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Can fledgling PI Annie Raymond cut it on her own when faced with a job she can’t do, a boss who hasn’t a clue who she is, and a schoolgirl ready to blacken her name to save her own skin?
Annie resolves to do her best for grieving mother Martha Martin but finds herself entangled in a web of rumour and deceit. And when the truth is finally revealed, it looks like it’s too late. Not only has she walked into a trap, she has also led a young girl into mortal danger
Annie resolves to do her best for grieving mother Martha Martin but finds herself entangled in a web of rumour and deceit. And when the truth is finally revealed, it looks like it’s too late. Not only has she walked into a trap, she has also led a young girl into mortal danger
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Can fledgling PI Annie Raymond cut it on her own when faced with an impossible job, a boss who hasn't a clue who she is and a schoolgirl who is ready to blacken her name to save her own skin? Annie has resolved to do her best for grieving mother Martha Martin and keep the sordid details of her son Terry's life hidden, but when conflicting stories around Terry's last days surface, Annie is quickly entangled in a web of rumour and deceit. Pretence and distortion have become accepted as integrity and truth...but who is a fraudster and who is an innocent victim? Annie desperately needs a third case on her books to secure her future, but when it comes, her future career is the last thing on her mind. Not only has Annie herself walked into a trap but she has also led a young girl into mortal danger. Can she make things right before it's too late?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Some crime novels are intriguing puzzles begging for solution, some are sensitive character studies describing the relationship of investigator to crime and perpetrator, and some are fast-paced action stories packed with incident and threat. Penny Grubb, in Like False Money, has blended all three in one fascinating novel.
The heroine, Annie, a woman with balls, takes on her first cases with few expectations, learning she has been employed more as nursemaid than private investigator. The complex web of relationships surrounding the agency weave through the story, forming obstacles that Annie could do without as her investigations reveal convolutions she only suspects at first. Penny lays plenty of traps for her heroine and for the reader, feeding the fascination. Only at the denouement does all become clear, exactly as it should in such fiction. But this is no Poirot-like disposition. Annie has to work out the twists and turns and make sense of the misinformation, lies, half-truths and tricks as she wrestles to save her life.
The victims, witnesses, clients, agency staff and police contacts are all very real people. Some you would meet on the streets of the city of Hull every day, some in the villages and on the coast of rural East Yorkshire, some you would hope never to meet face to face. The locations are as much members of the cast as the people in this story of self discovery, murder, deception and misunderstanding.
Penny supplies the reader with facts, theories and puzzles, slowly revealing the plot with clues for those clever enough to spot them. But the solutions to the interwoven mysteries are unexpected and, in the case of the murder, breathtaking and ultimately inevitable. The novel starts with gentle intrigues, in-fighting and political games played by those with hidden motives, but develops into a cliff-hanger, almost literally.
Contrasting the urban environment with the rural, Penny explores motives, sub-texts and ambitions to show that location need not be the formative influence it is often considered. Here, it is the people and their personalities that direct cause and effect, acting out their parts sometimes in spite of their whereabouts. This novel surprises, entertains, scares and satisfies in equal measure and I heartily recommend it.
The heroine, Annie, a woman with balls, takes on her first cases with few expectations, learning she has been employed more as nursemaid than private investigator. The complex web of relationships surrounding the agency weave through the story, forming obstacles that Annie could do without as her investigations reveal convolutions she only suspects at first. Penny lays plenty of traps for her heroine and for the reader, feeding the fascination. Only at the denouement does all become clear, exactly as it should in such fiction. But this is no Poirot-like disposition. Annie has to work out the twists and turns and make sense of the misinformation, lies, half-truths and tricks as she wrestles to save her life.
The victims, witnesses, clients, agency staff and police contacts are all very real people. Some you would meet on the streets of the city of Hull every day, some in the villages and on the coast of rural East Yorkshire, some you would hope never to meet face to face. The locations are as much members of the cast as the people in this story of self discovery, murder, deception and misunderstanding.
Penny supplies the reader with facts, theories and puzzles, slowly revealing the plot with clues for those clever enough to spot them. But the solutions to the interwoven mysteries are unexpected and, in the case of the murder, breathtaking and ultimately inevitable. The novel starts with gentle intrigues, in-fighting and political games played by those with hidden motives, but develops into a cliff-hanger, almost literally.
