A Girl Like You
Michelle Cox
(Author)
Description
When the floor matron at the dance hall where Henrietta is working as a taxi dancer turns up murdered, she is persuaded by the aloof Inspector Clive Howard to go undercover to help find the killer-even as they try to withstand their growing attraction for one another.
Product Details
Price
$16.95
$15.76
Publisher
She Writes Press
Publish Date
April 19, 2016
Pages
288
Dimensions
5.5 X 0.8 X 8.4 inches | 0.8 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781631520167
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About the Author
Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as "Novel Notes of Local Lore," a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago's forgotten residents. She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there. Coincidentally, her books have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and many others, so she might be on to something. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards board games she doesn't have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade.
Reviews
2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Finalist in Series 2017 IPPY Awards: Gold Mystery Winner 2016 Readers Favorite: Gold Mystery Winner 2016 Foreword Indies: Gold Mystery Winner 2016 Foreword Indies: Romance, Finalist 2016 Shelf Unbound: Top 100 Notable Indie 2016 Chanticleer Awards: Mystery and Mayhem, Winner 2016 USA Best Book Awards: Fiction Romance Finalist 2016 Beverly Hills Book Awards: Regional Fiction: Midwest, Winner 2016 Next Generation Indies: Romance Finalist 2016 Reader Views: Historical Fiction Winner, Great Lakes Regional Winner 2016 Tyler Tichelaar Award: Historical Fiction Winner
Listed as a "Top Read" by: Your Tango, The Reading Room, Culturalist, Buzzfeed, Popsugar, and more. Also listed by Shelf Unbound as a "Top 100 Notable Indie" and by Author.com as "50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading."
"Fans of spunky, historical heroines will love Henrietta Von Harmon." --Booklist, starred review
"Flavored with 1930's slang and fashion, this first volume in what one hopes will be a long series is absorbing. Henrietta and Clive are a sexy, endearing, and downright fun pair of sleuths. Readers will not see the final twist coming." --Library Journal, starred review
"Michelle Cox masterfully recreates 1930s Chicago in A Girl Like You, bringing to life its diverse neighborhoods and eclectic residents, as well as its seedy side. Henrietta and Inspector Howard are the best pair of sleuths I've come across in ages--Cox makes us care not just about the case, but about her characters. A fantastic start to what is sure to be a long running series." --Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The Adventuress
"In A Girl Like You, Michelle Cox offers striking descriptions of the seamy side of 1930s Chicago. Readers of historical romance and suspense will root for the destitute but hardworking Henrietta Von Harmon as she risks everything for Inspector Howard in a story that will keep readers guessing right up to the last page." --Kristen Harnisch, award-winning author of The Vintner's Daughter and The California Wife
"The authentic setting rich in cinematic detail of Chicago during The Great Depression is the perfect backdrop for a plethora of vivid characters in Michele Cox's novel A Girl Like You--one being an ambitious dance hall girl, Henrietta von Harmon, soul breadwinner of her fatherless family. But when her boss is found dead, in walks Inspector Clive Howard whose chemistry with Henrietta promises even more twists and turns in this highly entertaining mystery." --Sande Boritz Berger, author of The Sweetness
"Cox brings the economic hardships and rigid class structure of 1930s Chicago to life in her captivating mystery, A Girl Like You. Henrietta Von Harmon must provide for her family after the suicide of her father, but jobs are scarce. Although she must hide her job from everyone she knows, Henrietta becomes a taxi dancer, a woman of questionable virtue who dances with men for money. When someone is murdered and a girl disappears, Henrietta is persuaded by Clive, a handsome homicide detective, to go undercover at a dangerous venue. Anyone who enjoys a well-written romantic mystery set in a gritty time and place will enjoy A Girl Like You." --M.A. Adler, author of In the Shadow of Lies
"The Depression-era world of a poor girl's Chicago is a dicey deal for Henrietta Von Harmon--but she is resilient. In Michelle Cox's capable hands, Henrietta takes the reader of A Girl Like You on a wonderful romp through the seamier side of an early 20th-century working girl's life. The realities of a fatherless family, a weary mother, and a dearth of opportunity don't overpower Henrietta's curiosity, her willingness to work hard, her knack for making alliances, and her vision of a better future. The book's cast of additional characters, headed by Inspector Howard, accompanies Henrietta through a murder, a dangerous job, and touching reminders that life turns on small intimacies. This engaging book bodes well for the following works in the series!" --Barbara Stark-Nemon, author of Even in Darkness
"Cox does an excellent job in her description of the era of the 1930s. Her characters are well developed and introduced in a timely manner. A Girl Like You is very intriguing, well written, and the plot very entertaining. Readers will be drawn into the sights, smells, and seedy side of Chicago." --Reader Views
"Reminiscent of clandestine affairs with a Philip Marlowe vibe, A Girl Like You: A Henrietta And Inspector Howard novel by Michelle Cox, will transport the reader into that golden era of gumshoe romance. Cox's use of literary detail brings scenes into full focus as the reader anxiously races through the pages of this deliciously written cloak and dagger affair. A delightful story." --Readers Favorites
Listed as a "Top Read" by: Your Tango, The Reading Room, Culturalist, Buzzfeed, Popsugar, and more. Also listed by Shelf Unbound as a "Top 100 Notable Indie" and by Author.com as "50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading."
