Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man by Emily J. EdwardsMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Viviana Valentine is a street-smart secretary (Girl Friday) to Tommy Fortuna, the best private investigator in the city. The time is 1950, the place is New York City. Their agency has just been hired by one of the city's richest men to investigate his daughter. Everything goes south when Tommy goes missing, an unidentified man is found unresponsive on their office floor, and Viviana is followed and attacked. She must use her own powers of deduction to help the local police officers solve their current case.
Viviana is such an interesting character, and definitely able to hold her own as a private investigator. She's spunky and has a terrific sense of humor. She lives in a Chelsea women's boarding house, and her roommates and house mother play a role in this book.
It's what I would call 'book noir,' and the reader really gets the flavor of 1950s NYC through the dialog, characters, and description of the setting. Highly recommended for a quick, entertaining read, and I'm really looking forward to reading the second book in this series!
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