Fortune Favors the Dead
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“Razor-sharp style, tons of flair, a snappy sense of humor, and all the most satisfying elements of a really good noir novel, plus plenty of original twists of its own.”—Tana French, bestselling author of The Searcher
It's 1942 and Willowjean "Will" Parker is a scrappy circus runaway whose knife-throwing skills have just saved the life of New York's best, and most unorthodox, private investigator, Lillian Pentecost. When the dapper detective summons Will a few days later, she doesn't expect to be offered a life-changing proposition: Lillian's multiple sclerosis means she can't keep up with her old case load alone, so she wants to hire Will to be her right-hand woman. In return, Will is to receive a salary, room and board, and training in Lillian's very particular art of investigation.
Three years later, Will and Lillian are on the Collins case: Abigail Collins was found bludgeoned to death with a crystal ball following a big, boozy Halloween party at her home—her body slumped in the same chair where her steel magnate husband shot himself the year before. With rumors flying that Abigail was bumped off by the vengeful spirit of her husband (who else could have gotten inside the locked room?), the family has tasked the detectives with finding answers where the police have failed.
But that's easier said than done in a case that involves messages from the dead, a seductive spiritualist, and Becca Collins—the beautiful daughter of the deceased, who Will quickly starts falling for. When Will and Becca's relationship dances beyond the professional, Will finds herself in dangerous territory, and discovers she may have become the murderer's next target.
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Brilliant. Fun. Snappy and thrilling. This was just a really good read. Because we love our strong Women, our Bi-Disasters, our likeablly-defeated detectives and the stories they come with. I feel like this story was fiction and hard-thruths, uncomfortable still-truths, in just the right parts. Here's a story about a Woman with a wit quick as a whip but a chronic illness. Here's a story about a younger woman finding her footing time and again in a world that can be all to hostile and hateful: because of love. Here's a story about women, multi-faceted human beings, uplifting and protecting each other, where others only seek to harm; they also seek truth and justice. True betterment. It still shows their struggles. But it also shows how above all else, we continue to persist.
Description
“Razor-sharp style, tons of flair, a snappy sense of humor, and all the most satisfying elements of a really good noir novel, plus plenty of original twists of its own.”—Tana French, bestselling author of The Searcher
It's 1942 and Willowjean "Will" Parker is a scrappy circus runaway whose knife-throwing skills have just saved the life of New York's best, and most unorthodox, private investigator, Lillian Pentecost. When the dapper detective summons Will a few days later, she doesn't expect to be offered a life-changing proposition: Lillian's multiple sclerosis means she can't keep up with her old case load alone, so she wants to hire Will to be her right-hand woman. In return, Will is to receive a salary, room and board, and training in Lillian's very particular art of investigation.
Three years later, Will and Lillian are on the Collins case: Abigail Collins was found bludgeoned to death with a crystal ball following a big, boozy Halloween party at her home—her body slumped in the same chair where her steel magnate husband shot himself the year before. With rumors flying that Abigail was bumped off by the vengeful spirit of her husband (who else could have gotten inside the locked room?), the family has tasked the detectives with finding answers where the police have failed.
But that's easier said than done in a case that involves messages from the dead, a seductive spiritualist, and Becca Collins—the beautiful daughter of the deceased, who Will quickly starts falling for. When Will and Becca's relationship dances beyond the professional, Will finds herself in dangerous territory, and discovers she may have become the murderer's next target.
Book Information
Posts
Brilliant. Fun. Snappy and thrilling. This was just a really good read. Because we love our strong Women, our Bi-Disasters, our likeablly-defeated detectives and the stories they come with. I feel like this story was fiction and hard-thruths, uncomfortable still-truths, in just the right parts. Here's a story about a Woman with a wit quick as a whip but a chronic illness. Here's a story about a younger woman finding her footing time and again in a world that can be all to hostile and hateful: because of love. Here's a story about women, multi-faceted human beings, uplifting and protecting each other, where others only seek to harm; they also seek truth and justice. True betterment. It still shows their struggles. But it also shows how above all else, we continue to persist.