A review by ncrabb
Mandarin Plaid by S.J. Rozan
4.0
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.