Persia Walker

I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads, and I am very happy that I did. I nearly always enjoy the chance to read a book that I don't think I would have normally picked up.

This book was a complete joy to read. The story is engaging, the storytelling is smooth and wonderfully well paced. The book follows Lanie Price, a society column writer, and her journey through a mystery that begins with the kidnapping of a local singer in 1920's Harlem. Ms Price uses fantastic detailing (although not so many descriptions/details that it becomes overbearing) of the time period to entice your mind into the era so that you feel you are there within the story. The mystery has a few twists, as any good mystery should, but some twists are definitely unexpected and all are gratifying - never cheap. Although it does cover some dark subject matter, the story manages to use these dark elements well so even when the plot is shocking it is satisfying at the same time.

I really look forward to more Lanie Price stories, and I enjoyed this book enough to buy the first Lanie Price book [b:Darkness and the Devil Behind Me|2334042|Darkness and the Devil Behind Me|Persia Walker|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266739532s/2334042.jpg|2340617].… (mehr)

I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads, and I am very happy that I did. I nearly always enjoy the chance to read a book that I don't think I would have normally picked up.

This book was a complete joy to read. The story is engaging, the storytelling is smooth and wonderfully well paced. The book follows Lanie Price, a society column writer, and her journey through a mystery that begins with the kidnapping of a local singer in 1920's Harlem. Ms Price uses fantastic detailing (although not so many descriptions/details that it becomes overbearing) of the time period to entice your mind into the era so that you feel you are there within the story. The mystery has a few twists, as any good mystery should, but some twists are definitely unexpected and all are gratifying - never cheap. Although it does cover some dark subject matter, the story manages to use these dark elements well so even when the plot is shocking it is satisfying at the same time.

I really look forward to more Lanie Price stories, and I enjoyed this book enough to buy the first Lanie Price book [b:Darkness and the Devil Behind Me|2334042|Darkness and the Devil Behind Me|Persia Walker|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266739532s/2334042.jpg|2340617].… (mehr)

"BLACK ORCHID BLUES" BY PERSIA WALKER (REVIEW)

Persia Walker writes the kind of mystery-thriller that draws you so far in you cannot stop reading until the end and even then you don't want it to stop. With her ability to plunge you into the past and weave a reality of that time period so thickly around you, she leaves you no room to wiggle your way out.

"Black Orchid Blues," is the kind of mystery that leaves you breathless and amazed. You will never suspect the truth behind "Queenie and Lanie" this is a one of a kind story. You need to meet these characters and immerse yourself into their world!

-Kitty Bullard / Great Minds Think Aloud Book Club… (mehr)