BLUF: Wonderfully entertaining book. Poppy Rocks the Casbah, and Consuela IS A BEAST!
The latest Poppy Fields book is a winner! While finding a new metropolitan area to unleash Poppy Fieds, author Julie Mulhern spins a marvelous tale of threats, counter-threats, and mystery. The pace of the book is wonderful-fast enough to keep you on your toes, and clearly detailed so as to not require return trips to figure out what you just read. This book also unleashes a surprise that will amaze Poppy readers and likely drive the next few novels.
The plot-of kidnapping, Russian Oligarchs, dirty bombs, heightened security state-all are in line with the lives we lead, and Ms. Mulhern does a marvelous job of making it all work. The misdirection needed in a book like this is well done and completely believable-no last second insertions of bad guys or motives. New characters are inserted seamlessly, many of whom I am sure we shall see again.
Two specific items to note...first, the author writes excellent and believable dialogue which carries the book along quite nicely. Second, Ms. Mulhern does a wonderful job of capturing "Foggy Old Londontown" without descending into stereotypes. There are no retired English colonels going on about "The regiment", no Lords or Ladies caterwauling about the decline of society, no cockney voiced connections who just happen to know everyone and everything about the town. Instead its a trip into London 2019 with nods and walks through the historical sections while steadily avoiding references to history or "this is where Old John Thumper..." comments. Instead we get high end London of expensive shops and Iceberg Mansions...which is a nice change of pace from the typical "Descendants of Arthur Conan Doyle Writing about London" approach.
Poppy Fields is fierce and is written indomitably, and the ongoing use of Consuela as soothsayer, lie detector, and general protector of Poppy Fields makes the whole book that much more enjoyable. If Ms. Mulhern ever decides to sray into children's mysteries, I'll be first in line to purchase the "Consuela series"!
A wonderful book, highly entertaining and well worth reading.
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Fantastic Book!!
Dollycas’s ThoughtsPoppy Fields’ is back and she and “Thor” are fighting crime across the pond and her feisty Chihuahua is along for the ride too. When Poppy receives a call from her mother telling her that her rich Russian oligarch boyfriend, Yurgi has been abducted she wastes no time getting there. Yurgi’s son Vincent is handling the money issues if a ransom demand comes through. Chariss wants her daughter Poppy on hand to do what she is quickly becoming famous for – catching the criminals. They barely touchdown in the foggy city and bullets are flying. Can she do it again? Can she catch a killer and live to tell the tale?___This is another fantastic book for Julie Mulhern. The action starts quickly and goes full throttle until the very end. Bullets flying, a rolling fog, bombs exploding, a building collapses, more bullets fly, the masked motorcycle rider returns, and Poppy makes a surprising discovery. Amongst all that, Thor (Mark) starts to push a little harder for a relationship or even just one dance. Mr. Brown’s boss Jane Doe is also introduced and Poppy learns driving on the wrong side of the road is harder than it looks. Chariss wants her man back and is somewhat oblivious to everything else going on around her. Thankfully Poppy knows how to deal with her mother.So much happens in this story it is impossible to put down. Ms. Mulhern’s characters are fully developed and jump off the page. Again, the drama and suspense in laced with plenty of humor. I absolutely love everything about the way she writes a story. The pace is fast, the dialogue is crisp, and the characters are fabulous. Poppy Fields is an awesome protagonist and I just can’t get enough. This time there is one surprise that was just amazing and I am anxious and excited to see how that subplot continues.I always mention planning accordingly when picking up a book in this series because once you start reading you will not want to stop until you reach the end.Each Poppy Fields adventure is terrific! Fields’ Guide to Fog, like the 3 previous books, receives my Paradise rating. I recommend reading them all in order so you really get to know Poppy and the other characters and enjoy all their adventures!
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