Behind Closed Doors

Behind Closed Doors is the second book in the Ivory Nation series by American author, Tara Taylor Quinn. When two hooded men break into Harry and Laura Kendall's bedroom, overpower Harry and clinically rape Laura, life for the mixed-race couple changes dramatically. Laura is determined not to allow fear to rule her life, but what he heard during the attack convinces Harry that the crime is racially motivated, and will not rest until the men are brought to justice.

Detective Daniel Boyd has good reason to be a dedicated sex crimes unit member, even if is has cost him his marriage. But no matter how hard he works, it isn't enough for Harry Kendall, who takes matters into his own hands. In the wings are family, friends, students and colleagues, some of whom turn out to be untrustworthy. And a young woman endures semi-captivity as part of a plan to regain her baby son.

Taylor Quinn gives the reader a fairly believable plot that features white supremacist groups, their fund-raising methods and their criminal activities. Many of the characters need Losec, if their reaction to stress is any indication. The pace is slow, the dialogue often rather repetitive, and it is more suspense than romance, but it does have a gripping climax. Perhaps the pace will pick up in book #3, At Close Range, but this series does seem to be written to a formula, three books of exactly the same length, so perhaps not.