Dirty Laundry Cole Mcginnis Mysteries (Audible Audio Edition) Rhys Ford Greg Tremblay Dreamspinner Press LLC Books
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A Cole McGinnis Mystery
Sequel to Dirty Secret
For ex-cop turned private investigator Cole McGinnis, each day brings a new challenge. Too bad most of them involve pain and death. Claudia, his office manager and surrogate mother, is still recovering from a gunshot, and Cole's closeted boyfriend, Kim Jae-Min, suddenly finds his teenaged sister dumped in his lap. Meanwhile, Cole has his own sibling problems-most notably, a mysterious half brother from Japan whom his older brother, Mike, is determined they welcome with open arms.
As if his own personal dramas weren't enough, Cole is approached by Madame Sun, a fortune-teller whose clients have been dying at an alarming rate. Convinced someone is after her customers, she wants the matter investigated, but the police think she's imagining things. Hoping to put Sun's mind at ease, Cole takes the case and finds himself plunged into a Gordian knot of lies and betrayal where no one is who they are supposed to be and Death seems to be the only card in Madame Sun's deck.
Dirty Laundry Cole Mcginnis Mysteries (Audible Audio Edition) Rhys Ford Greg Tremblay Dreamspinner Press LLC Books
It's very rare that I write a review with a title as effusive as this one.But this book deserves it. Ms. Ford is a writer, a real writer, a first-rate writer of mysteries. There is mayhem, blood, solutions and redemption - all of the touchstones of any good mystery/action thriller.
But then she layers it with some very, very deep stuff, much of which resonated with me well beyond most of the other M/M books I've read - and there have been tons of them.
She deals with loss, with love, with fear. But above all, she deals with the heart of the gay man, in our culture and others (Korean and Japanese, particularly). She writes beautifully of the pain caused by a lifetime of being told we are all sinners, condemned to hell, second-rate citizens and unworthy.
There is one particular scene in which her protagonist, Cole McGinnis, ponders the closet. Although he's been out for years, he admits that, in some part of his mind, he still feels the tug of the relentless pressure "to be normal", the futile drive to "fit in", the desperate desire "not to be different". I think every gay man (and likely woman), has felt this at some time in his or her life. No matter how proud we are, we still seek approval and acceptance. Why? Because we're human. Rhys Ford gets this, like no other author I've ever read.
But most of all, her books are about family, and the way that parents can, literally, throw their children away when they discover they are gay. This happens, today, more often than we'd like to think - that's why the Trevor Project exists.
And the hope that she holds out for all of us is that we make our own families, and because our families are built out of choice and love and shared experience, our families are stronger and more supportive and even more loving than many families that exist only through the accidents of birth.
Perhaps that is why Ms. Ford's books move me so profoundly. I find myself in tears at several points in her books, not at the obvious tear-jerking moments of loss or pain, but at the moments when characters find the courage to love themselves and each other.
And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the erotic scenes. They are indeed erotic (and rare), but they serve the story. They are never there just for titillation. I usually skip through most of these in other books, but not in hers, where the intimate scenes are not just sex, but deep explorations of the love between two people, and moments of discovery and grace, which is infinitely hotter!
Thank you, Ms. Ford for your wonderful books! I look forward to whatever you publish next. You are a great writer, and I'm so glad you have chosen a genre that needs them badly. That means so much to me and others like me.
I cannot recommend this series highly enough.
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Dirty Laundry Cole Mcginnis Mysteries (Audible Audio Edition) Rhys Ford Greg Tremblay Dreamspinner Press LLC Books Reviews
Dirty Laundry starts off with a very helpful glossary of Korean to English terms and a cast of characters. Maybe that’s why it doesn’t seem quite so convoluted as the mysteries from the 2 previous installments – or maybe I’m just getting used to the alphabet soup of Korean names. Either way – Dirty Laundry had a lot going on both in terms of Cole’s less than profitable PI business and the characters’ personal lives. The mystery of the day involves 2 dueling Korean fortune tellers and the dilemma of rapidly dropping dead clients. Cole very magnanimously takes the case from Madam Park Hyuna Sun for the bubble – cause he’s sure nothing is going on and he’s just going to poke around a bit and make an old lady feel better. And of course, whenever Cole decides to “poke around” inevitably people end up dead and at least one leaks brain matter directly on him. I would seriously have to think very hard about being anywhere near this guy.
