When Depression-era private investigator Maggie Sullivan is invited to dine with a millionaire, she doesn’t expect the first course to be a gun in her face. It draws her into a gold-plated web of theft, revenge, double crosses and murder.
A big-time swindle has made fools of some of the city’s wealthiest businessmen. The man behind it has vanished. When Maggie begins asking questions, he … he reappears — dead in the river. But she’s already learned too much. Someone’s out to silence her too.
Armed with her .38 and a nip of gin, Maggie closes in on a killer as a mobster offers a hint, a cop unsettles her with his chemistry, and a woman with deadly potential plays a game by her own rules.
Whether you favor hard-boiled or cozy, you’ll add Maggie Sullivan to your list of favorite women sleuths.
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I adore Maggie Sullivan, the main character in the series. She’s smart, she’s tough, she’s got a sassy, but not vulgar mouth and my kind of semi-sarcastic humor. She’s got skills as a private detective that rival any man’s abilities.
I’m quite fond of the other characters in the series as well, and how they bring out Maggie’s tender hearted side. …
I love this series!
I’ve read two or three of this series; a female P.I. back in the gangster era. Words like “dame” and “piece” (as in gun) are thrown around a lot, and I think it’s cute. She gets the job done, though, in the end, yes she does!
I loved it and the characters were well done.
Ruth Myers does an excellent job of painting the early 20th century tableau. Her characters draw the reader into a world without many of the current day distractions and develop the personalities of the heroine and othercolorful recurring characters.
I do enjoy her writing. It is so much fun to place yourself (with the characters) back in the 1940’s. You always know that you will not have to deal with a book full of profane language, which for me ruins it. Maggie the PI is a spunkiest character that keeps you laughing and sometimes wondering whether she is really thinking clearly with the …
Love the main character and the era it takes place. Great read and well written.
Charming series. Fairly predictable, but refreshingly sassy and warm-hearted. And who’s ever set an entertainment in Depression-era Dayton, Ohio?
I love stories set in this time frame. It’s a peak into our past, or at least how I would like it to be if I were living it.
Maggie has enemies, and she has friends, sometimes they watch her back, sometimes not.
And most of all, I love it when she cruises around in her Desoto. I don’t normally read a book or a series twice. These stories I read …
I’m not from Dayton but I’ve been there and love it when I’m familiar with the setting. Maggie is a great dame and her plots are always good and original!
I like this series.
Maggie Sullivan is one of my favorite series. I have read them all.
I love these books!! Maggie is such a strong character! She’s witty, smart, strong, and funny! I can’t wait to read the next book in this series!
Another excellent “noir” type detective novel with a clever female lead. Good story. I think I enjoyed the first one a bit more, but perhaps that’s because it was novel. #2 is still very good.
Maggie Sullivan is fun! Well developed characters and action. Setting in late 30’s to early 40’s Dayton, Ohio is realistically portrayed. Light, enjoyable escapism.
Loved the time period late 1939_1940.
No cell phones, No computers, no GPS. A true detective “who – done – it.” Enjoyed the setting in Dayton OH.