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A review by leandrathetbrzero
Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man by Emily J. Edwards
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
His Girl Friday meets Mrs. Maisel 📚☕️🕵🏻♀️
↓ Similar Reads ↓
1. Viviana Valentine Goes Up River by Emily J Edwards (currently reading!)
2. Just Murdered by Katherine Kovacic (1960 Sydney)
3. Deadline at Dawn by Cornell Woolrich (1944 NYC)
🌆 New York City, 1950: Viviana Valentine is Girl Friday to the city’s top private investigator, Tommy Fortuna. When she finds a body in their office space and her boss missing, it’s up to Viviana to untangle the knot of clues, red herrings, and lies spread before her.
Receiving the 2nd book in this series–Viviana Valentine Goes Up River–on Netgalley, I decided to start my journey with Viviana from the beginning. I am so glad I did! Pictured is a recently purchased physical copy, but I listened to the mystery as an audiobook via @libby.app, and the voice narrator did a brilliant job bringing Viviana and the 1950 NYC setting to life. Edwards’s attention to setting details, language of the time, and her nods to hardboiled detective tropes were so satisfying. In fact, Viviana reminded me a lot of Bricky from Cornell Woolrich’s classic 1944 mystery, Deadline at Dawn.
The tangled up mysteries within this story take Viviana and her supportive team of sleuths, including the attractive Officer Leary, all across New York City. I had a ball running around with them, and I am so excited to discover that book 3, Viviana Valentine and the Ticking Clock, comes out this November!! 🤩
🙏 Thank you @crookedlanebooks for the gifted e-ARC of the second installment in A Girl Friday mystery series, leading me to read book 1 and subsequently falling in love with this historical mystery series! (review of book 2 to come!)
↓ Similar Reads ↓
1. Viviana Valentine Goes Up River by Emily J Edwards (currently reading!)
2. Just Murdered by Katherine Kovacic (1960 Sydney)
3. Deadline at Dawn by Cornell Woolrich (1944 NYC)
🌆 New York City, 1950: Viviana Valentine is Girl Friday to the city’s top private investigator, Tommy Fortuna. When she finds a body in their office space and her boss missing, it’s up to Viviana to untangle the knot of clues, red herrings, and lies spread before her.
Receiving the 2nd book in this series–Viviana Valentine Goes Up River–on Netgalley, I decided to start my journey with Viviana from the beginning. I am so glad I did! Pictured is a recently purchased physical copy, but I listened to the mystery as an audiobook via @libby.app, and the voice narrator did a brilliant job bringing Viviana and the 1950 NYC setting to life. Edwards’s attention to setting details, language of the time, and her nods to hardboiled detective tropes were so satisfying. In fact, Viviana reminded me a lot of Bricky from Cornell Woolrich’s classic 1944 mystery, Deadline at Dawn.
The tangled up mysteries within this story take Viviana and her supportive team of sleuths, including the attractive Officer Leary, all across New York City. I had a ball running around with them, and I am so excited to discover that book 3, Viviana Valentine and the Ticking Clock, comes out this November!! 🤩
🙏 Thank you @crookedlanebooks for the gifted e-ARC of the second installment in A Girl Friday mystery series, leading me to read book 1 and subsequently falling in love with this historical mystery series! (review of book 2 to come!)