Genre:
Mystery
Themes:
Mystery / Suspense
Heat Level:
Fade to Black (sex scenes are mostly implied and use euphemistic language)
Archetypes:
Detective / Investigator / Bounty Hunter
Geographic Location:
Continental Europe
United States: West Coast
Setting:
Big City / Urban
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Asexual / Demisexual
Lesbian
The Illustrious Client
The Shirley Combs/Dr. Mary Watson Mystery Series, Book 2
By Sandra de Helen
In which Dr. Mary Watson falls in love.
Book Two of the Shirley Combs and Dr. Mary Watson series, THE ILLUSTRIOUS CLIENT, shows us the private investigator and her sidekick sharing an office, and introduces their receptionist, Lix. They are hired to influence a young international pop star, Oceane Charles, to pry her away from her older, richer, player of a girlfriend. The cast is made up of people with various ethnicities and backgrounds. Of course the job soon includes solving a murder mystery. Along the way, Mary discovers her latent lesbianism. Set in Portland, Oregon on a super yacht, in a hospital VIP room, at Rose Festival, and other fun places.