Electric Blue (Jane Kelly Mysteries) by Nancy Bush
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Book Reviews of Electric Blue (Jane Kelly Mysteries)
Book Review: Great Fun Series
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a really great fun read.I Loved it.As good as any Janet Evanovich, better than most.I'm looking forward to this series !!!
Book Review: Love It
Summary: 4 Stars
I have to admit that at first I was not at all impressed by the first book, howver as time went by I was going through Jane Kelly withdrawls. I saw the second book and had to buy it and see what the characters were up to now. Binks is endearing, Dwayne seems hot but in all the wrong ways and Jane is so independent it makes me want to hit her. I love how she fumbles her way thorugh private investigating. I cannot wait to read the third. Book Review: A family with a dirty secret
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the second novel in the PI Jane Kelly series. Jane in drawn into an investigation of the Purcell family, an investigation that is complicated by the fact that there is a dirty family secret that they will not reveal. Orchid Purcell, the family matriarch, controls the family's money. They have substantial real estate holdings. But there is a question about the death of one of her daughters years earliet in a mental institution. Jane is attracted to Jazz, the son of the deceased daughter, and the mystery of the identity of his father.
Older members of the family seem to hang about like vultures waiting to inherit the estate, and some people appear to be willing to help events along. There is some suspected fratricide. There are a few surprises as the novel winds to a climax.
The main problem with the novel is the tendency to digress into side issues and other cases. It makes for slow reading, especially if a reader would like to cut to the chase. There is Binkster, the dog acquired by Jane in the previous novel (see Candy Apple Red). There are Jane's family. There is Jane's relationship with her boss (who has his own way of setting fees for his clients). The other cases, while interesting, are mostly unrelated to the main plot, although they create some incidents in Jane's life.
The novel has some amount of language, sex, and violence. It is probably on the level of one of the Stephanie Plum novels. I would give it a PG-13 rating.
Book Review: Enjoyed this very much!
Summary: 5 Stars
This mystery is an easy, entertaining read that keeps you guessing until the end. It's apparent the author spent a lot of her time with Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich novels before launching her own efforts. Jane Kelly is a definite amalgam of Kinsey Millhone and Stephanie Plum. Fortunately, I love them both and I've enjoyed sampling this author's efforts! It's a fun story, and Jane's family and lovelife woes are entertaining side dishes. I've not read her first novel, so I'll be getting that immediately. One caution: don't take the jacket cover description to heart. I've no idea what novel the person who wrote it had read! Enjoy.Book Review: Delightful mystery!
Summary: 4 Stars
Jane Kelly, Information Specialist, working toward her private investigator license, has been spending her time delivering warrants and eviction notices. One minute she thinks she can handle anything, but the next she is second-guessing her abilities.
Working for a small investigative company where Dwayne Durbin is her boss and friend, she stumbles into a hornet's nest of crazies. Dwayne is working on a divorce case that involves a well-known family in town. The Purcells have a history related to their developing some of the first buildings and businesses in the city. Lots of wheeling and dealing have made the family wealthy. Their matriarch, Orchid, is in her 90s and controls the purse strings.
Our gal Jane Kelly has been asked to do some research work on the family for the divorce case. An unexpected call comes in from one of the Purcells asking for the help of a female Investigator on a separate issue. Since Jane knows the history on the Purcells, she is sent to take care of the assignment. Dwayne tells her to be careful and warns her that all the Purcell's are all crazy.
Jane meets with Jazz Purcell, who is more handsome than allowed, and gets her assignment. He wants her to observe Orchid Purcell, his grandmother, and determine if the old lady is losing it. Jazz wants to know if she is getting senile and no longer r capable of managing the family fortune. All the other family members want to have Orchid sign a Power of Attorney so they can claim the money.
The family is full of interesting characters all trying to get their hands on the money--some sinister and others, run-of-the mill weird. Jane gets in the thick of things and solves a murder and near murders and manages to have some romance too. Who will it be in the end? Bush keeps us guessing the whole time.
Nancy Bush has found a character in Jane Kelly that will have a long life as a private investigator, snooping under and around every nook and cranny. I am looking forward to the next case.
Armchair Interview says: Another delightful cozy mystery.
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