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I give this 2.5 stars - I was rather disappointed with this new series of Olson's as I really enjoyed her Annie Seymour series. Brett Kavanaugh, owner of a tattoo parlor in the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, is questioned by the police about a missing young woman who had come into her shop to make an appointment which she did not keep. Turns out she is a runaway bride, or rather fiancee of a rich magnate's son. The mystery is okay, but what I found irritating was the stupid and improbable things her protagonist kept doing just for the sake of the storyline, which makes for a very contrived story. Bad enough that a tattoo artist (as an idea for a cozy series, kinda gimmicky) goes about investigating behind her cop brother's back, but withholding evidence? Repeatedly? Just does not fly for me. And the attraction to the bad boy was so cliche. The mystery is given enough twists but when it's all unraveled the denouement falls flat and borders on cheesy. Which is really a pity, because Olson can write. This one, though feels like she's trying too hard.
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