"The Next installment of Sofie Metropolis"

DIRTY LAUNDRY is the next installment of Tori Carringtons' Sofie Metropolis series. If your expecting it to be as good as the first one, it isn't it is BETTER!!

This time Sofie is asked to look for Uncle Tolly owner of the local dry cleaners in order for his wife to verify that he is dead so that she can sell his Mercedes. But investigating Uncle Tolly leads Sofie to the local mob who isn't too happy with her asking questions, even Tony DiPiazza a former schoolmate of Sofie's who develops an interest in Sofie and invites her for some "pasta."

Sofie is also asked by her mom to find out if her father is fooling around with the new waitress and to find a missing ferret. All this activity has her wishing for a nice quiet cheating spouses case.

I liked the first Sofie Metropolis book, but I REALLY LOVED DIRTY LAUNDRY! It will definitely have you laughing in spots and also sighing whenever the hunky, sexy Australian Jake Porter drops by to tinker with her car, but her car isn't the only thing she wants Jake to make hum. Nobody gets into the kind of trouble Sofie finds her in, between crawling around in the night looking for the ferret or being fitted for a pair of cement shoes, reading DIRTY LAUNDRY will definitely not be boring.

DIRTY LAUNDRY should definitely be on the top of your to be bought list. I know you will love it as much as I did.

Barb Hicks

Reviewed by Barb Hicks
Posted May 2, 2006

Summary

Sofie Metropolis is the newest P.I. on the mean streets of Astoria, Queens. She's known for her trademark frappes and her itchy trigger finger. She even shot one of her own clients!

Well, he was trying to kill her at the time . . . and she only hit him in the knee . . . .

Sofie's hot on the trail of a missing pet ferret—wait, aren't those illegal in New York City?—and a missing dry cleaner. According to his furious wife, Aglaia, Uncle Tolly was acting odd right before he disappeared. The proof? The brand-new Mercedes Tolly just bought. And the business's books, which show that Uncle Tolly was laundering more than just clothes.

Which is where the mob comes in, in the darkly handsome figure of Tony DiPiazza. Tony's very taken with Sofie. Too bad she won't back off the money-laundering and kidnapping (or is it murder?) investigation.

Really too bad, since hunky Australian bounty hunter/man of mystery Jake Porter is hanging around again, tinkering under the hood of Sofie's car and kissing Sofie like he really means it, only she's too busy to notice.

Too busy: being attacked by a malevolent dry-cleaning bag; bailing Aglaia out of jail; airing out her apartment after an assault by noxious dog-farts; and spying on her own father. Because Sofie's mother thinks that after nearly thirty years of marriage, her husband is having an affair. Can't anyone stay faithful for five minutes?

Sofie's quest for the truth gets her into hot water—and a pair of cement overshoes. It's not her best look.