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Beach Reading #2
Cold Serial Murder
A killer is on the loose in the Castro district.Cold Serial Murder, the second book in Mark Abramson’s Beach Reading series, continues the story of one of the Castro’s most adorable characters. Can Tim and his aunt uncover who the killer is before it’s too late? Romantic novels, set in romantic San Francisco, all with a taste of adventure, a touch of magic and lots of San Francisciana.
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First published December 1, 2008
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Mark Abramson
30 books36 followersMark Abramson was a bartender and producer of events such as "Pier Pressure" and "Men Behind Bars" before writing the "Beach Reading" series set in San Francisco's Castro District. He is also working on a memoir called "Castro Street Diaries." "
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February 9, 2013
I enjoyed the taste and feel of San Francisco which was most of the story. The characters were great and the way Aunt Ruth screwed up gay terms was priceless. There really wasn't much of a murder mystery though.
February 25, 2020
Tim’s aunt Ruth comes to San Francisco for a visit from Minnesota. She is the family member who raised him when his mother kicked him out of his home for when the scandal between him and his high school track coach became common knowledge. Their vacation begins beautifully with a joint, great weather, and a promised ride in Jason’s red, convertible Thunderbird. Together, Aunt Ruth and Tim stumble onto Jason’s stabbed body, his co-worker and ex-boyfriend, in a pool of blood. Artie and Arturo hold a memorial service for Jason at their restaurant and bar Arts, where Tim stumbles onto another body, in the trunk of Arturo’s car, naked among the rotting strawberries. Because of the suspiciously close time frame of the killings and the fact that they are both murdered gay men, the community is seriously concerned and scared that there is a serial killer on the loose in the Castro. Aunt Ruth worries for Tim’s safety too, when she is not around and he is out, cruising.
Because of Jason’s unexpected death, Arts is terribly understaffed, and Aunt Ruth finds herself filling in as the bartender at the bar, reminding her of her Stanford days. Of course, she is on vacation and doesn’t need the money, but it is nice to feel and be needed. Plus, the customers love her!
Viv, the piano player at Arts, is married to her new husband. (This is number six or seven. Even Viv looses track of which number she is on!) He’s a tall drink of water, a cowboy, and rumored to be hung like a horse! Viv is very happy because of him, and she hopes this marriage to be the one that lasts.
Tim really likes having his Aunt Ruth stay with him in his one bedroom apartment, and does not want her to get a hotel room. However, he does want to be able to bring a trick home occasionally. With her there, he isn’t meeting lots of hot guys all the time as he did before. He misses being single and free. In addition, it makes getting reading to go out to eat to a fancy restaurant a little bit difficult. When she works nights at Arts, Tim is able to go out. But, he feels as if it’s like sneaking out of the house, when he was a teenager.
Aunt Ruth is aware of Tim’s gift. They talk about how it skipped a generation, and about how much she is glad that her nephew has it instead of her.
She gets caught into solving the murder mystery very easily, and to her benefit she makes a good Nancy Drew, as Tim likes to call her. The police have no clues as to who the murderer is, or a motive as to why. But the other murdered bodies from outside San Francisco make Tim and Aunt Ruth believe that the deaths are related somehow. Aunt Ruth has her suspicious eye on the mysterious Marcia. (She is Malcolm’s “sister” and another of Tim’s neighbors.)
Tim’s life seems to be making a positive turn around with his aunt visiting. The mornings they share on the porch with their coffee and surrounded by the potted flowers and plants, are the most memorable and cherished memories they make together. Tim has a great big shiny disco ball of fortuitous opportunity fall into his lap, when he, Artie, and Arturo return from the reading of Jason’s will. Aunt Ruth figures out who the murder is from a photo at Jason’s memorial service, and from talking to Viv. And Tim will end up fighting for his life, naked!
Because of Jason’s unexpected death, Arts is terribly understaffed, and Aunt Ruth finds herself filling in as the bartender at the bar, reminding her of her Stanford days. Of course, she is on vacation and doesn’t need the money, but it is nice to feel and be needed. Plus, the customers love her!
Viv, the piano player at Arts, is married to her new husband. (This is number six or seven. Even Viv looses track of which number she is on!) He’s a tall drink of water, a cowboy, and rumored to be hung like a horse! Viv is very happy because of him, and she hopes this marriage to be the one that lasts.
