Trick of the Mind
is the third book in Cassandra Chan’s mystery series featuring playboy Phillip Bethancourt and police inspector Jack Gibbons.
Scotland Yard Detective Sergeant Jack Gibbons has been shot twice, and even after the surgery he isn’t out of the woods and may still be in danger because he can’t remember how it all happened. While his colleagues dig into his personal life, his best friend, Phillip Bethancourt, focuses on his last case, the robbery of a collection of antique jewelry valued at hundreds of thousands of pounds. Although Phillip is a man of leisure—handsome, charismatic, and fantastically well off—he makes a point of tagging along on Jack’s more interesting cases.
But this time it’s different. Not only is it personal, but Phillip will have to fill in the blanks without Jack, and retracing his friend’s steps may put him in the same line of fire.
Book 1: The Young Widow : “Chan’s sprightly debut, a contemporary homage to Dorothy L. Sayers’s classic Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, introduces an appealing pair of sleuths. English mystery devotees should look forward to their further adventures.”–Publishers Weekly
Book 2: Village Affairs : “Bethancourt is a charming character. . . . A well-developed plot, intriguing and likable characters, solid investigating techniques, and an excellent sense of place distinguish this second in a series.”–Booklist
Ooh, those sound good. I’ll have to check those out.
YAY! May we all be blessed with the good cover art as well. 😀
Congratulations Cassandra and Jennifer. Those sound like some wonderful books. My TBR is already so ridiculous, I’ll just keep adding to it. :*)
~Tyhitia
http://obfuscationofreality.blogspot.com/
As of today, I have 599 books in my tbr pile. And that’s my personal one — it doesn’t include any of the books and manuscripts on submission.
Okay, my eyeballs just fell on my desk. What? I am so not complaining anymore. I certainly don’t have that many, Jennifer. Plus, you have those books and manuscripts, etc. When do you get to read them? The personal ones?
~Tyhitia
http://obfuscationofreality.blogspot.com/
599?!?!?
ZOMG. O.O
Thank you. I haven’t read a good mystery lately and these sound like winners.