Welcome to Mystery Monday, my Fellow Book Dragons. I do apologize for the lateness of the hour, but I was devouring our Gem for this evening and after a rather excellent meal, fell asleep. I’m sure none of you have ever done that! This evening’s Gem was found in the burned rubble of a place called Rose Cottage, a rather pretty brooch from long ago with garnets and diamonds, not fancy, but quite classy. The garnets are blood red and the diamonds, though very small are of the most exquisite quality. It is worth much more than the bare eye would deem. This is Gem Maker Lynda La Plante’s “Buried”.
If, like me, you were wondering when Ms. La Plante would grace us with another tome, you will be delighted to know that this one meets the standard we have come to expect. This is her first new series in five years. And it certainly packs a punch.
It is the story of money, a lot of money, a lot of stolen money. A woman who has a prison record, several women who have records, actually. And how all this money ended up in a cottage burned to the ground with the corpse of a suspected pedophile, when the money was stolen before he was born.
Her DC in this one, Jack Warr, is handsome, sloppy and fully and happily in love with his fiancee Maggie. She loves him back equally. They put her career first and Jack ends up on the force in London. He’s not a city boy, he likes small town, villages. He is not ambitious.
Her side characters are ones you want to work with, go to lunch with, share a morbid joke over a body with, as everyone in such morbid work is wont to do from time to time to keep away the heebie jeebies. It’s the bodies response when neither fight nor flight are allowed. Sarcasm is God’s way of giving us a final tool in the sanity bag.
This is some of her finest work. I am glad this is a series because this means more to read of Jackie Boy. More is warranted. It also means we may very well see these on BBC or ITV or Netflix or Amazon. When it comes to Mystery TV the British do it best, then come the Australians and the New Zealanders. America rates about 6th on the list. And yes that is my opinion and I am not the end all be all on that either.
So, get this book, get it now. It goes on sale 4/7! That’s today. You’ll be glad you did! Until tomorrow, I remain your humble Book Dragon,
Drakon T. Longwitten
I received a copy of this book from #ZaffreBooks through a #BookishFirst contest. My review is my own opinion.
If, like me, you were wondering when Ms. La Plante would grace us with another tome, you will be delighted to know that this one meets the standard we have come to expect. This is her first new series in five years. And it certainly packs a punch.
It is the story of money, a lot of money, a lot of stolen money. A woman who has a prison record, several women who have records, actually. And how all this money ended up in a cottage burned to the ground with the corpse of a suspected pedophile, when the money was stolen before he was born.
Her DC in this one, Jack Warr, is handsome, sloppy and fully and happily in love with his fiancee Maggie. She loves him back equally. They put her career first and Jack ends up on the force in London. He’s not a city boy, he likes small town, villages. He is not ambitious.
Her side characters are ones you want to work with, go to lunch with, share a morbid joke over a body with, as everyone in such morbid work is wont to do from time to time to keep away the heebie jeebies. It’s the bodies response when neither fight nor flight are allowed. Sarcasm is God’s way of giving us a final tool in the sanity bag.
This is some of her finest work. I am glad this is a series because this means more to read of Jackie Boy. More is warranted. It also means we may very well see these on BBC or ITV or Netflix or Amazon. When it comes to Mystery TV the British do it best, then come the Australians and the New Zealanders. America rates about 6th on the list. And yes that is my opinion and I am not the end all be all on that either.
So, get this book, get it now. It goes on sale 4/7! That’s today. You’ll be glad you did! Until tomorrow, I remain your humble Book Dragon,
Drakon T. Longwitten
I received a copy of this book from #ZaffreBooks through a #BookishFirst contest. My review is my own opinion.