Tim really likes having his Aunt Ruth stay with him in his one bedroom apartment, and does not want her to get a hotel room. However, he does want to be able to bring a trick home occasionally. With her there, he isn’t meeting lots of hot guys all the time as he did before. He misses being single and free. In addition, it makes getting reading to go out to eat to a fancy restaurant a little bit difficult. When she works nights at Arts, Tim is able to go out. But, he feels as if it’s like sneaking out of the house, when he was a teenager.
Aunt Ruth is aware of Tim’s gift. They talk about how it skipped a generation, and about how much she is glad that her nephew has it instead of her.
She gets caught into solving the murder mystery very easily, and to her benefit she makes a good Nancy Drew, as Tim likes to call her. The police have no clues as to who the murderer is, or a motive as to why. But the other murdered bodies from outside San Francisco make Tim and Aunt Ruth believe that the deaths are related somehow. Aunt Ruth has her suspicious eye on the mysterious Marcia. (She is Malcolm’s “sister” and another of Tim’s neighbors.)
Tim’s life seems to be making a positive turn around with his aunt visiting. The mornings they share on the porch with their coffee and surrounded by the potted flowers and plants, are the most memorable and cherished memories they make together. Tim has a great big shiny disco ball of fortuitous opportunity fall into his lap, when he, Artie, and Arturo return from the reading of Jason’s will. Aunt Ruth figures out who the murder is from a photo at Jason’s memorial service, and from talking to Viv. And Tim will end up fighting for his life, naked!
August 17, 2022
I enjoyed this book. The characters began to become real to me. There was suspense. Attraction. I also just enjoyed remembering the places in the book from my trips to San Francisco.
February 25, 2016
Tim’s aunt Ruth comes to San Francisco for a visit from Minnesota. She is the family member who raised him when his mother kicked him out of his home for when the scandal between him and his high school track coach became common knowledge. Their vacation begins beautifully with a joint, great weather, and a promised ride in Jason’s red, convertible Thunderbird. Together, Aunt Ruth and Tim stumble onto Jason’s stabbed body, his co-worker and ex-boyfriend, in a pool of blood. Artie and Arturo hold a memorial service for Jason at their restaurant and bar Arts, where Tim stumbles onto another body, in the trunk of Arturo’s car, naked among the rotting strawberries. Because of the suspiciously close time frame of the killings and the fact that they are both murdered gay men, the community is seriously concerned and scared that there is a serial killer on the loose in the Castro. Aunt Ruth worries for Tim’s safety too, when she is not around and he is out, cruising.
Because of Jason’s unexpected death, Arts is terribly understaffed, and Aunt Ruth finds herself filling in as the bartender at the bar, reminding her of her Stanford days. Of course, she is on vacation and doesn’t need the money, but it is nice to feel and be needed. Plus, the customers love her!
Viv, the piano player at Arts, is married to her new husband. (This is number six or seven. Even Viv looses track of which number she is on!) He’s a tall drink of water, a cowboy, and rumored to be hung like a horse! Viv is very happy because of him, and she hopes this marriage to be the one that lasts.
Tim really likes having his Aunt Ruth stay with him in his one bedroom apartment, and does not want her to get a hotel room. However, he does want to be able to bring a trick home occasionally. With her there, he isn’t meeting lots of hot guys all the time as he did before. He misses being single and free. In addition, it makes getting reading to go out to eat to a fancy restaurant a little bit difficult. When she works nights at Arts, Tim is able to go out. But, he feels as if it’s like sneaking out of the house, when he was a teenager.
Aunt Ruth is aware of Tim’s gift. They talk about how it skipped a generation, and about how much she is glad that her nephew has it instead of her.
She gets caught into solving the murder mystery very easily, and to her benefit she makes a good Nancy Drew, as Tim likes to call her. The police have no clues as to who the murderer is, or a motive as to why. But the other murdered bodies from outside San Francisco make Tim and Aunt Ruth believe that the deaths are related somehow. Aunt Ruth has her suspicious eye on the mysterious Marcia. (She is Malcolm’s “sister” and another of Tim’s neighbors.)
