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Remember Me, Irene (1996)

by Jan Burke

Series: Irene Kelly (4)

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I'm not who I used to be....The remark, whispered by a stranger on the street to Irene Kelly, becomes all the more unnerving when the newswoman realizes she knows the man. He's Lucas Monroe, her former college instructor who had looked forward to a brilliant future. Now he's a derelict in hiding, an unlikely suspect in blackmail and murder. What happened to Monroe's life strikes Irene as bizarre. But it's what happens to him in death that fills her with dread. Her long-lost mentor is found murdered, and whatever the picturesque town of Las Piernas is hiding has made some people very rich, very guilty, and very dangerous.… (more)
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The best of what I've read of the series thus far.
  Mark_Feltskog | Dec 23, 2023 |
It's not exactly gripping but I'll continue the series ( )
  daaft | Aug 13, 2022 |
Irene, a journalist, investigates City Hall shenanigans after a "bum", who accosts her, turns out to be her former Statistics TA. Shenanigans involve an ex-lover, so she receives the support of several other women who are also his ex-lovers.
Interesting, good action, nothing profound. Some shortcomings: from being just a former Teaching Assistant for one of her classes, Lucas morphs into being an old friend. The novelty of pagers and the use of typewriters for Lucas' thesis date this. And with all their verbal sparring I can't figure out why she & her husband are still married (perhaps if I had read earlier books in the series this would be clearer). ( )
  juniperSun | Dec 27, 2015 |
Remember Me, Irene is the fourth entry into Jan Burkes’ Irene Kelly series, and continues the story of journalist Irene Kelly and her police detective husband, Frank Harriman. To my mind, not one of the strongest entries in the series, I nevertheless enjoy the characters and will continue reading these books.

Irene ignores advances made by a drunken, homeless man, but later upon reflection she realizes he was actually a former teacher that she admired. Plans to help him clear his reputation don’t get very far before he is found murdered. With evidence mounting that he might have been blackmailing some very prominent people, Irene must dig deep into the past to put the pieces together. Meanwhile, more people are coming into harm’s way.

Irene comes across as a sharp, intelligent, capable heroine, I enjoy reading about her interesting career and her solid, grounded relationship with her husband. Jan Burke is a good writer, and keeps the story moving along at a crisp pace. As I said above, not one of my favourites but still a solid entry in this enjoyable series. ( )
  DeltaQueen50 | Mar 6, 2012 |
Irene Kelley #4 ( )
  pharrm | Nov 26, 2009 |
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.--Benjamin Disraeli
Over and over, they used to ask me
While buying the wine or the beer
How I happened to lead the life,
And what was the start of it.
Well, I told them a silk dress,
And a promise of marriage from a rich man...
But that was not really it at all.
Suppose a boy steals an aple
From the tray at the grocery store,
And thye all begin to call him a thief,
The editor, minister, judge, and all the people--
"A thief," "a Thier," "a thief" wherever he goes.
And he can't get work, and he can't get bread
Without stealing it, why the boy will steal.
It's the way the people regard the theft of the apple
That makes the boy what he is.
--Edgar Lee Masters, from "Aner Clute" in Spoon River Anthology
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To Thomas William Burke who welcomed a stranger
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His last address was his own body, and what a squalid place it was.
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I'm not who I used to be....The remark, whispered by a stranger on the street to Irene Kelly, becomes all the more unnerving when the newswoman realizes she knows the man. He's Lucas Monroe, her former college instructor who had looked forward to a brilliant future. Now he's a derelict in hiding, an unlikely suspect in blackmail and murder. What happened to Monroe's life strikes Irene as bizarre. But it's what happens to him in death that fills her with dread. Her long-lost mentor is found murdered, and whatever the picturesque town of Las Piernas is hiding has made some people very rich, very guilty, and very dangerous.

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