Newly minted PI
Juliet Langley has her plate full. She’s still managing the coffee
house for her best friend, Pete Bennett. Now she is handling two
jobs. Pete thinks it’s a lot, but he knows he can’t stop her
becoming to be a PI. What he wants is for her to reconsider going back
into the music business.
Almost immediately
Juliet solves a case and then lands two more. Shane, one of Pete’s
employees is devastated by the death of his girlfriend, a party
planner. She was found dead at her desk from an overdose, and he
wants Juliet to prove she was murdered. Juliet also works with Maya
on a case to find out what’s happening in Gentry’s warehouse
business. He thinks his partner is up to something shady.
The cases lead
Juliet into the weird world of party planning where drugs, booze and
sex top the list of entertainment. In the warehouse case, she goes on
stakeout and meets up with her former lover, Ryder. They’re both
suspicious about what’s happening at the warehouse.
The mysteries are
fast paced and have enough twists to keep them interesting. Pete and
Juliet are appealing when they team up to go undercover, as
they do in the party planner case. Juliet shows her mettle and
propensity for getting into tight spots in the warehouse case. These
mysteries give you what you expect from this series.
The romance is
disappointing. I feel the relationships are becoming strained. Pete
and Juliet can’t get together and the reasons are becoming thin.
The cops Juliet dates are another disappointment. She’s broken up
with Ryder, who seemed to be a good match. John, the cop she’s now
dating, seems too much of a nice guy to keep her interested for long.
I enjoy the series, but the romantic tangles are getting old.
I received this book
from Alibi for this review.
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