Tim’s life seems to be making a positive turn around with his aunt visiting. The mornings they share on the porch with their coffee and surrounded by the potted flowers and plants, are the most memorable and cherished memories they make together. Tim has a great big shiny disco ball of fortuitous opportunity fall into his lap, when he, Artie, and Arturo return from the reading of Jason’s will. Aunt Ruth figures out who the murder is from a photo at Jason’s memorial service, and from talking to Viv. And Tim will end up fighting for his life, naked!
Because of Jason’s unexpected death, Arts is terribly understaffed, and Aunt Ruth finds herself filling in as the bartender at the bar, reminding her of her Stanford days. Of course, she is on vacation and doesn’t need the money, but it is nice to feel and be needed. Plus, the customers love her!
Viv, the piano player at Arts, is married to her new husband. (This is number six or seven. Even Viv looses track of which number she is on!) He’s a tall drink of water, a cowboy, and rumored to be hung like a horse! Viv is very happy because of him, and she hopes this marriage to be the one that lasts.
Tim really likes having his Aunt Ruth stay with him in his one bedroom apartment, and does not want her to get a hotel room. However, he does want to be able to bring a trick home occasionally. With her there, he isn’t meeting lots of hot guys all the time as he did before. He misses being single and free. In addition, it makes getting reading to go out to eat to a fancy restaurant a little bit difficult. When she works nights at Arts, Tim is able to go out. But, he feels as if it’s like sneaking out of the house, when he was a teenager.
Aunt Ruth is aware of Tim’s gift. They talk about how it skipped a generation, and about how much she is glad that her nephew has it instead of her.
She gets caught into solving the murder mystery very easily, and to her benefit she makes a good Nancy Drew, as Tim likes to call her. The police have no clues as to who the murderer is, or a motive as to why. But the other murdered bodies from outside San Francisco make Tim and Aunt Ruth believe that the deaths are related somehow. Aunt Ruth has her suspicious eye on the mysterious Marcia. (She is Malcolm’s “sister” and another of Tim’s neighbors.)
Tim’s life seems to be making a positive turn around with his aunt visiting. The mornings they share on the porch with their coffee and surrounded by the potted flowers and plants, are the most memorable and cherished memories they make together. Tim has a great big shiny disco ball of fortuitous opportunity fall into his lap, when he, Artie, and Arturo return from the reading of Jason’s will. Aunt Ruth figures out who the murder is from a photo at Jason’s memorial service, and from talking to Viv. And Tim will end up fighting for his life, naked!
February 25, 2020
Tim’s aunt Ruth comes to San Francisco for a visit from Minnesota. She is the family member who raised him when his mother kicked him out of his home for when the scandal between him and his high school track coach became common knowledge. Their vacation begins beautifully with a joint, great weather, and a promised ride in Jason’s red, convertible Thunderbird. Together, Aunt Ruth and Tim stumble onto Jason’s stabbed body, his co-worker and ex-boyfriend, in a pool of blood. Artie and Arturo hold a memorial service for Jason at their restaurant and bar Arts, where Tim stumbles onto another body, in the trunk of Arturo’s car, naked among the rotting strawberries. Because of the suspiciously close time frame of the killings and the fact that they are both murdered gay men, the community is seriously concerned and scared that there is a serial killer on the loose in the Castro. Aunt Ruth worries for Tim’s safety too, when she is not around and he is out, cruising.
Because of Jason’s unexpected death, Arts is terribly understaffed, and Aunt Ruth finds herself filling in as the bartender at the bar, reminding her of her Stanford days. Of course, she is on vacation and doesn’t need the money, but it is nice to feel and be needed. Plus, the customers love her!
Viv, the piano player at Arts, is married to her new husband. (This is number six or seven. Even Viv looses track of which number she is on!) He’s a tall drink of water, a cowboy, and rumored to be hung like a horse! Viv is very happy because of him, and she hopes this marriage to be the one that lasts.
Tim really likes having his Aunt Ruth stay with him in his one bedroom apartment, and does not want her to get a hotel room. However, he does want to be able to bring a trick home occasionally. With her there, he isn’t meeting lots of hot guys all the time as he did before. He misses being single and free. In addition, it makes getting reading to go out to eat to a fancy restaurant a little bit difficult. When she works nights at Arts, Tim is able to go out. But, he feels as if it’s like sneaking out of the house, when he was a teenager.
Aunt Ruth is aware of Tim’s gift. They talk about how it skipped a generation, and about how much she is glad that her nephew has it instead of her.
