Solid Gold

Tarnished Gold by Ann Aptaker

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

How much did I love this book? As much as I ever loved the Maltese Falcon, which is saying quite a lot. A lesbian Sam Spade, Cantor Gold is a fast talking, womanizing, wonder of an unwilling detective. An art thief, she must weave her way through dirty cops and the mafia to solve two murders. Along the way she gets banged up pretty good, and the descriptions of who, what, when, where, why, and how paint a picture you won’t soon forget.

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