Die Buying
Emma-Joy Ferris likes mall cop work, even though it's a bit more humdrum than the military policing she did in the army. But there's no time to be bored when someone 'liberates' a 15-foot python from the Herpetology Hut, and a mannequin turns out to be a very real corpse.
Emma-Joy Ferris likes mall cop work, even though it's a bit more humdrum than the military policing she did in the army. But there's no time to be bored when someone 'liberates' a 15-foot python from the Herpetology Hut, and a mannequin turns out to be a very real corpse.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425242735 (0425242730)
Publish date: August 2nd 2011
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Series: A Mall Cop Mystery (#1)
3.5 starsI'm a big fan of cozy mysteries (in theory). Reading the synopsis tends to make me want to read the book. The problem that usually occurs when I get my hands on one is that I get irritated by the main character who sticks their nose in police business. I do know that it's the definition of ...
I love when an author set before a reader an intertwining mystery that may lead to dead ends, red herrings and a long list of suspects. Laura DiSilverio does just that with Die Buying. DiSilverio creates a great character in EJ a mall cop (for now) and a ex-military cop who due to an IED injury that...
An interesting start of a cozy mystery series. Emma-Joy "EJ" Ferris is an ex-military. But because of the injury on her knees her applications to various police department are rejected. So she gets a job as Mall Cop. When the story is opened, EJ deals with runaway reptiles and naked dead man. I enjo...
Not a bad read...not stellar, but not bad. The main character is a bit abrasive, but I think she could grow on me. Loved her grandpa! I'll read the next one.
Emma-Joy Ferris (EJ) was serving her country in Iraq when shrapnel from an IED blast mangled her knee and lower leg and got her medically discharged and sent home. Her dream is to work for any police department stateside but all she has received is rejections. The only job similar that she now has...