"Fans of spunky, historical heroines will love Henrietta Von Harmon." --Booklist, starred review
"Flavored with 1930's slang and fashion, this first volume in what one hopes will be a long series is absorbing. Henrietta and Clive are a sexy, endearing, and downright fun pair of sleuths. Readers will not see the final twist coming." --Library Journal, starred review
"Michelle Cox masterfully recreates 1930s Chicago in A Girl Like You, bringing to life its diverse neighborhoods and eclectic residents, as well as its seedy side. Henrietta and Inspector Howard are the best pair of sleuths I've come across in ages--Cox makes us care not just about the case, but about her characters. A fantastic start to what is sure to be a long running series." --Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The Adventuress
"In A Girl Like You, Michelle Cox offers striking descriptions of the seamy side of 1930s Chicago. Readers of historical romance and suspense will root for the destitute but hardworking Henrietta Von Harmon as she risks everything for Inspector Howard in a story that will keep readers guessing right up to the last page." --Kristen Harnisch, award-winning author of The Vintner's Daughter and The California Wife
"The authentic setting rich in cinematic detail of Chicago during The Great Depression is the perfect backdrop for a plethora of vivid characters in Michele Cox's novel A Girl Like You--one being an ambitious dance hall girl, Henrietta von Harmon, soul breadwinner of her fatherless family. But when her boss is found dead, in walks Inspector Clive Howard whose chemistry with Henrietta promises even more twists and turns in this highly entertaining mystery." --Sande Boritz Berger, author of The Sweetness
"Cox brings the economic hardships and rigid class structure of 1930s Chicago to life in her captivating mystery, A Girl Like You. Henrietta Von Harmon must provide for her family after the suicide of her father, but jobs are scarce. Although she must hide her job from everyone she knows, Henrietta becomes a taxi dancer, a woman of questionable virtue who dances with men for money. When someone is murdered and a girl disappears, Henrietta is persuaded by Clive, a handsome homicide detective, to go undercover at a dangerous venue. Anyone who enjoys a well-written romantic mystery set in a gritty time and place will enjoy A Girl Like You." --M.A. Adler, author of In the Shadow of Lies
"The Depression-era world of a poor girl's Chicago is a dicey deal for Henrietta Von Harmon--but she is resilient. In Michelle Cox's capable hands, Henrietta takes the reader of A Girl Like You on a wonderful romp through the seamier side of an early 20th-century working girl's life. The realities of a fatherless family, a weary mother, and a dearth of opportunity don't overpower Henrietta's curiosity, her willingness to work hard, her knack for making alliances, and her vision of a better future. The book's cast of additional characters, headed by Inspector Howard, accompanies Henrietta through a murder, a dangerous job, and touching reminders that life turns on small intimacies. This engaging book bodes well for the following works in the series!" --Barbara Stark-Nemon, author of Even in Darkness
"Cox does an excellent job in her description of the era of the 1930s. Her characters are well developed and introduced in a timely manner. A Girl Like You is very intriguing, well written, and the plot very entertaining. Readers will be drawn into the sights, smells, and seedy side of Chicago." --Reader Views
"Reminiscent of clandestine affairs with a Philip Marlowe vibe, A Girl Like You: A Henrietta And Inspector Howard novel by Michelle Cox, will transport the reader into that golden era of gumshoe romance. Cox's use of literary detail brings scenes into full focus as the reader anxiously races through the pages of this deliciously written cloak and dagger affair. A delightful story." --Readers Favorites
