Electric Blue (Jane Kelly Mysteries) | 
 enlarge | Author: Nancy Bush
Publisher: Kensington
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0758209088
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780758209085
ASIN: 0758209088
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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Book Description
Some days are just weird city. Take today. Jane Kelly, thirtysomething ex-bartender, current process server, and owner of The Binkster, a pug, is dutifully putting in slave-labor hours working for Dwayne Durbin, local "information specialist" (i.e., private investigator), and on the road to becoming a P.I. herself. Next thing she knows she's socializing with the Purcells, a rich, eccentric rich family with a penchant for going crazy and/or dying in spectacularly mysterious ways. From what Jane can tell, the Purcells all want Orchid Purcell's money. And when Orchid turns up in a pool of blood, the free-for-all has just begun. Then when Jane finds a second body, it seems weird city is about to get even weirder...and a lot more deadly... In her second smash outing, Nancy Bush's wickedly funny heroine, Jane Kelly, proves herself a worthy successor to Stephanie Plum, but with a wit, style, and dog that are definitely all her own. "With her clever ability to handle the zaniest of life's circumstances, Jane won't disappoint readers." --Publishers Weekly
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 Great Fun Series June 19, 2008
This is a really great fun read.I Loved it.As good as any Janet Evanovich, better than most.I'm looking forward to this series !!!
 Love It November 20, 2007
I have to admit that at first I was not at all impressed by the first book, howver as time went by I was going through Jane Kelly withdrawls. I saw the second book and had to buy it and see what the characters were up to now. Binks is endearing, Dwayne seems hot but in all the wrong ways and Jane is so independent it makes me want to hit her. I love how she fumbles her way thorugh private investigating. I cannot wait to read the third.
A family with a dirty secret January 5, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the second novel in the PI Jane Kelly series. Jane in drawn into an investigation of the Purcell family, an investigation that is complicated by the fact that there is a dirty family secret that they will not reveal. Orchid Purcell, the family matriarch, controls the family's money. They have substantial real estate holdings. But there is a question about the death of one of her daughters years earliet in a mental institution. Jane is attracted to Jazz, the son of the deceased daughter, and the mystery of the identity of his father.
Older members of the family seem to hang about like vultures waiting to inherit the estate, and some people appear to be willing to help events along. There is some suspected fratricide. There are a few surprises as the novel winds to a climax.
The main problem with the novel is the tendency to digress into side issues and other cases. It makes for slow reading, especially if a reader would like to cut to the chase. There is Binkster, the dog acquired by Jane in the previous novel (see Candy Apple Red). There are Jane's family. There is Jane's relationship with her boss (who has his own way of setting fees for his clients). The other cases, while interesting, are mostly unrelated to the main plot, although they create some incidents in Jane's life.
The novel has some amount of language, sex, and violence. It is probably on the level of one of the Stephanie Plum novels. I would give it a PG-13 rating.
Enjoyed this very much! October 19, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This mystery is an easy, entertaining read that keeps you guessing until the end. It's apparent the author spent a lot of her time with Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich novels before launching her own efforts. Jane Kelly is a definite amalgam of Kinsey Millhone and Stephanie Plum. Fortunately, I love them both and I've enjoyed sampling this author's efforts! It's a fun story, and Jane's family and lovelife woes are entertaining side dishes. I've not read her first novel, so I'll be getting that immediately. One caution: don't take the jacket cover description to heart. I've no idea what novel the person who wrote it had read! Enjoy.
Delightful mystery! October 13, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Jane Kelly, Information Specialist, working toward her private investigator license, has been spending her time delivering warrants and eviction notices. One minute she thinks she can handle anything, but the next she is second-guessing her abilities.
Working for a small investigative company where Dwayne Durbin is her boss and friend, she stumbles into a hornet's nest of crazies. Dwayne is working on a divorce case that involves a well-known family in town. The Purcells have a history related to their developing some of the first buildings and businesses in the city. Lots of wheeling and dealing have made the family wealthy. Their matriarch, Orchid, is in her 90s and controls the purse strings.
Our gal Jane Kelly has been asked to do some research work on the family for the divorce case. An unexpected call comes in from one of the Purcells asking for the help of a female Investigator on a separate issue. Since Jane knows the history on the Purcells, she is sent to take care of the assignment. Dwayne tells her to be careful and warns her that all the Purcell's are all crazy.
Jane meets with Jazz Purcell, who is more handsome than allowed, and gets her assignment. He wants her to observe Orchid Purcell, his grandmother, and determine if the old lady is losing it. Jazz wants to know if she is getting senile and no longer r capable of managing the family fortune. All the other family members want to have Orchid sign a Power of Attorney so they can claim the money.
The family is full of interesting characters all trying to get their hands on the money--some sinister and others, run-of-the mill weird. Jane gets in the thick of things and solves a murder and near murders and manages to have some romance too. Who will it be in the end? Bush keeps us guessing the whole time.
Nancy Bush has found a character in Jane Kelly that will have a long life as a private investigator, snooping under and around every nook and cranny. I am looking forward to the next case.
Armchair Interview says: Another delightful cozy mystery.
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