"In Atlanta Graves", Sunny sets out to reclaim a stolen painting. But instead of the painting, she ends up with a dead body, unanswered questions -- and a full-fledged killer on her hands.
With Peachtree Investigations facing bankruptcy, Sunny must work fast -- not only to catch the murderer, but to save her job.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A good debut mystery,
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This review is from: Atlanta Graves (Mass Market Paperback)
Gunnar Brushurd is a legend in his own time as the daring renowned owner of Peachtree Investigations, an Atlanta-based private detective firm. However, Gunnar is out of pocket, leaving Sunny Childs in charge of both the operational and financial operations of the company. While trying to ransom a stolen painting for a client, Sunny's perp is shot and the painting remains missing. She also learns that Gunnar has cashed a $100K CD that was used as collateral on a credit line at the bank. The bank calls in the loan, giving Sunny four days to pay back the debt or they will foreclose the business. When she reports to her client that the painting was stolen, she cuts a deal to find the painting in exchange for a $100K. Sunny is determined to save the company and regain the painting, regardless of the obstacles tossed her way by dangerous felons who will kill anyone who crosses their path. Readers will like the tough Sunny, who is an amalgam (not of DC and Marvel) of Scarpetta, Blake, and Milhorne. The convoluted plot yields many suspects, false trails, and red herrings, thereby guaranteeing an exhilarating how and who-done-it. Ruth Birmingham has started a terrific series that brings alive the mean streets of Atlanta. Harriet Klausner
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Beginning,
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This review is from: Atlanta Graves (Mass Market Paperback)
I read this book after I'd read the author's two following books about Sunny. Take my word, read this one first. The plot gets entangled and confused, but it is clear that Ms Birmingham has style. After this book, she sorts out how to do plots, and soars from 3 stars to 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
First Effort in what May Prove to be a Good Series,
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This review is from: Atlanta Graves (Mass Market Paperback)
Atlanta Graves introduces Atlanta PI Sunny Childs. Sunny, part owner and operative for Peachtree Investigations is hired to retrieve a stolen painting. She spends much of her time fronting for absent boss, and Peachtree Investigations founder, Gunnar Brushwood, trying to keep the business solvent, pleasing her mother and dumping her married lover. Set in Atlanta, Sunny moves easily from Dunwoody and glitzy benefits to a ride on Marta to crime-ridden Southwest Atlanta. Author Ruth Birmingham offers a glimpse of Atlanta that makes you feel like she knows the territory (with one glaring error -- a character who majored in Criminal Justice at Georgia Tech). Like many mysteries, the title does not have any real relation to the plot but Sunny may eventually develop into a well-rounded character who could sustain a series.
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