A Mysterious Review of The Detective & The Pipe Girl by Michael Craven. A John Darvelle Mystery.
Review summary: The primary murder investigation storyline of this first in series mystery is really quite thin, and the author apparently knows it as there are plenty of asides taking the reader into the character's previous cases. It isn't clear how this narrative approach can necessarily be continued, but in the here and now it works and this is a promising start to this series. (Click here for text of full review.)
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The Detective & The Pipe Girl
Michael Craven
A John Darvelle Mystery
Bourbon Street Books (May 2014)
Publisher synopsis: Private Detective John Darvelle is a man of specific tastes — simple design, smart women, cheap American beer. He's a man of specific opinions — drive a car nobody can remember, avoid brunch at all costs, and don't live in Brentwood. And he adheres to his own professional code — an indelible blend of commitment, loyalty, and experience. He also plays a lot of Ping-Pong.
Arthur Vonz is one of Tinseltown's most powerful men, a filmmaker among the ranks of Spielberg, Coppola, and Kubrick. He hires Darvelle to find a young woman named Suzanne Neal, an incandescent beauty who just might be hiding something.
What starts as an easy assignment soon has Darvelle plunging deep into the seductive and hidden world of Hollywood's elite. A twisting, turning journey that puts him face-to-face with the LAPD, a ruthless underground crime operation, and a cold-blooded killer.
It's the case of a lifetime that could end his life.
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