The Reviews Are In

“Jane Howatt is by no means just writing a detective story. She’s also writing a story about writing a story. And also a story about becoming a storyteller. And also one about what a set of facts needs to become for a writer before it can inspire a story. And she is doing it all with compelling force.” — Patrick Creevy PhD, author, Division, Ryan’s World, Tyrus, Lake Shore Drive

“Every legend needs a worthy Bosworth – an intelligent Watson with the skill and insight to tell the legend’s story without hyperbole or hero worship. The unlikely Jane Howatt brilliantly fills this role in Jigsaw & Jane: Thirteen Years of Murder and Mayhem with Badge Number One, the extraordinary story of her unprecedented journey alongside the biggest law enforcement legend of them all, LAPD Homicide Detective John St. John – the man they call Jigsaw…A tour de force.” — Paul Bishop. LAPD Detective Ret. Author, Lie Catches and Admit Nothing 

“Jane Howatt confesses she was the last person on earth to write a book. But with Jigsaw & Jane, she has confounded even herself with this riveting saga about the fantastic sleuthing of a real-life detective who she brings so vividly to life in the pages of her book, which sounds like Hollywood fiction – but is the real thing.” — Ivor Davis, Los Angeles-based British journalist and author of Amazon bestseller Manson Exposed: A Reporter’s 50-Year Journey into Madness and Murder, and The Devil in My Friend.

“As a clinical neuropsychologist with forensic experience, I looked forward to reading Jane Howatt’s advance copy of her manuscript Jigsaw & Jane: Thirteen Years of Murder and Mayhem with Badge Number One with my editing pencil in hand. Not long after the first few pages, the pencil was discarded but I was held captive for the rest of the night. Jane Howatt has presented us with a story that grips the imagination from the first screams in the desert to the solemnity of her experiences at the end. She has been able to capture the intensity and devotion of a seasoned detective, the depravity and ruthlessness of a serial killer, the grief of a devastated mother, and the suspenseful elements of a trial, all by allowing us to accompany her on her own journey of experience and self-awareness from a ‘just mom’ to an accomplished writer and author. She nails crucial elements of detective work and provides insight into the psychopathology of a murderer. A very provocative and satisfying read. I look forward to her next novel.” — Cheryll Smith PhD

“The simple fact Jane had such unprecedented real-time access to a major homicide unit and the top cop completely amazes me. That fact alone makes her book different from almost any other true-crime book I’ve seen. And the very professional site certainly makes the promise that she’s brought the same quality to her writing.” — Ron Franscell, best-selling author of Alice and Gerald and The Darkest Night and Shadow Man.