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Free Draw by Shelley Singer (
SYKM), 2nd in her Jake Samson & Rosie Vicente series set in California, starring the eponymous Jewish ex-cop and lesbian carpenter (not the same person, mind you), which the author calls a cozy right in the blurb and this time around I didn't actually see a 1-star customer review proclaiming NOT A COZY MYSTERY! and complaining about
bad language "sleaze and sewer" inside, though of course YMMV upon reading it, this installment originally out from St. Martin's Press in 1984. We've previously received the 1st-in-series free a couple of months ago, in case you wanted to start with the start of it.
The SECOND laid-back, cozy mystery in the Jake Samson and Rosie Vicente detective series.
A Nice Jewish Boy, His Lesbian BFF, and MURDER MOST MARIN...
Unafraid, unlicensed, and, in this case, unpaid, unofficial Bay Area P.I. Jake Samson and his carpenter sidekick Rosie set out to clear a friend of a murder charge. The victim is found stabbed to death in a damp redwood canyon in woodsy, wealthy Marin County, outside San Francisco. It's up to Jake and Rosie to find the real killer, and they've got a number of suspects: the victim's fellow executives at a questionable correspondence school, his divided and bitter family, and his quirky Marin County neighbors--a truly odd assortment of California woods dwellers.
But the real treats here are Singer's dry humor and her characters: Jake, a nice Jewish boy with a rebellious--and very witty--streak; and Rosie, an irresistible twist on the sassy gay friend. Readers will love their easy, breezy relationship, and wish they had a friend like either one of them.