The characters / Recurring character
Isabelle ‘Izzy’ Jaynes
Isabelle ‘Izzy’ Jaynes is recorded in 6 distinct storys.
Pete Huntley’s police partner after Bill Hodges’ retirement is explicitly identified as Isabelle/Izzy, and the later Holly narratives retain that professional relationship. Holly identifies Detective Jaynes as Izzy; Never Flinch continues Izzy Jaynes's detective work in the same investigative circle. Both novels connect Detective Jaynes with Holly and Pete Huntley; Never Flinch explicitly recalls the Rodney and Emily Harris investigation from Holly.
Also recorded as Detective Isabelle Jaynes, Detective Jaynes, Isabelle Jaynes, Izzy Jaynes.
Stories and supporting passages
End of Watch
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“Off to the morgue as we speak, but Izzy’s got all the pictures on her iPad.” He’s talking about Isabelle Jaynes, who has been Pete’s partner since Hodges retired. “Okay. I’ll bring you an éclair.” “There’s a whole bakery here already.
Pete identifies Izzy as his current partner and holder of the case photographs.
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Izzy asks Hodges and Holly for an explanation during the interview.
Finders Keepers
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“I’ll be sure to do that.” “And say hi to Izzy.” Isabelle Jaynes has been Pete’s partner since Hodges pulled the pin. She’s one dynamite redhead, and plenty smart.
Hodges recalls that Isabelle became Pete’s partner after his retirement.
Holly
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I hope you’ll call me back as soon as possible. Your agency was suggested to me by Detective Isabelle Jaynes—” That’s where the message ends. Of course Holly knows who Izzy Jaynes is, she used to be Pete’s partner when Pete was still on the cops, but that isn’t what strikes her about the message.
The referral names Detective Isabelle Jaynes; Holly knows Izzy as Pete’s former partner.
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After five minutes or so the vertical crease disappears and she calls Isabelle Jaynes. “Hello, Izzy. It’s Holly Gibney. I hope you don’t mind me calling your personal phone.” “Not at all.
Holly calls Isabelle; she answers and offers condolences.
Mr. Mercedes
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His next move should be to turn this letter over to Pete and Pete’s new partner, Isabelle Jaynes. They inherited the Mercedes thing, along with a few other danglers, when Hodges pulled the pin.
Hodges considers turning the Mercedes letter over to Pete and new partner Isabelle.
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If Pete and Izzy Jaynes have popped the guy, Mrs. Melbourne’s vans and sinister black SUVs don’t mean shit.
Hodges wonders whether Pete and Izzy have caught the Mercedes killer.
Never Flinch
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In the Second Mistake on the Lake, the last of the snow is finally melting. Izzy Jaynes gives a one-knuckle courtesy knock on her lieutenant’s door and goes in without waiting.
Izzy knocks and enters Lieutenant Warwick’s office.
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The Harrises were insane and extremely dangerous. It could be argued that Holly got the worst of it, having to deal with them face to face, but it was Detective Isabelle Jaynes who had to inform many of the loved ones of those who had been victims of the Harrises.
Holly recalls Jaynes’s work on the Harris case and the friendship and lunches that followed.
The Outsider
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Not all of them were good, to be sure; she’d had little respect for Isabelle Jaynes, Pete Huntley’s partner after Bill had retired from the force, and this one, Ralph Anderson, had made a bad mistake by arresting Maitland in a public …
Holly reflects on Pete’s partner Isabelle and her past opinion of her.