Fabulous Fiction Firsts #70
by muffy
If you had missed the first Baby Shark in this gritty 1950s Texas noir crime series, (I did!) you can catch up with the new Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues*, by Robert Fate.
Baby Shark begins with young Kristin Van Dijk, a young pool player, ganged raped and forced to watch her father’s murder, and ends with Kristin finally getting her sweet revenge, Rambo style.
In this second in the series, Kristen is now a licensed PI in the Dallas area, and is hired to investigate the disappearance of a Texas oil heiress. She never counts on coming across a truckload of cash in the process, and that the runaway heiress is a witness to a double murder. Now, you think the bad guys are going to leave her along?
“Fate's witty dialog, colorful characters, and nonstop action make this pulp-style piece sparkle”. You can’t go wrong with this one. A hot summer read.
* = Starred Review
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