Publisher's Weekly Review
The shrewd, sassy protagonist of Bush's Jane Kelly series gets tangled in dangerous family politics in her lively second outing (after 2005's Candy Apple Red). The members of the wealthy, eccentric Purcell clan of Lake Chinook, Ore., are all crazy, warns Jane's rakish mentor Dwayne Durbin, but Jane, a PI in training, agrees to work for the handsome Jasper "Jazz" Purcell anyway. Jazz wants Jane to help assess the mental faculties of his aging grandmother, Orchid, who holds the family purse strings. With various kooky Purcells vying for an inheritance, Jane and her beloved pug, the Binkster, are embraced by Orchid. But the family's fishy history motivates Jane to investigate the long-ago death of Jazz's mother, Lily, who perished at a sanitarium. Meanwhile, Jane wrestles with ambivalence about her blossoming romance with Jazz and her flirtatious relationship with Dwayne. Bush dials up the suspense when one of the Purcells is found dead. With her clever ability to handle the zaniest of life's circumstances, Jane won't disappoint readers. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Library Journal Review
MIn her second adventure after Candy Apple Red, Jane Kelly, ex-bartender and now private investigator in training, is hired to baby-sit the matriarch of the wealthy Purcell family while attempting to judge her senility. Kelly soon discovers that the entire Purcell family is somewhat off but nonetheless determined to wrest control of the family fortune from Orchid Purcell, who is quickly dispatched. Bush has a winner with this wacky, sexy second book featuring an insanely dysfunctional family and a zany wannabe P.I. with a gorgeous and intelligent partner. Look no further than Laura Levine and Tori Carrington for read-alikes. Bush lives in Lake Oswego, OR. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
