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Calli Barnow Mystery #3
Yellow Vengeance
After narrowly escaping death while solving her last case, the Toronto PI is settling happily into married life with her new wife, Jess. Once again, however, trouble is looming: Jess wants a baby but Calli would rather fight a psycho with a gun than contemplate parenthood.When an old school friend asks Calli to investigate her mother's death, Calli jumps at the chance to distract herself with work. Her plans go awry when her own mother reveals a shocking secret that threatens to turn Calli's life upside down. By turns lighthearted and thrilling, Liz Bugg's Calli Barnow mysteries feature an engaging cast of characters including Calli's beautiful and sensible wife, Jess; June, her police officer ex-lover; and Dewey, aka Lady Dee: drag artiste, sidekick, buddy, and sometimes assistant. The city of Toronto itself is a character, especially the quirky Kensington Market neighbourhood where Calli lives and works.
364 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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August 8, 2013
Received as a giveaway. It's a good story that moves quickly- my kind of book. It has a little bit of everything in it- mystery, suspense, drama, romance... I loved the setting of Toronto and am familiar with the city so I could picture myself in the locations. I'm looking forward to reading the other books from this series. I didn't know it was a LGBT friendly book till I started reading it, and this part of it was enlightening and tastefully done from the eyes of a heterosexual.
August 24, 2013
I wish Liz Bugg would be nicer to her characters. I just finished this, her third book, and I’m upset.
When you read The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, you know the really bad stuff can’t get in. You’re swept up in the author’s world and love the journey. I felt the same way about this book. In some ways this is the best in the series. I was about halfway through and wondering why this hasn’t been made into a TV show or a series of movies on the CBC, I’d love it, and I think a lot of people would too.
That being said, I didn’t like the end of the book. I feel like Bugg wrote it knowing people would be coming up to her for the rest of her life saying “WHY DID YOU WRITE THAT???” and that’s what I’m saying. All three books in the series I feel like Bugg takes things too far at the end, puts our heroine through too much, and this time was really too much.
I wish Liz Bugg would be nicer to her characters. I want to sit back and have a cup of coffee with them in Kensington Market, not have my foundation rocked to the core.
When you read The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, you know the really bad stuff can’t get in. You’re swept up in the author’s world and love the journey. I felt the same way about this book. In some ways this is the best in the series. I was about halfway through and wondering why this hasn’t been made into a TV show or a series of movies on the CBC, I’d love it, and I think a lot of people would too.
That being said, I didn’t like the end of the book. I feel like Bugg wrote it knowing people would be coming up to her for the rest of her life saying “WHY DID YOU WRITE THAT???” and that’s what I’m saying. All three books in the series I feel like Bugg takes things too far at the end, puts our heroine through too much, and this time was really too much.
I wish Liz Bugg would be nicer to her characters. I want to sit back and have a cup of coffee with them in Kensington Market, not have my foundation rocked to the core.
January 21, 2014
I enjoyed this book. The writing fit with the personality of the character whose point of view is presented. In other words, the author didn't write the book like "War and Peace" from the viewpoint of Bella from "Twilight". The writing fit with how I imagine the main character would speak and think.
One thing I would change about the book is that some parts needed editing and better breaks. What I mean by that is maybe adding ~ or something to that nature when there is a change in scene(even if in the same chapter. A good example of this is on page 28 and 29).
It was a good book that I would recommend. It had a nice mixture of suspense and everyday situations. It will be interesting to see the author develop the story(and writing technique) further in sequential releases.
One thing I would change about the book is that some parts needed editing and better breaks. What I mean by that is maybe adding ~ or something to that nature when there is a change in scene(even if in the same chapter. A good example of this is on page 28 and 29).
It was a good book that I would recommend. It had a nice mixture of suspense and everyday situations. It will be interesting to see the author develop the story(and writing technique) further in sequential releases.
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