She gets caught into solving the murder mystery very easily, and to her benefit she makes a good Nancy Drew, as Tim likes to call her. The police have no clues as to who the murderer is, or a motive as to why. But the other murdered bodies from outside San Francisco make Tim and Aunt Ruth believe that the deaths are related somehow. Aunt Ruth has her suspicious eye on the mysterious Marcia. (She is Malcolm’s “sister” and another of Tim’s neighbors.)
Tim’s life seems to be making a positive turn around with his aunt visiting. The mornings they share on the porch with their coffee and surrounded by the potted flowers and plants, are the most memorable and cherished memories they make together. Tim has a great big shiny disco ball of fortuitous opportunity fall into his lap, when he, Artie, and Arturo return from the reading of Jason’s will. Aunt Ruth figures out who the murder is from a photo at Jason’s memorial service, and from talking to Viv. And Tim will end up fighting for his life, naked!
Because of Jason’s unexpected death, Arts is terribly understaffed, and Aunt Ruth finds herself filling in as the bartender at the bar, reminding her of her Stanford days. Of course, she is on vacation and doesn’t need the money, but it is nice to feel and be needed. Plus, the customers love her!
Viv, the piano player at Arts, is married to her new husband. (This is number six or seven. Even Viv looses track of which number she is on!) He’s a tall drink of water, a cowboy, and rumored to be hung like a horse! Viv is very happy because of him, and she hopes this marriage to be the one that lasts.
Tim really likes having his Aunt Ruth stay with him in his one bedroom apartment, and does not want her to get a hotel room. However, he does want to be able to bring a trick home occasionally. With her there, he isn’t meeting lots of hot guys all the time as he did before. He misses being single and free. In addition, it makes getting reading to go out to eat to a fancy restaurant a little bit difficult. When she works nights at Arts, Tim is able to go out. But, he feels as if it’s like sneaking out of the house, when he was a teenager.
Aunt Ruth is aware of Tim’s gift. They talk about how it skipped a generation, and about how much she is glad that her nephew has it instead of her.
She gets caught into solving the murder mystery very easily, and to her benefit she makes a good Nancy Drew, as Tim likes to call her. The police have no clues as to who the murderer is, or a motive as to why. But the other murdered bodies from outside San Francisco make Tim and Aunt Ruth believe that the deaths are related somehow. Aunt Ruth has her suspicious eye on the mysterious Marcia. (She is Malcolm’s “sister” and another of Tim’s neighbors.)
Tim’s life seems to be making a positive turn around with his aunt visiting. The mornings they share on the porch with their coffee and surrounded by the potted flowers and plants, are the most memorable and cherished memories they make together. Tim has a great big shiny disco ball of fortuitous opportunity fall into his lap, when he, Artie, and Arturo return from the reading of Jason’s will. Aunt Ruth figures out who the murder is from a photo at Jason’s memorial service, and from talking to Viv. And Tim will end up fighting for his life, naked!
February 2, 2010
Tim Snow returns as a young gay man living in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco and working at the nearby Art’s restaurant. His favorite Aunt Ruth from Minnesota is visiting and he hopes for an easy, relaxing visit for the two of them. Tim’s plans go horribly awry when he stops by his ex-lover Jason’s house only to discover Jason stabbed and dying on his kitchen floor. From the first day Aunt Ruth arrives, nothing seems to go as planned. Jason’s death has left a work shortage at Art’s, which Ruth fills in as bartender but the increased business leaving both Tim and Ruth working every day of their supposed vacation. At the same time, other young men are being founded stabbed and murdered in a similar gruesome way to Jason, leading Ruth to wonder when the murderer will be caught or who will be their next victim.
Tim is an interesting character, although not very detailed or explained. He has a hazy past filled with one-night stands and unsuitable lovers, mixed with a hint of psychic power, which he smokes marijuana to dull. His only family is his Aunt Ruth after a falling out with his parents over his sexual orientation. There is a hint of a new boyfriend/love interest in the character of Nick but it’s quick, glossed over and easily forgotten with its lack of depth. Tim has a tendency to have long rambling thoughts and monologues offering little to no insight, more so a quirk to his personality that occasionally becomes distracting and adding to the lengthy list of unnecessary details offered repeatedly throughout the story.
