"A" is for Actress Malibu Mystery Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Sean Black Rebecca Cantrell Madeline Mrozek MMP Books
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From New York Times best seller, Rebecca Cantrell and international thriller sensation, Sean Black, comes the first novel in a fast-paced, funny new series that's perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich and Sue Grafton.
After a decade spent in the glare of the Hollywood spotlight as the star of kids' TV show Half Pint Detective, Sofia Salgado has had enough. Desperate to build a life outside showbiz, she quits acting to do something that everyone around her - including her family - thinks is plain nuts. Get a real job.
They think she's even crazier when she announces that she's going to become a real detective, instead of playing one on TV. She's convinced the technical consultant from her TV show, Brendan Maloney, to take her on in his detective agency, but can accident-prone Sofia hack it?
"A" is for Actress Malibu Mystery Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Sean Black Rebecca Cantrell Madeline Mrozek MMP Books
Fun read, interesting characters. Will read more in this series. My only complaints were that there were some phrases used over and over "red Tesla roadster", was used way too many times and as obsessed as the author was with the roadster they got the make of the rental car wrong. I know, picky, picky, picky but I found those things just distracting enough to give it 4 stars instead of 5.Product details
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"A" is for Actress Malibu Mystery Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Sean Black Rebecca Cantrell Madeline Mrozek MMP Books Reviews
Sofia Salgado was a child star. Now, at the ripe old age of 22, she's shuffled from a "play one on TV" role of detective to a real-life PI role. More often than not, people open up to her because they think they know her from watching her show...or from their kids watching her show. At any rate, this seems to make her learning curve a bit less steep. It helps that the two others in the PI office are former cops with years of experience under their belts. When she ends up on TMZ for an embarrassing incident, her family stages an intervention, thinking she's an addict. When their agency is hired by a wife checking up on her possibly cheating spouse, the trio wind up trying to clear said wife of murder charges when the husband shows up dead the morning after Sofia trailed him.
Sofia is quite likeable and down-to-earth, considering her Hollywood childhood. She can hop in her Tesla and park #2 in the series on my to-read list.
I’m a huge fan of Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone series, so when another of my favorite authors, Rebecca Cantrell, said she would be partnering with Sean Black to write a new book series revolving around a former child actress who decides to walk away from acting and train as a real-life private investigator instead, I was delighted! I eagerly awaited the release of this book, and it proved to be an entertaining read.
The first book in a series has a lot of groundwork to cover It needs to flesh out the main characters that will be inhabiting the books, and this book does a good job of that. The storyline was entertaining even though it felt like it wrapped things up maybe a tad too quickly at the end. I’m sure that as Cantrell and Black continue working on this series, they will be filling in the gaps and fleshing out the characters even further and will possibly address the minor critiques I have.
My first critique is probably a result of my own personality quirk Little details left hanging in books and movies tend to bother me! The detail in this particular book that bothers me is this… the authors mention innumerable times that Sofia Salgado drives a Tesla roadster. I live in a community with a good infrastructure for EVs (public chargers), and we know people who own EVs and have their own charging stations at home. Tesla makes amazing electric vehicles, and I think it is very cool that our heroine, Sofia, drives a Tesla! As we read, though, the story describes how she drives back and forth across LA, to work, to her trailer park (where she parks in a space a ways away from her trailer), and nowhere do they ever mention Sofia charging her Tesla. I can’t see how or where there would be a charger for her car where she lives (since she doesn’t have a garage, and no mention is made of a public charger… and why would there be in residential trailer park?), the office where she works doesn’t have a charger, her Mom’s house? Nope. And even when she parks in various spots in LA (at the spa, at the hotel), nowhere is it ever mentioned that she charges her car. And terrific cars that they are, they do have a certain range and need to be charged. So that is one detail that really bothered me, and I hope Cantrell and Black address that in future books. I don't expect a bunch of space dedicated to this, but it would be great if it is mentioned a time or two. After all, if you choose to give your main character an unusual car, such as a Tesla Roadster, then you need to add in a bit more detail to bring it to life and make it realistic.
The other thought that came to mind as I came to the end of this book was that this story is laden with colorful characters… Sofia’s niece and nephew and their extreme behavior, the seagull, her agent, etc... These are a lot of quirky, colorful characters that have been thrown into the first book in a new series, and it verged on feeling a tad formulaic (kind of like the result of a brainstorming session where they’re throwing out ideas for characters and their ideas of what they are like… the thing is, those kinds of quirks often develop and become more fully formed over the course of a number of books, which makes them feel more realistic). I have full faith, however, that Cantrell and Black will continue to flesh out characters in future books so they feel even more real to me. This was a fun and entertaining read, and I look forward to the next installment in the series!
I just finished reading this new collaboration between International and New York Times bestselling authors Rebecca Cantrell and Sean Black. I ordered and read one of Sean's books (Extolziby Gruff and the 39th College) before reading this one, to get a feel for his writing style. He's good. I wasn't disappointed. His writing is fluid, riveting and descriptive. Sean is a new author I will be adding to my 'must read' list. I have read all of Rebecca's books. Her Hannah Vogel series through her new Joe Tesla series.
I've been listening to Agatha Christie Murder Mysteries and reading Thrillers and Action/Adventure books in the past that kept me mesmerized and sitting on the edge of my seat, and then along comes this refreshing little comedy! This book made me laugh out loud! I spend so much time reading one genre of writing that this book was such a reprieve. I thoroughly enjoyed it! I haven't had this much fun with a book in ages! Laughter is an emotion that needs to be released just as often as crying or frustration.
This first book introduces us to Sofia Salgado, the frustrated star in a popular kid's television show 'Half Pint Detective'. Tired of spending 10 years in the spotlight of Tinsel town, she decides to quit and get a real job. She decides, instead of playing a detective, she will become a detective. She enlists the help of Brendan Maloney, the technical consultant for her show. When being incognito is a high priority for a detective, it seems odd that it would be Sofia's first choice for a new career, what with her face having been plastered all over television and movie screens for half her life. The predicaments she encounters along the way on each case is where the cause for comedy comes in.
I don't know whose idea it was to collaborate on these books, but Thank You and God Bless You - what took you two so long to get together?
These two authors work extremely well together. You really should check out and read some of their other books. I'm looking forward to reading more terrific books from these two using the rest of the alphabet!
Fun read, interesting characters. Will read more in this series. My only complaints were that there were some phrases used over and over "red Tesla roadster", was used way too many times and as obsessed as the author was with the roadster they got the make of the rental car wrong. I know, picky, picky, picky but I found those things just distracting enough to give it 4 stars instead of 5.
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