Mark Abramson (1)

After reading a couple of heavyweight book, it was nice to visit with the gang from Arts. Instead of the usual murder, Tim's hate filled, bible thumping drunk of a mother shows up at Ruth's house. Tim's dreams kick into high but he cannot figure out why until Ruth opens up. I enjoyed the wedding contest at Arts and all the crazy drama that Rosa Rivera brought with it. Changes are taking place with Tim, Nick, Sam and Ruth but it feels like some of the things that hold the "family" together show more will never change. San Francisco just seems like a magical place. I'll visit again soon. show less

More murderous fun and games for the denizens of Arts as Aunt Ruth's relationship with Sam moves into a higher gear.

The awful Dianne was more caricature than character, but I had fun with the rest of the gang.

When Tim Snow's Aunt Ruth comes to stay for a few weeks, he promises her a drive in his ex's T-Bird, only to find when they go to his house that he has been murdered. Soon corpses are popping up all over the place.

The addition of Aunt Ruth is a great improvement to this series as a way in for those of us who don't live in San Francisco. It was enough of a fun read to carry me on to the next in the series.

What's a guy to do, go to what's being billed as the disco party of the decade or protest the arrival in town of a homophobic preacher? Unfortunately Tim Snow has to work at his job as a waiter that night.

This was bizarre as the first installment of a mystery series in that no crime was committed. One was planned but by the time we found out about it the would-be perpetrators had changed their minds. Also, local colour is all very well but the author needs to realise that we don't all have a show more map of San Francisco in our heads. I will take this as an extended introduction and read the next in the series but it's going to have to be good to persuade me to continue past that. show less