Aunt Ruth is also a central character as the story is told in third person from alternating viewpoints of Tim and Ruth. A large portion of the tale is given from Ruth’s perspective and focuses on her lack of understanding about the gay community and various related idiosyncrasies. She is described as open-minded and quick witted yet comes across as sheltered, not very bright, and overly literal. There were clear attempts to inject humor in Ruth’s character with her literal understanding of analogies and comments of various gay characters, however, they fell flat and left Ruth looking unintelligent and slow. She is clearly a mother figure for the entire cast of characters, Tim and the various supporting characters, which is in contrast to the image of her jumping behind the bar as a bartender most nights.
The mystery of the murdered young men was largely ignored for almost the entire novel with the resolution occurring within a page or two at the near end after Aunt Ruth suddenly solves the crime with all the clues cleverly laid out for her. This was treated very similar to most of the events occurring in the book, noted, talked about and easily forgotten as everyone moves on. Details, clues, and characters are introduced and pop up again here and there with little fanfare or understanding of their connection to the book and storyline. The author lets the book wander without focus and purpose as if following Tim’s rambling and wandering thoughts.
This story has a smattering of mystery and a hint of romance without giving either enough depth or focus. The real focus and star of the novel is the setting of Castro neighborhood. The level of detail and care given to this show a clear love of the author’s for this area and those familiar with this neighborhood will likely enjoy the vivid imagery evoked in the book. This is the second book of what is planned as a lengthy series, so perhaps future books will give more depth to the characters, their motivations, and insights that was missing from this offering. The pacing was off slightly with no real action happening for the majority of the book mixed with incredibly short spurts of activity. For anyone familiar with Castro and wanting to take a leisurely walk through it on a lazy afternoon, “Cold Serial Murder” will give you exactly that.
Tim is an interesting character, although not very detailed or explained. He has a hazy past filled with one-night stands and unsuitable lovers, mixed with a hint of psychic power, which he smokes marijuana to dull. His only family is his Aunt Ruth after a falling out with his parents over his sexual orientation. There is a hint of a new boyfriend/love interest in the character of Nick but it’s quick, glossed over and easily forgotten with its lack of depth. Tim has a tendency to have long rambling thoughts and monologues offering little to no insight, more so a quirk to his personality that occasionally becomes distracting and adding to the lengthy list of unnecessary details offered repeatedly throughout the story.
Aunt Ruth is also a central character as the story is told in third person from alternating viewpoints of Tim and Ruth. A large portion of the tale is given from Ruth’s perspective and focuses on her lack of understanding about the gay community and various related idiosyncrasies. She is described as open-minded and quick witted yet comes across as sheltered, not very bright, and overly literal. There were clear attempts to inject humor in Ruth’s character with her literal understanding of analogies and comments of various gay characters, however, they fell flat and left Ruth looking unintelligent and slow. She is clearly a mother figure for the entire cast of characters, Tim and the various supporting characters, which is in contrast to the image of her jumping behind the bar as a bartender most nights.
The mystery of the murdered young men was largely ignored for almost the entire novel with the resolution occurring within a page or two at the near end after Aunt Ruth suddenly solves the crime with all the clues cleverly laid out for her. This was treated very similar to most of the events occurring in the book, noted, talked about and easily forgotten as everyone moves on. Details, clues, and characters are introduced and pop up again here and there with little fanfare or understanding of their connection to the book and storyline. The author lets the book wander without focus and purpose as if following Tim’s rambling and wandering thoughts.
This story has a smattering of mystery and a hint of romance without giving either enough depth or focus. The real focus and star of the novel is the setting of Castro neighborhood. The level of detail and care given to this show a clear love of the author’s for this area and those familiar with this neighborhood will likely enjoy the vivid imagery evoked in the book. This is the second book of what is planned as a lengthy series, so perhaps future books will give more depth to the characters, their motivations, and insights that was missing from this offering. The pacing was off slightly with no real action happening for the majority of the book mixed with incredibly short spurts of activity. For anyone familiar with Castro and wanting to take a leisurely walk through it on a lazy afternoon, “Cold Serial Murder” will give you exactly that.
June 27, 2015
A pretty clean (meaning smut free) read, and I guessed the murderer pretty much when he showed up to start with because of the creepy factor.
Tim's gift isn't really a big part of the series, I expected perhaps something more along the lines of Odd Thomas, it could boil down to bad (drug?) dreams and gut instinct in a blink.
