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Kit O'Malley Mystery #3
Thicker Than Water
Third in the PI series, Thicker than Water finds Kit O'Malley trying not to become too embroiled in the feud between three Melbourne crime families, while dealing with ghosts from her past, and a strange missing persons case.
The women's bar known as Angie's is the last place anyone expected to find the dead body of known-criminal Gerry Anders, and O'Malley soon discovers that helping her family of friends out of trouble can be just as dangerous as facing a deranged killer - only more complicated.
She has to deal with an old nemesis from her days of the force; the matriarch of the notorious Riley clan, who takes a liking to her; a troublemaking journalist; and a Romeo and Juliet scenario.
Kit's ex-partner, Detective Inspector Jon Marek, is not coping with the ugly reality of his on-going hunt for a serial killer; and, as the Feds are still spying on everyone, Kit's courtship of the gorgeous Alex Cazenove remains under wraps.
To cap it all off a good friend and his strange Russian-American client go missing, and suddenly everything points to old grudges and unresolved family tension.
Everything, that is, except the very strange connection to Melbourne's Bubble-Wrap Killer.
The women's bar known as Angie's is the last place anyone expected to find the dead body of known-criminal Gerry Anders, and O'Malley soon discovers that helping her family of friends out of trouble can be just as dangerous as facing a deranged killer - only more complicated.
She has to deal with an old nemesis from her days of the force; the matriarch of the notorious Riley clan, who takes a liking to her; a troublemaking journalist; and a Romeo and Juliet scenario.
Kit's ex-partner, Detective Inspector Jon Marek, is not coping with the ugly reality of his on-going hunt for a serial killer; and, as the Feds are still spying on everyone, Kit's courtship of the gorgeous Alex Cazenove remains under wraps.
To cap it all off a good friend and his strange Russian-American client go missing, and suddenly everything points to old grudges and unresolved family tension.
Everything, that is, except the very strange connection to Melbourne's Bubble-Wrap Killer.
392 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
July 22, 2017
Great detective series! funny,well developed cast of characters,very interesting storyline and superb writing..recommend (paperback!)
February 2, 2017
It's not just her smart mouth that gets Kit O'Malley into trouble... When a bloodless corpse turns up on the dance floor of her favourite bar, she's got no choice but to help her friend Angie, the bar's owner. The presence of Detective-Sergeant Graham Parker does nothing to reassure her the real killer will be found...
When it's revealed the corpse belongs to a member of a notorious Melbourne crime family, a bad situation gets a whole lot worse. Is Melbourne heading for a violent gang war? As she picks her way through the city's underworld, dealing with characters like Doghouse Dixon and Will Thumpya, Kit ends up in the kitchen of crime matriarch Queenie Riley.
The PI with the mean right hook knows how to look after herself but asking the right questions of the wrong people sees Kit's friends dragged into serious danger. Kit finds personal life and work life tangling as she struggles to stay on top of events fast moving beyond her control...
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I really enjoyed this book. I've not read Lindy Cameron before but I will be looking out for more. There's a lot of humour in here - not laugh-out-loud funny, but I found myself grinning internally quite frequently. Well-written & great language, too. Kit has an excellent vocabulary & she's quite prepared to use it.
I found Kit's wild cogitations on about events relating to her investigations highly entertaining. She reminds me of Christie's Ariadne Oliver in this mannerism. The characters are excellent & well-sketched, most of them likeable - except for the ones we're not meant to like. Kit is both strong & vulnerable, amusing & serious, intelligent, educated, tough & willing to accept help when she needs it. I can't help liking her & her friends.
A diverting & pleasurable experience. I rate it 4.5*.
When it's revealed the corpse belongs to a member of a notorious Melbourne crime family, a bad situation gets a whole lot worse. Is Melbourne heading for a violent gang war? As she picks her way through the city's underworld, dealing with characters like Doghouse Dixon and Will Thumpya, Kit ends up in the kitchen of crime matriarch Queenie Riley.
The PI with the mean right hook knows how to look after herself but asking the right questions of the wrong people sees Kit's friends dragged into serious danger. Kit finds personal life and work life tangling as she struggles to stay on top of events fast moving beyond her control...
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3...
I really enjoyed this book. I've not read Lindy Cameron before but I will be looking out for more. There's a lot of humour in here - not laugh-out-loud funny, but I found myself grinning internally quite frequently. Well-written & great language, too. Kit has an excellent vocabulary & she's quite prepared to use it.
I found Kit's wild cogitations on about events relating to her investigations highly entertaining. She reminds me of Christie's Ariadne Oliver in this mannerism. The characters are excellent & well-sketched, most of them likeable - except for the ones we're not meant to like. Kit is both strong & vulnerable, amusing & serious, intelligent, educated, tough & willing to accept help when she needs it. I can't help liking her & her friends.
A diverting & pleasurable experience. I rate it 4.5*.
December 31, 2014
Another great Kit O'Malley book. Pity this was the last book in the series...
September 14, 2009
Loved it, as I love all of Lindy Cameron's books. Twisty and with interesting characters who have lots of flaws and redeeming characteristics, just like real people. Not too heavy and certainly a good read if you like a mystery with a gutsy female lead and not a lot of gore.
April 11, 2011
I couldn't finish this book. It may have been the Aussie slang. But in a nutshell, murdered man found in bar is realated to the head of a crime family. Sorry that's all I know.
January 30, 2014
Loved it!
June 6, 2014
I loved the third Kit O'Malley novel. Write another please Lindy!
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