Too Darn Hot
- Author Sandra Scoppettone
- Narrator Laura Hicks
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 1 April 2007
- Run Time 9 hours and 41 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Adventure fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: women sleuths.
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What to expect
Awash in tears, salesgirl Claire Turner arrives at the Times Square office of private investigator Faye Quick and begs Faye to find her missing boyfriend, army private Charlie Ladd, who has been AWOL for three days. Faye takes the case, which leads her to Charlie’s room at the Hotel Commodore—where she finds an unknown man—naked, dead, and stuffed inside a wardrobe. Who is the John Doe, and what connection does he have to the missing Charlie Ladd? While Faye detects, the mercury rises practically to the boiling point in the city that never sleeps.
Critics Review
“Faye Quick is a real hoot, a tough-talking, wisecracking, lovable ncharacter in the mold of Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe. Scoppettone also ndoes a bang-up job of re-creating New York City of the World War II era,n a rich setting for a mystery story.”
“Quick is a most interesting and original creation, and Sandra nScoppettone has come up with a vivid picture of a city not only nsurviving but thriving under a cloud of wartime gloom…Her detailsn of life in Manhattan…sound like the real McCoy.”
“[Faye] is the real gem here. She rises to every situation, even as nshe doesn’t believe she has it in her. She’s fun, caring, loves art and nliterature, hates pretense, and is quick with the zingers.”
“The author hits the ground running with the appealing, savvy Faye and nher network of cops and friends. The strong characters are complemented nby Scoppettone’s insightful look at World War II New York.”
“Faye’s voice is again pitch perfect…murders are committed both coolly and in hot blood, and all nthe while our very interesting Faye does a great imitation of the sort nof dame Ida Lupino was born to play.”
“Even if you solve the puzzle nbefore Faye does, Hicks keeps the action sizzling to the end.”
“Cozy, fun, and fast-paced.”
| Author | Sandra Scoppettone |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Laura Hicks |
| Duration | 9 hours and 41 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781602832053 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Genre | Adventure fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: women sleuths |
| Availability | IE, US |
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