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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
This book made me realize something about myself: I have very little patience for stubbornness as a character flaw in protagonists. It drives me crazy. Is it because I myself am stubborn, and don't like looking in a mirror? Or is it because it's a lazy plot device ("JUST CALL YOUR BROTHER WHO HAS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU, STOP BEING SO STUBBORN")? Either way, it bothers me. (My primary criticism of The Hunger Games is the same!)
Still, overall enjoyable, and I'm definitely on board for the series.
Still, overall enjoyable, and I'm definitely on board for the series.
A really excellent mystery with intriguing characters, great writing and a well-drawn setting.
Intricate, tricky and convoluted. Lydia Chin is in charge in #3, so we get to enjoy her feisty attitude and her funny family, while she tracks down the extortionists putting her new client, a clothing designer, out of business.
I really liked the first book in this series, but by #3 I'm losing interest. Not sure if I'll bother with #4.
Perhaps not as thoughtful as the first two books. Certainly not as well done as the books that come later in this series. But it acquaints us nicely with Chinatown and Lydia who is a very sympathetic protagonist. And with Bill. Interesting story.
Probably a 3.5 but bumped it up because the 90s details were incredibly entertaining.
A much more enjoyable read than #2, I found the action tight and the mystery winding. A few details I had to go back to because there were moments that mixed brain fog with “is this important?”, but overall I severely enjoyed myself and this entry into the Chin/Smith mysteries!
Mandarin Plaid by S. J. Rozan
Excellent read. has a lot of want to read about, mystery romance locations, travel, more mysteries and the arts.
Lydia and her side kick are to just deliver a large amount of money so their new client can retain all the rights to her new line: Mandarin Plaid.
Love the design fashion world. There's a lot to this and many do not want to see some together and there are some that get hurt, killed even.
Like martial arts involved here, I can just picture the action scenes. Can't wait to find more from this author!
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Excellent read. has a lot of want to read about, mystery romance locations, travel, more mysteries and the arts.
Lydia and her side kick are to just deliver a large amount of money so their new client can retain all the rights to her new line: Mandarin Plaid.
Love the design fashion world. There's a lot to this and many do not want to see some together and there are some that get hurt, killed even.
Like martial arts involved here, I can just picture the action scenes. Can't wait to find more from this author!
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
SJ Rozan continues to improve with each book in this series. This one has layers and moves well to its conclusion. I’m not gonna be totally sold on a white person writing from the perspective of an AAPI one but I think Rozan does a better job with it than she did in the first one. May have to go long with this series.
It’s just another money drop. That’s what Private Investigator Lydia Chin thinks as she nonchalantly takes the 50 thousand dollars to a specific garbage can in a park. Granted, money drops aren’t Lydia’s usual bill of fare, but every private investigator gets tasked with a few of these during a career.
The money belongs to Genna Jing, a young woman breaking into the fashion design business. Lydia agrees to the job against the objections of her photographer brother, Andrew. Lydia’s partner, Bill Smith, a guy much older than her but very much in love with her, sits on a park bench near the drop point. It’s his job to watch the pickup happen and follow the person who retrieves the money. But the best-laid plans go awry all too often, and so it is.
As Lydia is about to make the drop, shots ring out, someone nearly kills her, and somebody steals the money from her.
Genna checks in with her later, and Lydia assumes Genna will fire her. Instead, Genna confesses that there is bad blood between her and a guy she almost hired to produce her fashion show during Fashion Week. Wayne Lewis may have stolen Genna’s money, and Lydia gets an appointment with him. Sadly, by the time Lydia arrives at his office for their meeting, Lewis is already dead. Someone murdered him.
Chin and Smith eventually solve this, but not before other murders occur. This is highly readable and worth your time.
The money belongs to Genna Jing, a young woman breaking into the fashion design business. Lydia agrees to the job against the objections of her photographer brother, Andrew. Lydia’s partner, Bill Smith, a guy much older than her but very much in love with her, sits on a park bench near the drop point. It’s his job to watch the pickup happen and follow the person who retrieves the money. But the best-laid plans go awry all too often, and so it is.
As Lydia is about to make the drop, shots ring out, someone nearly kills her, and somebody steals the money from her.
Genna checks in with her later, and Lydia assumes Genna will fire her. Instead, Genna confesses that there is bad blood between her and a guy she almost hired to produce her fashion show during Fashion Week. Wayne Lewis may have stolen Genna’s money, and Lydia gets an appointment with him. Sadly, by the time Lydia arrives at his office for their meeting, Lewis is already dead. Someone murdered him.
Chin and Smith eventually solve this, but not before other murders occur. This is highly readable and worth your time.