2 Sisters Detective Agency
by James Patterson
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"Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home after a long estrangement when she learns her father has died. There she makes two important discoveries: her father stopped being an accountant and had opened up a private detective agency, and she has a teenage half sister named Baby. Baby brings in a client to the detective agency, a young man who claims he was abducted. During the course of the investigation, Rhonda and Baby become entangled in a dangerous case involving a group of overprivileged young show more adults who break laws for fun, their psychopath ringleader, and an ex-assassin victim who decides to hunt them down for revenge"-- show lessTags
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This is the start of a new series about the 2 Sisters Detective Agency. Rhonda Bird is a unique attorney who gets a surprise message that her father has died. This upends her entire life, she finds out that she has a 15-yr. old half-sister, Baby, and she is named the guardian. Additionally, Rhonda has to go from CO to Los Angeles to close her dad's office and tie up his affairs. While there, she finds out that several of Baby's high school classmates are potentially being targeted, but the truth is even more sinister.
I liked Rhonda and Baby (later in the book) but not the bloody and cold attitude of the Midnight Club. The utter disconnect from humanity and the reckless killing was sickening.
I liked Rhonda and Baby (later in the book) but not the bloody and cold attitude of the Midnight Club. The utter disconnect from humanity and the reckless killing was sickening.
A good read. I like Rhonda Bird, the main character. She is smart and good-hearted, but way over her head when she suddenly becomes the guardian of a much younger sister ("Baby"!) she never knew she had. And then Rhonda and Baby become all entwined in their fathers' shady business dealings, as well as the weird activities of Ashton--a former "friend" of Baby's? There's a lot of action, some whacky (and scary) characters and unbelievable plot twists. And lots of murder. Couldn't put it down.
Fast pace crime fiction to lift me from a reading slump with strong female lead, sass sensibility. Wrangling out of danger from a cast of the good bad and ugly. The new wild west.
Tried to get into this, only made it about 45 minutes/8hours in and I just couldn't stop rolling my eyes at the ridiculousness of this. Other reviews are right, the parts with Rhonda, will remind you that she is 'fat' at least 5 times per chapter featuring her. The narrator in the audio version i was listening to (hachette audio) even sounded disinterested in this factoid. The other perspective from the kiler has the male narrator trying too hard to sound like a gruff BA and just comes off very cringey.
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James Patterson was born in Newburgh, New York, on March 22, 1947. He graduated from Manhattan College in 1969 and received a M. A. from Vanderbilt University in 1970. His first novel, The Thomas Berryman Number, was written while he was working in a mental institution and was rejected by 26 publishers before being published and winning the Edgar show more Award for Best First Mystery. He is best known as the creator of Alex Cross, the police psychologist hero of such novels as Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls. Cross has been portrayed on the silver screen by Morgan Freeman. He has had eleven on his books made into movies and ranks as number 3 on the Hollywood Reporter's '25 Most Powerful Authors' 2016 list. He also writes the Women's Murder Club series, the Michael Bennett series, the Maximum Ride series, Daniel X series, the Witch and Wizard series, BookShots series, Private series, NYPD Red series, and the Middle School series for children. He has won numerous awards including the BCA Mystery Guild's Thriller of the Year, the International Thriller of the Year award, and the Reader's Digest Reader's Choice Award. James Patterson introduced the Bookshots Series in 2016 which is advertised as All Thriller No Filler. The first book in the series, Cross Kill, made the New York Times Bestseller list in June 2016. The third and fourth books, The Trial, and Little Black Dress, made the New York Times Bestseller list in July 2016. The next books in the series include, $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal, French Kiss, Hidden: A Mitchum Story (co-authored with James O. Born). and The House Husband (co-authored Duane Swierczynski). Patterson's novel, co-authored with Maxine Paetro, Woman of God, became a New York Times bestseller in 2016. Patterson co-authored with John Connoly and Tim Malloy the true crime expose Filthy Rich about billionaire convicted sex offender Jeffrey Eppstein. In January 2017, he co-authored with Ashwin Sanghi the bestseller Private Delhi. And in August 2017, he co-authored with Richard Dilallo, The Store. The Black Book is a stand-alone thriller, co-authored by James Patterson and David Ellis. In April 2018, he co-authored Texas Ranger with Andrew Bourelle. In May 2018, he co-authored Private Princess with Rees Jones. In August 2018 he co-authored Fifty Fifty with Candice Fox. (Bowker Author Biography) James Patterson is the author of seven major national bestsellers in a row. These include "Along Came a Spider", "Kiss the Girls", "Jack & Jill", "Cat & Mouse", "When the Wind Blows", "Pop Goes the Weasel", &, in paperback, "The Midnight Club". A past winner of the prestigious Edgar Award, Patterson lives in Florida. (Publisher Provided) show less
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