Fractured Image: Catherine Winter, Private Investigator (Catherine Winter Series Book 2)

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In my reading experience, older women who are solving mysteries are generally grandmotherly, and only solving mysteries as a hobby; not so with Catherine Winter. There are enough red herrings and interesting twists to keep a good mystery solver alert. That is not a unique location, but she makes the experience of the mystery a worthy successor of the 's film noir genre.

Jan 04, A. Lindsay rated it liked it Shelves: I wanted to like this book more than I did. I'm not sure why I didn't.

I think it was the setting and the tone. The setting seems to be present-day LA, but the tone reads almost from a traditional 50s-style detective fiction complete with a newspaper morgue and cops who work in concert with the PI and not at odds. The mystery was well developed, the conclusion was supported and wasn't telegraphed beforehand.

My only quibble being Cherise's involvement and the lack of any use of the first clue, I wanted to like this book more than I did. My only quibble being Cherise's involvement and the lack of any use of the first clue, the note signed "Loverboy. I think was the dryness of the tone made the clues and their analysis seem repetitive and somewhat boring. I actually think this helped make the book seem much less salacious than it could have been given the twists and turns of the plot.

Unfortunately, this also distanced the reader from the narrator. The relationship between Catherine and the police commander was, quite frankly, more boring than her interactions with the other cops. I loved the concept of Catherine, an older woman who is an experienced investigator, but the execution was somewhat lacking in this book. This book wasn't bad, but it was a bit slow paced for my taste.

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There was a lot of repetition of facts, and no real excitement. It was written in the first person from the point of view of a something year old woman, and rather than be about a vibrant, active something year old, she seemed more like a boring, acts older than her years one.

There were some amusing parts, such as when she dresses up in a very gaudy outfit, but those were few and far between. The mystery itself was pretty goo This book wasn't bad, but it was a bit slow paced for my taste.

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The mystery itself was pretty good. Catherine Winter is an older my age private investigator.

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In this tale, she is no sooner asked to investigate a possible stalker, and the client is murdered. Amidst the glitter of Hollywood Catherine has made a promise to find the murderer and intends to keep it. As with many cozy mysteries, there is also a romantic angle between Catherine and someone in authority, in this case John Anderson.

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The Catherine Winter Mystery Series

A number of her books are exclusive with Amazon and in the KDP program. For several years, she published nonfiction e-courses, e-books, and numerous articles with Self-Healing Expressions, which has now ended its online publishing program. Although most of her time is devoted to her love of writing, including blogging, she also enjoys the exploration of her family's genealogical roots. Her Websites and Blogs: In this first book of the Catherine Winter Series, the stalking of two young professional print models leads private investigator Catherine Winter into the dark and dirty shadows of Hollywood The words of To Dance with Angels hold a key to the meaning of life on planet Earth and all that lies beyond, revealed to the authors of this book, Don and Linda Pendleton The divorce of a gifted singer and songwriter leads Catherine Winter into the dark shadows of drugs, sex, and power A short time after a CEO of a Manhattan high-tech weapons company reaches out to Investigative Reporter, Diana Chambers for investigative help, he dies a horrific death What appeared to be a simple case quickly explodes into multiple murders, a Mexican drug cartel connection, temptation from a vivacious exotic dancer, and maybe even a serious relationship Police Detective Rebecca Storme, and her husband, veteran Detective Sergeant Peter Storme, both married more to the badge than each other Probe the wisdom of the sages, miracles and angelic influences, aliens and UFOs, death and near-death experiences International tensions arise as nine gifted children mysteriously disappear from a Southern California research conference Whenever I am confronted with death, I cannot help but be aware how fragile life is and how vulnerable we are.

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