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Swift Edge (A Charlie Swift Mystery #2)
by
Laura DiSilverio (Goodreads Author)
When world-class figure skater Dmitri Fane goes missing, his partner knows just whom to hire. It’s up to Swift Investigations to find the missing Fane, and fast---the Olympics are just weeks away. It should be no trouble for the investigative team of Charlie Swift and Gigi Goldman: Their chief obstacle is Gigi’s teenage daughter, Kendall, and her mad crush on Fane. That
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
November 22nd 2011
by Minotaur Books
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Judicious blending of two quite different characters as private investigators carries this story of murder and identity theft on a rollercoaster of humor and tension. Gigi Goldman, one half of the investigator team of Swift Investigations is inept at best. I mean how about trying a surveillance gig from a yellow Hummer? Charlie Swift is the more competent partner with background and experience and she carries the bulk of the serious investigation that is at the core of this slickly written, well...more
Second in DiSilverio's 'Charlie Swift' mystery series. Charlie and her inexperienced new partner Gigi accept what seem to be two straightforward missing persons cases; both a world-class figure skater and a homeless youth have gone missing, and the agency is hired to find both - by separate people. It soon becomes obvious that the skater is not just hiding away for a few days with a new squeeze, a theory advanced by an old friend, when his coach is discovered after being brutally beaten. Gigi ag...more
Charlie Swift is hired to find famed ice skater Dmitri Fane, who is missing just when he and his partner should be practicing for the forthcoming Olympic trials. Fortunately, Charlie's partner's daughter Kendall is an aspiring skater and can fill Charlie in on what she needs to know. But nothing can prepare Charlie for the series of murders that follow, with all the victims being people who know Dmitri well.
Swift Investigations was hired to find world-class figure skater Dmitri Fane after he disappears weeks before the Olympics try-outs. Charlie Swift and her partner, Gigi Goldman, feels that this will not be too difficult to solve. But after Dmitri skating team's coach is brutally attacked and one of Dmitri's friend is murdered, things starts getting complicated. A fast paced, easy read.
Very enjoyable mystery set in Colorado Springs. Private detective Charlie Swift and her unlikely sidekick Gigi are trying to find a missing figure skater bound for the Olympics. Several things get in their way of course with a little mayhem to make things interesting.
I picked this up off the library shelf, which rarely turns out to be a good idea. I was pleasantly surprised to find this was a fun, funny mystery. I am reading the first book now :)
Book is a Colorado based Stephanie Plum. The protagonist is a little less accident prone but so similar. there is the cop love interest...there is the ex hubby baggage...and there is the Lula in the form of Gigi her partner.
It was entertaining but I am truly curious to know what came first the Plum or the swift
It was entertaining but I am truly curious to know what came first the Plum or the swift
Picked this up at the library on a whim. Interesting plot, OK dialog & characters. Would have liked a lot less tell and a lot more show.
My first encounter with Charlie was entertaining as was getting acquainted with Colorado Springs. Interesting mystery along with getting a peek into the professional ice skating world.
This was an OK cozy mystery and I will read more in the series. I like ithat there is some humor in these.
A fine piece of fluffy mystery. Nothing remarkable going on here, but an enjoyable read none the less.
this book is the best of the 3. I'm getting use to the use of the dialog
Light reading, reminds me of cotton candy. Liked it anyway.
A quick read - good story teller.
kind of zany women P.I.'s.
Oct 28, 2011
Donna
marked it as to-read
Toto
Great book! Had me laughing almost all the way through the book.
Charlie Swift is hired to find a missing ice skater, who has disappeared a week before an important competition to qualify for the Olympic games. As Charlie looks into the disappearance, people start getting hurt and then killed. Meanwhile, Gigi is put on the case to help Father Dan locate a missing teen. While Charlie would still rather work alone, she and Gigi have begun to work better together. The second in the series, this was another fun read.
This was the second in the Charlie Swift series, and I thought it was a good follow on to the first. The two main characters, Charlie and Gigi, are great to read and Gigi adds some humourous parts to the story as she learns how to be a private investigator. There were several mysteries taking place at once, and the ending tied things up nicely. This is a good, solid mystery and I look forward to more in this series.
Well, this wasn't as good as the first Charlie Swift mystery, but it was ok. Good premise, more or less easy to figure out the mystery, but seemed to get bogged down in little backstory details, and not nearly as funny as the first. Perhaps in the 3rd book DiSilverio will find her stride again.
Laura DiSilverio delivers yet another page turner. I have read 2 of her books and she does not disappoint. She is nothing short of prolific. Watch for more books by DiSilverio.
Slow moving. The ice skating just didn't interest me. the first book of the series was good, but this one fell flat for me.
Apr 19, 2013
Jessica
marked it as to-read
Apr 15, 2013
Michelle Wilson
marked it as to-read
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I'm the author of the Swift Investigations and Mall Cop mystery series.
After twenty years as an Air Force intelligence officer – serving as a squadron commander, with the National Reconnaissance Office, and at a fighter wing – I retired to parenting and writing full-time.
Spying was easier.
(Laura DiSilverio is also Ella Barrick.)
More about Laura DiSilverio...
After twenty years as an Air Force intelligence officer – serving as a squadron commander, with the National Reconnaissance Office, and at a fighter wing – I retired to parenting and writing full-time.
Spying was easier.
(Laura DiSilverio is also Ella Barrick.)
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