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Mimi & Gianna #3
Love Notes: A Mimi Patterson/Gianna Maglione Mystery
A very interesting book.
216 pages, Paperback
First published July 25, 2011
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About the author
Penny Mickelbury
30 books60 followersMickelbury is a former newspaper, radio and television reporter based primarily in Washington, D.C. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, she lives in Los Angeles. The novelist and former journalist also is an accomplished playwright whose work has won awards. Two of her Mimi Patterson/Gianna Maglione novels are Lammy finalists. She is the recipient of the Audre Lorde Estate Grant, and she had a residency at the Hedgebrook Women Writers colony.
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June 7, 2023
A Great Series
This 3rd installment is just as exciting as the previous ones. The concise yet compelling storylines within the book that always bring the two together is fun, funny, adventurous and dangerous.
This 3rd installment is just as exciting as the previous ones. The concise yet compelling storylines within the book that always bring the two together is fun, funny, adventurous and dangerous.
January 31, 2021
I’m hooked
Looks like I will be spending many hours learning more about the wonderful Mimi and Gianna! Ms. Mickelbury words keep the pages turning from start to finish.
Looks like I will be spending many hours learning more about the wonderful Mimi and Gianna! Ms. Mickelbury words keep the pages turning from start to finish.
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June 18, 2020I read the Mimi and Gianna novels before I had decided to make the Lesbian Mystery my avocation. For that reason, I have only a general statement about the four books.
I have read all four books in this series, each of which has more pages than its predecessor. Unlike some of the more mundane books in this list, I feel that Mickelbury’s books shine with an aura of importance. I like the literary aspect of the double-barreled storyline, wherein half of the story is told from Gianna’s point of view and the other half from Mimi’s. I believe in the love the two characters feel for each other and I sympathize with their need to keep their private and professional lives separate. Each of the novels has an agenda: gay women, prostitutes, menopausal women, fringe lesbians, the latter two deserving special praise for bringing them and their needs to our attention. This was also the first bi-racial couple I have come across. Pet peeves: Although this series has more than its share of gay men and women, every one—without exception—is described as beautiful. Well, maybe in her world . . . There are other things that do not ring perfectly true--one of the books has four serial killers throwing hunting knives from a moving car, yet never missing their victims’ hearts--but the series is good enough that you can almost suspend your disbelief.
Note: I read the e-book version of all four books which were available in September, 2013.
Another Note: This review is included in my book The Art of the Lesbian Mystery Novel, along with information on over 930 other lesbian mysteries by over 310 authors.
I have read all four books in this series, each of which has more pages than its predecessor. Unlike some of the more mundane books in this list, I feel that Mickelbury’s books shine with an aura of importance. I like the literary aspect of the double-barreled storyline, wherein half of the story is told from Gianna’s point of view and the other half from Mimi’s. I believe in the love the two characters feel for each other and I sympathize with their need to keep their private and professional lives separate. Each of the novels has an agenda: gay women, prostitutes, menopausal women, fringe lesbians, the latter two deserving special praise for bringing them and their needs to our attention. This was also the first bi-racial couple I have come across. Pet peeves: Although this series has more than its share of gay men and women, every one—without exception—is described as beautiful. Well, maybe in her world . . . There are other things that do not ring perfectly true--one of the books has four serial killers throwing hunting knives from a moving car, yet never missing their victims’ hearts--but the series is good enough that you can almost suspend your disbelief.
Note: I read the e-book version of all four books which were available in September, 2013.
Another Note: This review is included in my book The Art of the Lesbian Mystery Novel, along with information on over 930 other lesbian mysteries by over 310 authors.
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June 18, 2020I read the Mimi and Gianna novels before I had decided to make the Lesbian Mystery my avocation. For that reason, I have only a general statement about the four books.
I have read all four books in this series, each of which has more pages than its predecessor. Unlike some of the more mundane books in this list, I feel that Mickelbury’s books shine with an aura of importance. I like the literary aspect of the double-barreled storyline, wherein half of the story is told from Gianna’s point of view and the other half from Mimi’s. I believe in the love the two characters feel for each other and I sympathize with their need to keep their private and professional lives separate. Each of the novels has an agenda: gay women, prostitutes, menopausal women, fringe lesbians, the latter two deserving special praise for bringing them and their needs to our attention. This was also the first bi-racial couple I have come across. Pet peeves: Although this series has more than its share of gay men and women, every one—without exception—is described as beautiful. Well, maybe in her world . . . There are other things that do not ring perfectly true--one of the books has four serial killers throwing hunting knives from a moving car, yet never missing their victims’ hearts--but the series is good enough that you can almost suspend your disbelief.
Note: I read the e-book version of all four books which were available in September, 2013.
Another Note: This review is included in my book The Art of the Lesbian Mystery Novel, along with information on over 930 other lesbian mysteries by over 310 authors.
I have read all four books in this series, each of which has more pages than its predecessor. Unlike some of the more mundane books in this list, I feel that Mickelbury’s books shine with an aura of importance. I like the literary aspect of the double-barreled storyline, wherein half of the story is told from Gianna’s point of view and the other half from Mimi’s. I believe in the love the two characters feel for each other and I sympathize with their need to keep their private and professional lives separate. Each of the novels has an agenda: gay women, prostitutes, menopausal women, fringe lesbians, the latter two deserving special praise for bringing them and their needs to our attention. This was also the first bi-racial couple I have come across. Pet peeves: Although this series has more than its share of gay men and women, every one—without exception—is described as beautiful. Well, maybe in her world . . . There are other things that do not ring perfectly true--one of the books has four serial killers throwing hunting knives from a moving car, yet never missing their victims’ hearts--but the series is good enough that you can almost suspend your disbelief.
Note: I read the e-book version of all four books which were available in September, 2013.
Another Note: This review is included in my book The Art of the Lesbian Mystery Novel, along with information on over 930 other lesbian mysteries by over 310 authors.
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