Blood Guilt: A Kit O'Malley Mystery (Kit O'Malley Mystery Series) [Paperback]

Lindy Cameron (Author)

Book Description

Series: Kit O'Malley Mystery Series | Publication Date: December 1, 2005

“Kit O’Malley is a welcome addition to the list of female crime-fighters.”—Val McDermid

Celia Robinson is paying PI Kit O’Malley big money to find out what Celia’s philandering husband Geoffrey is up to with a blonde, a redhead, and entrepreneur Ian Dalkeith and his shady business cohorts.

Enduring a heat wave and fighting the inanimate objects that are out to get her are the hardest parts of Kit’s assignment—until a body is found floating in the Robinsons’ ornamental fish pond.

After the discovery of another body and a near miss with a homicidal driver, Kit realizes she’s getting close to something—even if the truth seems to be that everyone has a secret.

Lindy Cameron lives outside Melbourne, Australia.

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About the Author

Lindy Cameron lives on Victoria's beautiful Mornington Peninsula outside Melbourne, Australia. She is a convenor of Sisters in Crime Australia and editor of its newsletter, Stiletto.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Bywater Books (December 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932859128
• ISBN-13: 978-1932859126
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,731,718 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guilty Pleasure, February 17, 2006

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Bett Norris (St. Petersburg, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood Guilt: A Kit O'Malley Mystery (Kit O'Malley Mystery Series) (Paperback)

This sort of thing has been done before, but it has rarely been done this well. Blood Guilt is an entertaining and engrossing tale of a wise-cracking private eye, quickly embroiled in a what should be a simple job of following a cheating husband around but of course becomes something much more complicated and dangerous, a setting in Australia, not one but two attractive women for distraction, and enough plot to tangle yourself in for a good long while. The blurb on the Bywater Books edition warns, "Don't start this book if you have someplace to be." Go ahead and block off some time, because you really won't want to put this one down until you've finished the last, very satisfying, twist and turn.
It moves quickly, carrying the reader along at a good brisk pace. It stays interesting, and it is also funny. This first in a series introduces Kit O'Malley, former police officer, now a private investigator, and a group of characters as eccentric and vague as her mother, who tends to begin and end conversations rather abruptly. Kit is both smart and smart-mouthed, and both qualities get her in trouble of various kinds. She's also a bit clumsy. Everyone in this novel is a bit quirky, so go ahead and enjoy. The plot deepens and gets more complicated, but there are no darker overtones other than solving the crime and falling head over heels (almost literally) in love with a beautiful woman along the way.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Mystery with a Sense of Humor, April 11, 2007

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bottle - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Guilt: A Kit O'Malley Mystery (Kit O'Malley Mystery Series) (Paperback)

Blood Guilt is the first book of Kit O'Malley Mystery. Katherine (Kit) O'Malley, an ex-police official, was a private eye at day and a wannabe mystery writer at night. She took a job of following the husband of the wealthy owner of Orlando House Publishing, but she didn't expect such a tedious tailing of an unfaithful husband could lead to a conspiracy that ...

I think that's enough. You shouldn't read more than that to avoid the spoilers.

Even though the story was told in the third person, it's almost like that you look at the whole thing through Kit's eyes. The story doesn't give you a detailed description about how Kit looked but you can get quite a great deals about what kind of person Kit was. The sarcastic tone, which often showed up in the story telling, is just like one of Kit's characteristics.

Personally, I enjoyed very much in reading the romance plot like the one depicted in this book. It did make me ponder, just like solving a mystery.

For mystery, it's not like the classical mystery, but it was well plotted. You can feel that the author did do her homework and pay great attention to make the logic right.

Another good thing in this book is it has many interesting characters, main or minor, which you are able to distinguish their personalities. Good dialogs, too. The story isn't fast-pacing, considering a book of 386 pages covered barely over three weeks (and mostly at the last week). It's also kind of slow to go into the main part of the story. You need a little bit patience in the beginning. You'll find it's worth your time in the end (at least for a mystery/adventure reader).

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent writing, terrific story, great characters., April 21, 2006

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Joan "Joan Opyr" (Moscow, ID, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood Guilt: A Kit O'Malley Mystery (Kit O'Malley Mystery Series) (Paperback)

Lindy Cameron is a terrific writer, as smart and funny as the charming, goofy, danger-prone heroine of her book, Kit O'Malley. Blood Guilt is a great read; I finished it in a single sitting because I couldn't put it down. I am very much looking forward to the sequel, which is due to be published in August.

Do yourself a favor: buy this book, pour yourself a cup of coffee, settle in a comfortable chair, and enjoy the ride.