In Session is a collection of three short stories, taking MJ Rose’ character, sexual psychiatrist Dr. Morgan Snow, and introducing her to Lee Childs’ Jack Reader, Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone and Barry Eisler’s John Rain.

Each of the stories is very well written, as one would expect from bestselling authors, and they’re all deliciously good fun! Even though I'm not familiar with most of the characters, suspense not being my usual genre, I might be forced to go hunt them out.

It’s always fascinating to see a favourite character put in a setting that is completely outside of their normal world, and I could feel the discomfort the characters had in their individual stories; but as Cotton Malone and John Rain were both new to me, I found these to be the most interesting stories.
Each character is introduced well, so that if you’re a fan you will simply be getting additional insight into a character you’re already familiar with, but nothing that makes you sit up in alarm saying “but they’d never do that!”; yet if you’re completely unfamiliar with the character the reader is given enough to create a believable personality,  but also given a tease of what further reading could develop into.

Sadly I wasn't as thrilled with the Reacher story, which was basically just a long sex scene. Even if I had wanted to envision Jack Reacher in bed, I certainly, wouldn’t have chosen this scene. I dare say my familiarity and love of the character added to my disappointment, but in comparison to the first two stories this was lacking in drama.

Both the John Rain story and the Cotton Malone story were quite exceptional short stories. It’s a rare talent that allows an author to compress a complete story, with character development, into a shortened format, but the authors involved with these two did so wonderfully. There were plot twists, teases, and a healthy dose of mystery. Most impressively, both stories not only made me want to buy further books in these series, but I’ve also been suggesting these characters to fans of good mystery/crime novels.

The fact that funds from “In Session” are being used to raise funds for the adult literacy program the Wish You l Foundation, do give an added level of enjoyment to the stories.
Read together, In Session is an enjoyable read that managed to introduce me to new characters and inspire me to go out and buy more books. Readers are getting great value, great stories, and supporting a great cause.