Book Purchase Link: Backcover Description: In this first book in the Jo Epstein mystery series, Jo a private investigator and performance poet,—untangles a web of money-laundering, kidnapping and murder that extends from New York City to a hurricane-torn island in the Caribbean.
Book Review/s to share: "Chock full of terrific NY details, wonderful characters and clever turns of phrase, Joyce Yarrow's Ask the Dead is a masterful debut and a must for fans of Sue Grafton and the Big Apple." --Ann Romeo, MurderInk
Backcover Description: Roped into helping her socially inept, émigré stepfather, Nikolai, escape the clutches of a blackmailer, Jo must enter a world where criminals enforce a 19th-century code of honor, threats arrive inside not-so-traditional Matryoshka (nesting) dolls, and fashion models adorn themselves with lewd prison tattoos. And even as she helps Nikolai -- who claims to have been framed -- to evade the police, Jo can't help wondering if her client is as innocent as he claims.
Book Review/s to share: Library Journal - Jo Epstein (Ask the Dead), a New York performance poet and PI, is hired by her migré stepfather, Nikolai, to prove him innocent of murder. The trail of evidence to clear Nikolai is almost nonexistent since he will not explain anything to Jo. Then Nikolai leaves New York as the bad guys close in, and Jo follows him to Moscow. VERDICT Intricately layered like the Russian nested doll of the title, this tale of vengeance and hatred flavored with a Russian cultural backdrop will appeal to readers who enjoy unusual mysteries with an international setting.
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