Whiskey Sour
By J. A. Konrath
Read by Susie Breck & Dick Hill
Copyright 2004
Audiobook
This book has a 40-year old female detective heroine, Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels, as the lead.
She is tough (too tough, she is man-tough), and the book is filled with some tossed-offed one-liners for laughs. The story is rather gory in places, with details of very vicious crimes against women.
Daniels and her partner Herb is assigned to a murder, which turns into serial murders. She becomes the target, she gets thrown off the case, she figures it out, (but still requires the assistance of a former (male) partner, heaven forbid a woman solve something on her own).
The author seemed to be trying for a cross between Evanovich and Cornwell at times - but the book failed in its efforts and never reached the level of writing of either one of those very good authors. It wasn't a bad thing to listen to but I don't plan to pick up any more of the books in this mystery series unless the library simply has nothing else that interests me when I go to look for something to listen to in the car.
2 stars
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