-octane mix in this perfect thriller for an election season.