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Paper Phoenix: A Mystery Of San Francisco In The '70s (A Classic Cozy--with Romance!) (2013)

by Michaela Thompson(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 3

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review 1: I could list this under historic as well as mystery because it's set in 1970s San Francisco. I didn't---it reads like a current mystery. Maggie, is suddenly dropped by her husband. He has a new, younger model to grace the proper clubs and parties for the business man on the go. When the editor of a small newspaper turns up dead, Maggie remembers her ex, Richard the Rat, telling someone he (the editor) soon wouldn't be a problem.Aha, that finally gets her out of her funk. There's got to be something more there---and there is. Wouldn't she just love to find him mixed up in something murderous, or, at least, illegal. But when she and the much younger man who takes the dead editor's place get too close, Richard pulls out all the stop, as in, tell their college daughter that he... morer mother is loosing it. And, when daughter learns Mom has a thing for the younger man, that tears it (despite the fact that Daddy is allowed his younger woman). There, that's a start. Now, go read it to find what else happens. (You'll be glad you did.)
review 2: I just finished meeting some more new friends and a visit to San Francisco but this time it was in the 70's. We meet Maggie Longstreet that has just been divorced. Her husband has decided to trade her in for a younger version. Now what does she do? Michaela develops the trauma of a middle aged woman that has devoted all her adult life to her marriage. She remembers over hearing her husband saying "Sure, I agree Larry Hawkins is a pain in the A--. But you can absolutely take my word for it, we won't have to worry about him much longer." as she reads the local paper reporting Larry, editor of The Peoples Times, had committed suicide. Maggie decides that a few things don't add up, so she teams up with a younger, very attractive, new editor of The Peoples Times, to get to the bottom of it. Murder, mayhem, a little affair of the heart, a tiny revenge satisfaction, and a surprise ending later and we have a thoroughly delightful cozy murder mystery. Michaela does her magic taking you to a wonderful city and meeting a new group of friends with a very suspenseful story. I truly enjoyed another wonderful book from the master of storytelling, Michaela Thompson. less

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