Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940151670449 |
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| Publisher: | Tuesday House |
| Publication date: | 02/05/2015 |
| Series: | Maggie Sullivan mysteries , #1 |
| Sold by: | Draft2Digital |
| Format: | NOOK Book |
| Sales rank: | 1,246 |
| File size: | 490 KB |
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No Game for a Dame
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From the opening scene of Ruth Myers' NO GAME FOR A DAME, I felt like I had entered an old fashioned-detective movie - one that starts out with the detective narrating. The language and sentence structure were designed to put you right in the story with Maggie Sullivan, private eye. Since the story is set in first person, Maggie's thoughts are front and center. I enjoyed the details from the time (1938). Ruth's use of the word Negro, although jarring to our modern ear, is appropriate for the time. Maggie and Mick Connelly have an immediate attraction, which I'm looking forward to exploring in future novels. The book is clean with some swearing. Ruth has other novels planned for this series, and I'm looking forward to hearing more about the strongly independent detective, Maggie. If you like a capable, intelligent female who is an ace crime solver, this is one you won't want to miss.
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NO GAME FOR A DAME is a great mystery with wonderful characters. The street-smart inventiveness of feisty heroine Maggie Sullivan makes her the perfect private detective. M. Ruth Myers combines grittiness in the tradition of Marcia Muller with the historic flavor of the Midwest during the Great Depression. I am a lifelong resident of southwestern Ohio, so a delightful bonus for me was the fun of seeing some of my favorite haunts come alive in 1930s Dayton. I've read every novel by M. Ruth Myers, and this is her best yet. Get on board with this first mystery in what promises to be a most delightful series.
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Just discovered Maggie. As a lover of detective stories I'm hooked & looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
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Enjoyed reading
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Enjoyed this book.
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Enjoyed reading this book- very clever
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Brains follow clues and logic gills in the blanks to unravel the mystery and save lives
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Enjoyed this so much I immediately bought the other two in the series. Can't wait for my husband to read it so we can compare thoughts , especially about the setting & the time period.
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First book I've read by this author and I will be reading more. Kept me guessing right until the end.
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Fast paced. Well written. Loved the characters
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Enjoyed this book very much
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Thirty's-style detective novel with a female private detective as the protagonist. Believable characters and situations and historically accurate restaurants, shops, traveling, and language make this story highly entertaining.
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Really enjoyed the story!
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Kept my interest. Would like to read more of the author's books.
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I love how this book is written. I couldn't put it down. The sarcasm and the characters make the book.
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Being from Dayton added the interest of places from my city the old arcade the embassy restraunt mcrorys and other places the story itself was fun because it was like the old private eye movies except a female version good book
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FINALLY! A decent plot with a heroine who can take care of herself without the tired, predictable sub plot of finding a man. Hope when I read more of these books Ms. Myer keeps it up.
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In 1938, PI Maggie Sullivan is a competent, no-nonsense protagonist who is not abrasive and does not wear a chip on her padded shoulder. The plotting is tight with no red herrings or out-of-left-field surprises. Put money on your Amazon card because upon finishing this free book you will want to immediately purchase the next book in this series.
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Very good mystery! Written about female detective in early times before women were in this field.
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Fairly well written,
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Enjoyable
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Fast pace and excellent, a real page turner with no gratuitous sex or violence, a captivating story about a very interesting real heroine
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Fun mystery from the early 1900s with a female private eye. Enjoyed.
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Enjoyed reading it.
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