I am however wholeheartedly disgusted by the embracing of the term "breeders" being used for heterosexuals here. We as people dislike having slang and labels tossed around us, so we really ought not use retaliation terms in return, it takes away all credited seriousness.
Women here were portrayed as flirty & vapid (Viv, when will people realize that entertainers put on a mask like any doctor or actor and when they are home they are real people who have very real questions and suspicions of the people surrounding them? Especially about husbands with "funny" stories) careless (Theresa enjoying a warm bath forgets she agreed to babysit a little girl who ends up kidnapped, the "breeders" left their daughter in a unlocked apartment of a neighbor who didn't know for sure if the child had been dropped off while the mother went into labor with another child? I don't think so!), naive (Ruth's portrayal was at times grating, due to a lack of internet and cell phones suspense and mistakes were plunged into with glee "Gay 101", fainting spells at a supposed declaration of murder by a murderer, and this was the woman who Nancy Drewed the murderer was after Tim and ran to save him!).
Still, like San Francisco itself, this book showed off it's characters and scenes in surprising and appealing ways.
Tim's gift isn't really a big part of the series, I expected perhaps something more along the lines of Odd Thomas, it could boil down to bad (drug?) dreams and gut instinct in a blink.
I am however wholeheartedly disgusted by the embracing of the term "breeders" being used for heterosexuals here. We as people dislike having slang and labels tossed around us, so we really ought not use retaliation terms in return, it takes away all credited seriousness.
Women here were portrayed as flirty & vapid (Viv, when will people realize that entertainers put on a mask like any doctor or actor and when they are home they are real people who have very real questions and suspicions of the people surrounding them? Especially about husbands with "funny" stories) careless (Theresa enjoying a warm bath forgets she agreed to babysit a little girl who ends up kidnapped, the "breeders" left their daughter in a unlocked apartment of a neighbor who didn't know for sure if the child had been dropped off while the mother went into labor with another child? I don't think so!), naive (Ruth's portrayal was at times grating, due to a lack of internet and cell phones suspense and mistakes were plunged into with glee "Gay 101", fainting spells at a supposed declaration of murder by a murderer, and this was the woman who Nancy Drewed the murderer was after Tim and ran to save him!).
Still, like San Francisco itself, this book showed off it's characters and scenes in surprising and appealing ways.
August 24, 2009
This book could be described as a cross between a present-day Tales of the city with a murder mystery. Set in San Francisco, primarily in the Castro neighborhood and centered around a fictional restaurant where most of the characters work, the plot involves a guy trying to figure out who murdered his ex and a series of other men. The main character's aunt is visiting him from Minnesota, as a Minnesotan-turned San Franciscan myself, that added an extra layer.
If the abs on the cover are a turn-off to you, please don't judge the book by them.
If the abs on the cover are a turn-off to you, please don't judge the book by them.
May 3, 2012
Having read the first book in this series a while ago and enjoyed it as a modern day "Tales of the City", it was a pleasant surprise to come back to this second installment and pick up the lives of protagonists from before. An easy read, the characters are very well realised and the descriptions of the city made me want to pull up my roots and move to San Francisco immediately. If you enjoyed the Armistad Maupin series then I would recommend this series.
February 22, 2011
Cold Serial Murder, the second book in the Beach Reading series is a good and welcomed addition. All of the characters in this book, as well as in the first book, are very likable and I feel like I'm reading about people that I know. They feel like family. I look forward to reading the third book, Russian River Rat.
I give Cold Serial Murder four stars.
March 31, 2012
Not as engaging as the first in the series
but I'm still looking forward to the next installment
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but I'm still looking forward to the next installment
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July 1, 2016
A thoroughly enjoyable read. Protagonist Tim Snow and his beloved Aunt Ruth - along with a bevy of colorful characters - makes this quick-read a real charmer. I'm looking forward to more of Tim & his aunt, Ruth!
November 27, 2013
Warning this book will make you want to visit and or move to San Francisco even though you might have to face a killer. These books are just fun from beginning to end. you will have a new set of literary friends by the time you catch up on this series.
February 4, 2012
Followup in series of Castro murders. Lots of fun.
November 15, 2016
I love the second book Abramson's has created about the life and times of Tim Snow. Auntie Ruth...I love her...and wish I had someone of her caliber in my life...supporting me.
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