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Marco Fontana Mysteries #2
A Body on Pine
When Marco Fontana enters his friend's spa on Pine, he doesn't find the peaceful retreat he expected. Brad, the masseur, is missing. The spa is splattered with blood and a dead client lies sprawled on the floor. After a thorough search turns up more questions than answers, Marco calls the police. They find Brad's body a short distance from the spa and before long Marco understands that what appears to be a simple case of murder is anything but. The police want Marco off the case. However, when the body of a popular journalist is added to the death toll, Brad's case gets sidelined. Marco refuses to allow his friend's death to be ignored and convinces an overwhelmed young police detective to bring Marco into the hunt for the killer. He finds plenty to keep him busy. Abusive ex-boyfriends, stalker clients, politicians, scheming businessmen, and Eastern European mobsters swirl together in a dangerous mix which finds Marco in some of the most serious trouble he's encountered so Life at home doesn't stop for Marco, either. While he searches for Brad's killer, Marco's stripper troupe, StripGuyz, brings him face to face with a stripper's abusive boyfriend and, with Jean-Claude, a new member of the troupe who innocently comes between Marco and Anton, upsetting the fragile balance existing between them.
364 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2011
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July 14, 2015
This is a detailed and well written murder mystery. We get to follow the steps of Marco Fontana PI as he tries to find out who killed his friend and masseur.
It leads him into a web of politicians, developers and mobsters and it is a web he just manages to escape from.
It is an interesting mystery and the first time I am reading anything by this author. It is always great to find an author who can write a cracking mystery and I will definitely be reading other books from this author.
Marco Fontana is an interesting man. He is a commitment phobe but loves his friends especially those who come with benefits. He owns a strip club and combines this with his PI business. He loves his employees and looks after them.
It is this passion for his murdered friend that leads him into the web of bad business and corruption and fear.
And he does find out who and why with the help of his friends and with doggedly piecing the clues together.
I am not sure I warmed to Marco and I can't figure out why. I think it was the way he danced away from his friend Anton who is clesrly in love with him. Marco being a commitment phobe really likes Anton but wants to keep his freedom. Nevertheless Anton is one of those friends who help him track down the murderer.
This book is pure and solid mystery and not really a romance. My only complaint was that I bought a print copy and the print was small. It took away some of my enjoyment but I stuck it out with the small print untill the end.
A good murder mystery, well written, not suspense filled but it held my attention and the mystery kep me guessing.
It leads him into a web of politicians, developers and mobsters and it is a web he just manages to escape from.
It is an interesting mystery and the first time I am reading anything by this author. It is always great to find an author who can write a cracking mystery and I will definitely be reading other books from this author.
Marco Fontana is an interesting man. He is a commitment phobe but loves his friends especially those who come with benefits. He owns a strip club and combines this with his PI business. He loves his employees and looks after them.
It is this passion for his murdered friend that leads him into the web of bad business and corruption and fear.
And he does find out who and why with the help of his friends and with doggedly piecing the clues together.
I am not sure I warmed to Marco and I can't figure out why. I think it was the way he danced away from his friend Anton who is clesrly in love with him. Marco being a commitment phobe really likes Anton but wants to keep his freedom. Nevertheless Anton is one of those friends who help him track down the murderer.
This book is pure and solid mystery and not really a romance. My only complaint was that I bought a print copy and the print was small. It took away some of my enjoyment but I stuck it out with the small print untill the end.
A good murder mystery, well written, not suspense filled but it held my attention and the mystery kep me guessing.
April 29, 2013
4.5 stars
I liked this one better than the first book: things that annoyed me originally were kept to minimum, the case was more interesting, Marco's private life got a bit less smooth as well. I'm curious to see how Marco and Anton will resolve their relationship. I also want to know what happened to the elusive Galen. Hopefully we will find out in the future books.
I liked this one better than the first book: things that annoyed me originally were kept to minimum, the case was more interesting, Marco's private life got a bit less smooth as well. I'm curious to see how Marco and Anton will resolve their relationship. I also want to know what happened to the elusive Galen. Hopefully we will find out in the future books.
July 1, 2016
In one word - awesome! The first mysery novel I'd read of DeMarco, but not the last. I've already purchased Murder On Camac because I found the characters so deftly written, the mystery tight and well developed...not to mention the relationship angst of the main protagonist, Marco Fontana. I really, really enjoyed this novel - past-paced and perfectly written murder/mystery!
September 7, 2020
Well, obviously, this series is not for me.
I have no sympathy for Fontana, he has this dog-in-the-manger attitude, complaining about Anton moving on, while sleeping with whoever will give him the chance. Pathetic.
And the mystery... well, it took me FOUR days to finish this book, that says a lot about my level of interest. We got lots of people doing research and reading info that we don't get, and, in the end, it was exactly like it looked from the beginning: corrupted politicians :/
And there were so many loose threads and unsolved stuff... I guess those will be taken in the next books in the series, but at this point, I really don't care. I'm done with this series.
I have no sympathy for Fontana, he has this dog-in-the-manger attitude, complaining about Anton moving on, while sleeping with whoever will give him the chance. Pathetic.
And the mystery... well, it took me FOUR days to finish this book, that says a lot about my level of interest. We got lots of people doing research and reading info that we don't get, and, in the end, it was exactly like it looked from the beginning: corrupted politicians :/
And there were so many loose threads and unsolved stuff... I guess those will be taken in the next books in the series, but at this point, I really don't care. I'm done with this series.
October 28, 2014
Good solid mystery and good character development. I continue to enjoy this series.
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