Contrasting the urban environment with the rural, Penny explores motives, sub-texts and ambitions to show that location need not be the formative influence it is often considered. Here, it is the people and their personalities that direct cause and effect, acting out their parts sometimes in spite of their whereabouts. This novel surprises, entertains, scares and satisfies in equal measure and I heartily recommend it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read crime fiction for relaxation and hunted out Like False Money because it is set in my locality. It certainly adds a frisson to the reading. I thought it a hoot that the protagonist found distances and the poor road system in our wide-horizon rural landscape so difficult to get her head round after being gridlocked in the city (Hull).
Annie Raymond is both young and very human, sometimes over confident and sometimes reticent, very much in keeping with her fraught grasp of her first PI placement: she has to bring in three good jobs to have a hope of making her temporary placement permanent, which happens during the course of the novel, but not as I anticipated.
I particularly liked the way the PI agency worked, none of this loose cannon stuff, but very much within the constraints of the law. It made the story very real. So did the well-defined supporting characters, from the empire-building Vince Sleeman to the bickering biscuit-eating sisters Annie finds herself working and living with.
The crimes start slow-burn and are intricately, and deeply, woven. There is no running ahead of the storyline here. It took me all my time to juggle the components. There is a scene at the top of a high-rise which made my stomach flip - a sure sign that I was empathising with the main character - but I won't elaborate here. Read it for yourself. I look forward to the next in the series.
Annie Raymond is both young and very human, sometimes over confident and sometimes reticent, very much in keeping with her fraught grasp of her first PI placement: she has to bring in three good jobs to have a hope of making her temporary placement permanent, which happens during the course of the novel, but not as I anticipated.
I particularly liked the way the PI agency worked, none of this loose cannon stuff, but very much within the constraints of the law. It made the story very real. So did the well-defined supporting characters, from the empire-building Vince Sleeman to the bickering biscuit-eating sisters Annie finds herself working and living with.
The crimes start slow-burn and are intricately, and deeply, woven. There is no running ahead of the storyline here. It took me all my time to juggle the components. There is a scene at the top of a high-rise which made my stomach flip - a sure sign that I was empathising with the main character - but I won't elaborate here. Read it for yourself. I look forward to the next in the series.
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27 Feb 2011
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I read crime fiction for relaxation and hunted out Like False Money because it is set in my locality (Yorkshire, UK). It certainly adds a frisson to the reading. I thought it a hoot that the protagonist found distances and the poor road system in our wide-horizon rural landscape so difficult to get her head round after being gridlocked in the city (Hull).
Annie Raymond is both young and very human, sometimes over confident and sometimes reticent, very much in keeping with her fraught grasp of her first PI placement: she has to bring in three good jobs to have a hope of making her temporary placement permanent, which happens during the course of the novel, but not as I anticipated.
I particularly liked the way the PI agency worked, none of this loose cannon stuff, but very much within the constraints of the law. It made the story very real. So did the well-defined supporting characters, from the empire-building Vince Sleeman to the bickering biscuit-eating sisters Annie finds herself working and living with.
The crimes start slow-burn and are intricately, and deeply, woven. There is no running ahead of the storyline here. It took me all my time to juggle the components. There is a scene at the top of a high-rise which made my stomach flip - a sure sign that I was empathising with the main character - but I won't elaborate here. Read it for yourself. I look forward to the next in the series.
Annie Raymond is both young and very human, sometimes over confident and sometimes reticent, very much in keeping with her fraught grasp of her first PI placement: she has to bring in three good jobs to have a hope of making her temporary placement permanent, which happens during the course of the novel, but not as I anticipated.
I particularly liked the way the PI agency worked, none of this loose cannon stuff, but very much within the constraints of the law. It made the story very real. So did the well-defined supporting characters, from the empire-building Vince Sleeman to the bickering biscuit-eating sisters Annie finds herself working and living with.
The crimes start slow-burn and are intricately, and deeply, woven. There is no running ahead of the storyline here. It took me all my time to juggle the components. There is a scene at the top of a high-rise which made my stomach flip - a sure sign that I was empathising with the main character - but I won't elaborate here. Read it for yourself. I look forward to the next in the series.
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