January Cold Kill

by Rob Leininger

Gorgeous ex-showgirl Gabrielle Johns, 31, now makes a very good living as a backroom poker in Reno, Nevada. "Good-old-boys" look at her blond hair and terrific figure and think she'll be easy picking. Wrong. She has a gift for poker, for bluffing, for knowing when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em. But having once trained as a PI at her father-in-law's investigative firm, people she knew in the past, and friends and relatives in her life now, sometimes come to her for investigative help. She tries to refer them to her father-in-law's agency, but under the unshakable delusion that Gabbi still works for him, Bert puts the cases back on Gabbi's shoulders. On a cold day in January, Ashley Dinsmore, the young wife of a federal judge, a woman Gabbi knew some years ago, is being stalked by a man who professes to love her, and he has extremely compromising pictures of them in bed together. Ashley has no memory of that happening, although she remembers waking up in bed with him. How she got there, though, is a mystery to her. It's a nightmare for Ashley, one she desperately wants to escape. She wants Gabbi to neutralize her stalker, get him to stop, and get the pictures, all without her husband finding out. As usual, Bert is busy and he dumps the case on Gabbi's shoulders, putting her squarely in the jaws of a meat-grinder that could cost her her life.

318 pages, Paperback

First published July 22, 2014

Reviews

[Nancy K. · Rating 3 out of 5]

THe story was fast moving and kept my interest for the most part. I got tired of reading about what each character wore or ate. It seemed to drag occasionally and I found myself skipping through the descriptions that didn’t appear to move the story forward.

[Jason Bovberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the author of the classic KILLING SUKI FLOOD comes a different kind of crime novel, this one a more traditional P.I. tale--but nontraditional in the sense that that P.I. is a feisty, opinionated woman, in fact a former showgirl who knows how to (and is not ashamed to) use her body to her advantage. There's a fascinating mystery at the heart of this book, but the real joy of reading it comes from the characterization of Gabbi and her friends and clients.

[BonusMom · Rating 1 out of 5]

Too much description

I think this may be a good book, unfortunately not for me. There is too much description going on and I could not finish it. For those of you who want a good detailed romance action , this is for you.