Author: Libby Fischer Hellman
Narrator: Beth Richmond
Unabridged, Length: 10 hrs 59 mins
Publisher: Books in Motion 8-7-09
Removed from the gritty streets of Chicago, the residents of the North Shore sleep easily in their million-dollar homes. Easily, that is, until a local girl is discovered bludgeoned to death in the woods. Quick to blame the man with the bat, the North Shore returns to its version of normalcy. But the accused's sister isn't so willing to forget and hires Georgia Davis - former cop and newly-minted PI - to look into the incident.
What Georgia finds hints at a much different, darker answer. It seems that some privileged, preppy schoolgirls on Chicago's North Shore have learned just how much their innocence is worth to hot-under-the-collar businessmen. And while these girls can now pay for Prada, iPhones, and Jimmy Choos with their earnings, they don't realize that their new business venture may end up costing them more than they can afford.
©2008 Libby Fischer Hellmann; (P)2009 Books In Motion
My Thoughts:
This was my first experience with Libby Fischer Hellman's work and is the second book in her Georgia Davis series. There is enough references to the first book in the series to make me want to go back and start the series from the beginning. I found the story hard to get into at first but did enjoy getting to know Georgia Davis. She's smart and strong but also vulnerable. She's a former cop who was kicked out of the force and is now earning her living as a private investigator. Tired of routine cases such as skip traces and cheating spouses, she jumps at the chance to investigate the murder of a school girl in order to prove the innocence of the mentally challenged man accused of the crime. Soon she is caught up in a world of rich, spoiled teenagers involved in prostitution and the adults who exploit them.
This was also my first experience with narrator Beth Richmond. During the first half of the book, her voice and style just didn't work for me. I don't know if it was because I became accustomed to her voice or she improved that much for the last half, but I ended up enjoying her performance very much and realizing she was perfect for this book.
It wasn't an "I couldn't put it down" listen but it did have plenty of plot twists and red herrings to keep me interested and the solution was a complete surprise. I give it 3.5 stars.
Review copy provided by Fischer Hellman Communications.
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