HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Loading...

Secondhand Smoke (2006)

by Karen E. Olson

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingMentions
726366,758 (3.61)2
"New Haven police reporter Annie Seymour returns to investigate a suspicious fire in a neighborhood-favorite Italian restaurant"--Provided by publisher.
None
Loading...

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 2 mentions

Showing 1-5 of 6 (next | show all)
I love Annie Seymour! She is a newspaper reporter who is great at her job, but has a pile of dirty clothes and an empty refrigerator at home. She is fearless when hunting down the facts of a story, but afraid to commit in a relationship. I found her very likable (even when she is being unlikable) and totally relatable. I am looking forward to the next book. ( )
  mlake | Apr 28, 2015 |
Great story, love Karen's books! ( )
  JanetArmentani | Jul 25, 2013 |
My blog post about this book is at this link. ( )
  SuziQoregon | Mar 31, 2013 |
Second in the Annie Seymour, reporter in New Haven, CT series. When a restaurant in Annie’s neighborhood burns down with a body inside, everyone assumes it was the owner, Sal, since he is missing. But when it turns out to be his bookkeeper and assistant, LeAnn—AND she’s got a bullet wound in her skull, the chase is on. Of course Annie's ex-boyfriend Tom, a police detective is on the case. And Sal’s wife hires PI Vinnie DeLucia (Annie's wanna-be boyfriend--who's engaged to someone else) to find him and of course Annie herself is nosing around trying to find the real story for the newspaper. Then her father, a casino owner, shows up out of the blue from Las Vegas. Why? Annie is aware of possible ‘mob’ connections (it is an Italian neighborhood, after all) but can’t quite believe that her father is in the midst of something like that. Another mystery—and one that Annie isn’t sure she wants to know the answers to. And what is with all the references to the chickens? “Are the chickens dead, too?” a seemingly crazy man asks Annie the night of the fire. Huh? (The last book had cows, this one has chickens—if the next one has pigs, I’m going to start singing “ei-ei-o!” LOL) This book was as enjoyable as the first book in the series with a bad guy that I didn’t figure out until the last minute, though the clues were there had I chosen to assimilate them. There is a bit of romance/sexual tension but it's done well and not sappy or over-the-top, nor does it dominate the book, thank heavens. Really looking forward to the next one in this series and found this a GREAT way to open up the 2008 mystery season! ( )
  Spuddie | Oct 1, 2008 |
Showing 1-5 of 6 (next | show all)
no reviews | add a review

Belongs to Series

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
People/Characters
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Epigraph
Dedication
First words
Quotations
Last words
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Blurbers
Original language
Canonical DDC/MDS
Canonical LCC

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

"New Haven police reporter Annie Seymour returns to investigate a suspicious fire in a neighborhood-favorite Italian restaurant"--Provided by publisher.

No library descriptions found.

Book description
Haiku summary

Current Discussions

None

Popular covers

Quick Links

Rating

Average: (3.61)
0.5
1 1
1.5 1
2
2.5
3 5
3.5 2
4 6
4.5
5 4

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 203,235,761 books! | Top bar: Always visible