Not My Genre & Not Likely To Be

I was given access to this audiobook on the understanding that I would give an honest review.

This is not my sub-genre, even though Murder/Mystery is. Unfortunately this doesn’t establish itself as either a Mystery novel or, what I would imagine an outright explicit novel would be like.

The plot is a good one, a missing person with a very hidden social life and an anxious housemate.
A PI who works exclusively for a rich Attorney.
The city of San Francisco!

I wouldn’t outrightly say that the sex was gratuitous because, for some reason, that’s the way the PI conducts her investigations! It works for her, but it does then make most of the characters involved lack depth and therefore are unrelateable.

To be honest, the story comes across as a tale about two disparate sets of high functioning psychopaths! Nothing is satisfactorily resolved and there are a series of abrupt endings! As a reader, you’re left bereft.

The lead, Gloria, is a strong Alpha Female and her way of dealing with troublesome men is impressive and largely credible. However she does leave loose ends, which are not satisfactorily resolved.

Other unresolved matters - without disclosing the plot - involve the body count, a highly incredulous romance, an out of the blue finale character resolution and a conspicuous absence of key characters!

With the right treatment, this could have been a really enjoyable and intriguing narrative but, it seems to just be a vehicle to showcase a female lothario!

I didn’t dislike the tale, I just feel that it could have been presented far better than it was.

The narrator did a good job with a poor script.

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