On a personal level – there’s a lot of emotion and angst. Cole finds out he has a younger half brother from Japan – Ichiro – because his dead mother, apparently was not as dead as he thought. His mother it seems left the family shortly after Cole’s birth and had a whole new family. Ichiro even translates into “first son” in Japanese. And not to be left out of the familial “feeling the love vibe”, Jae-Min gets outed to his family – first accidentally, then maliciously. Jae’s family, especially his mother – turns out to be as homophobically bigoted as expected – but the hypocritical sleaziness or Momma Kim was a bit of a surprise. The Korean enclave from the Cole McGinnis novels rivals the escapades of the denizens of Peyton Place – one seriously has to wonder how these people have any time at all to worry about and cast stones at who someone else is sleeping with – it’s a wonder they can keep up with their own adventures.
I liked the further exploration and development of Cole and Jae’s relationship as they grow together as a couple. I didn’t like that so much is going on in this novel that there’s less Cole and Jae on the page time. The secondary characters remain very well developed and strong and it’s easy to lose yourself in their world. I love Cole’s bluntness and sense of humor, I love Jae’s vulnerability and strength especially when he says “Jagiya…saranghae, Cole-ah”. I love the loyalty of Claudia and her brood, the family camaraderie of Mike, Mad Dog and Bobby, that Ichiro is such a cool half brother, and the talk that Cole had with Jae’s sister Tiff about their relationship (although seriously what is it with these people where they will happily accept the gift of your money like it’s owed to them, and then speak disparagingly to your face?). I did not like the way Cole’s past came back to bite him in the butt but thankfully we weren’t left with a complete cliffhanger.
3 more books in the series and I’m already getting sad; I am so going to miss these stories and most of all these characters.
It's very rare that I write a review with a title as effusive as this one.
But this book deserves it. Ms. Ford is a writer, a real writer, a first-rate writer of mysteries. There is mayhem, blood, solutions and redemption - all of the touchstones of any good mystery/action thriller.
But then she layers it with some very, very deep stuff, much of which resonated with me well beyond most of the other M/M books I've read - and there have been tons of them.
She deals with loss, with love, with fear. But above all, she deals with the heart of the gay man, in our culture and others (Korean and Japanese, particularly). She writes beautifully of the pain caused by a lifetime of being told we are all sinners, condemned to hell, second-rate citizens and unworthy.
There is one particular scene in which her protagonist, Cole McGinnis, ponders the closet. Although he's been out for years, he admits that, in some part of his mind, he still feels the tug of the relentless pressure "to be normal", the futile drive to "fit in", the desperate desire "not to be different". I think every gay man (and likely woman), has felt this at some time in his or her life. No matter how proud we are, we still seek approval and acceptance. Why? Because we're human. Rhys Ford gets this, like no other author I've ever read.
But most of all, her books are about family, and the way that parents can, literally, throw their children away when they discover they are gay. This happens, today, more often than we'd like to think - that's why the Trevor Project exists.
And the hope that she holds out for all of us is that we make our own families, and because our families are built out of choice and love and shared experience, our families are stronger and more supportive and even more loving than many families that exist only through the accidents of birth.
Perhaps that is why Ms. Ford's books move me so profoundly. I find myself in tears at several points in her books, not at the obvious tear-jerking moments of loss or pain, but at the moments when characters find the courage to love themselves and each other.
And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the erotic scenes. They are indeed erotic (and rare), but they serve the story. They are never there just for titillation. I usually skip through most of these in other books, but not in hers, where the intimate scenes are not just sex, but deep explorations of the love between two people, and moments of discovery and grace, which is infinitely hotter!
Thank you, Ms. Ford for your wonderful books! I look forward to whatever you publish next. You are a great writer, and I'm so glad you have chosen a genre that needs them badly. That means so much to me and others like me.
I cannot recommend this series highly enough.
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