Jay Nova is a private eye that can keep a secret. Better than that she can read minds to go where others won't to do what they can't. But when jobs get nastier and clients with things to hide may want her dead she'll need more than quick wits and good aim. Back alley deals, board room politics, death at the drop of a hat. Just another day at the office.

REVIEW

5 Shots takes the reader on an exciting visual thrill ride through the underground world of crime, politics, and love, gangland style. Faint-of-heart readers will serve themselves best to avoid indulging in this gritty slice of Urban Americana as it proffers a straight-ahead look at how justice is meted out in the dark foreboding corners spread throughout the seething underbelly of the streets.

Jemir Johnson's graphic novel is broken down into five fast-paced stories, each centered on the adventures & misadventures of Randy Michaels and Jocasta Novarro, owners & operators of Light Star Investigations. The unflappable private investigators have a collective style all their own, one that's incomparable in style, power, and efficacy.

Readers get a taste of just how effective Jocasta can be in retrieving stolen property in "Dead Line." "Sunset" pairs Randy & Jocasta up in the recovery of a missing party girl whose rescue requires a bit of "heavy handed politicking." In "The Knight In Question," Johnson reveals a few uncomfortable truths about just how much of the "gangster" element is really involved in the creation/evolution of Gangsta Rap. "Forward Fast" is a mind-bending, lightning-fast stint through the fallout of a case gone bad, and "Burning Flag" finds Jocasta returning an ages-old favor that just may lead to her own untimely demise…

Slick, innovative, engrossing, and ultimately impressive, 5 Shots is the perfect combination of prose and animation. In addition, Johnson's fresh storytelling will appeal to lovers of the crime thriller genre with plotlines & dialogue ripped straight from the framework of everyday streets. Much has been made of writers, singers, rappers, and other creative types who attempt to claim prowess in areas of life of which they have no experience, but such is clearly not the case with Johnson. Merely a quick glance into the colorful world of 5 Shots serves as sufficient notice to the reader that Johnson has not only been there and done that; he can also write volumes about it.

Readers brave enough to duck & dodge their way through the nail-biting action of 5 Shots will surely not be disappointed. Highly recommended.

Reviewed by: Chelsea Perry. Apex Reviews
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