Swing Town Mysteries: Dorie Lennox Box Set (Dorie Lennox Mysteries Book 4), by Lise McClendon, Rory Tate
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Swing Town Mysteries: Dorie Lennox Box Set (Dorie Lennox Mysteries Book 4), by Lise McClendon, Rory Tate
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Dorie Lennox is a newly-minted private detective in Kansas City, Missouri, just as war is breaking out in Europe in 1939. These two novels follow Dorie's adventures through the corrupt back alleys of the city, from jazz clubs to meatpacking plants, in her $25 Packard with bullet holes in the trunk. Dorie is damaged goods, a veteran of reform school and family tragedy, like many children of the Depression. But her boss, a Brit with ruined lungs, has no choice to send her out on the streets with her switchblade, tailing girlfriends and wayward daughters, trying to make the world safe again. First published by St. Martin's Press, bestselling authors had much praise for the books. Michael Connelly wrote: “Wonderful. . . a richly detailed story that quite simply gets to your heart. Lise McClendon expertly probes the mystery of human desires."” Bestseller Sue Grafton said: “One O’Clock Jump is like a time capsule, transporting a tale of murder, greed, and intrigue from vintage Kansas City into the present day. Doris Lennox is a humdinger of a private eye." Library Journal recommended the books: "A convincing re-creation of time, place, and a hard-nosed, emotionally scarred heroine; for all collections." Publisher's Weekly praised the books: "McClendon lightly handles all the threads, using a taut, staccato style that perfectly complements her edgy, skittish heroine. ("She lighted a Lucky and leaned against the wall by the ladies' lounge. She'd seen the inside of too many nightclubs. In the dark, where anything can happen, and usually did.") The author masterfully evokes the period, from details of dress to a rally for Wendell Willkie. This is a book to be savored read it too fast and you might miss something." Bonus material! Read the Dorie Lennox short story, Snow Train, that takes place in December 1941, just weeks after Pearl Harbor.
Swing Town Mysteries: Dorie Lennox Box Set (Dorie Lennox Mysteries Book 4), by Lise McClendon, Rory Tate- Amazon Sales Rank: #942793 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-11
- Released on: 2015-03-11
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review Lise McClendon's complex, cleverly crafted mystery keeps reader's attention throughout the novel. A new winning series that will please historical mystery fans. -- Harriet KlausnerWonderful, a richly detailed story that gets to your heart. Lise McClendon expertly probes the mystery of human desires with a character so real you will swear you are riding in the Packard next to her. -- Michael Connelly, bestselling authorFrom Library JournalDorie Lennox, an operative for a PI in Kansas City during the early days of World War II, tails a bargirl for a possibly mob-connected client. A convincing re-creation of time, place, and a hard-nosed, emotionally scarred heroine; for all collections.From Book ListMcClendon plays the World War II swing era for all its worth (Count Basie makes a cameo), and the switchblade-packing Lennox displays plenty of grit in that pants-wearing, Rosie the Riveter kind of way. A solidly put together, reasonably evocative period piece. Lennox bears watching. From Publishers WeeklyFrom the Kansas City of Count Basie and FDR's fireside chats, McClendon debuts an excellent historical series, with evocative period dialogue and a story line full of surprises. [On One O'clock Jump]From Publishers WeeklyIn this worthy sequel to One O'Clock Jump (2001), set in the fall of 1940, Britain stands alone against Hitler, FDR is making a bid for a third term as president and Nazi spies have infiltrated American political groups to promote isolationism. The author masterfully evokes the period, from details of dress to a rally for Wendell Willkie. This is a book to be savored read it too fast and you might miss something. [On Sweet and Lowdown]
From the Author One of my favorite characters appears in this box set: Dorie Lennox, a newly-minted private detective in Kansas City between the wars. She has a troubled past and relies on a switchblade to protect herself from the thugs and men about town on the dark streets of the city. I lived in Kansas City for a couple years (proud UMKC grad!) and loved the tales of the Pendergast era, the old mansions built by corrupt politicians, the lost blocks torn down and rebuilt again and again. There is so much history in this town but much of it is paved over so we must use our imaginations to go back to the era of trains and streetcars, old downtown and the meatpackers, to the worry of wartime. Dorie's story begins with One O'clock Jump, named for the Count Basie tune. A bargirl takes a flyer off the Hannibal Bridge and creates a good headline for a Kansas City Star reporter. But for Dorie the woman's end is just the beginning. Sweet and Lowdown is an homage to Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep. It's set in 1940, the year Chandler's famous mystery appeared in print, and finally we find out what happened to the chauffeur, a mystery Chandler never solved himself. As PW said: In Kansas City, PI Dorie Lennox and her partner, Amos Haddam, are tailing Thalia Hines, the wayward 21-year-old daughter of a prominent local family. (Not the least of this mystery's myriad pleasures is the author's tip of the hat to Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep.) After many years of prodding and pleading from a fan I wrote one more Dorie Lennox tale, a short story that takes place just after Pearl Harbor in 1941. War is on, but for Dorie, well, it's complicated. It takes place on a train ride between St. Louis and Kansas City in the middle of a blizzard: that is Snow Train.I hope you enjoy the box set. To keep up with more of my books please consider joining the newsletter list at Mailchimp: eepurl.com/A6bsD
From the Inside Flap One O'clock Jump: Halfway around the world, war has begun, but for Dorie Lennox, a newly-minted private eye on her first tail, danger is more immediate. The dark streets of Kansas City of 1939 offer swing music, fast cars, gangsters, and the chance to forget about the Depression and her own murky past. But first she must conquer her fears and save a woman on a bridge high above the muddy Missouri. Dorie is thrown into a quickly unraveling scam that offers salvation to few -- and misery to plenty -- in the high stakes world of machine politics and desperation deals.Sweet and Lowdown: The landscape of America and the homefront of World War II are evoked in a thoughtful mystery that lingers for the force of characters and keen sharpness of a slice of history seen through the perceptive, compassionate eyes of Dorie Lennox.Europe is at War. Nazi bombers are hammering London. Wendell Willkie is giving Roosevelt a run for his money. In Kansas City, Dorie Lennox and her partner Amos Haddam are trying to keep the blond and beautiful Thalia Hines from destroying herself. It's not easy. The girl has every reason to escape the cold stone mansion where her mother lies dying. Eveline Hines is a decorated war hero during the First World War. Now she's struggling to protect her only daughter from men who lust over her inheritance even more than her curves. In the rich milieu of a bygone time, an America preparing for war provides color for the intimate portrait of a powerful woman bearing witness to the destruction of all she loves. For the Hines family, nothing will ever be the same in this powerful story of maternal love and family secrets, and the disastrous attempts to mingle them.Sweet and Lowdown is a historical mystery full of darkness and peculiar heartache of the wayward child, a story that will stay with the reader long after the book is closed.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Finally a heroine who uses her wits and not her sex appeal By Northern CA fan Doria is that unique woman, earning her living in a world generally populated by tough, hard drinking men-- a female sleuths who figures out complex problems with old fashioned h hard work, late nights, and trust in her own instincts. And everything in the story fits well with that time period before WWII. Plus the plot is complex enough in both of the novels and even in the sweet short story to keep you guessing and worrying about the outcome until the last pages. I'm wondering what the next adventure will be!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Not my kind of book By James R. Johnson Not my kind of book
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