Jordan starts finding herself in “accidents” all most being run down, their hotel room was ransacked and possible danger lurks for Tyler’s long lost “Gram” after he is reunited with her. Hammett happens to have roots in San Francisco and Jordan, to the disdain of Vera, who reminds me of Cruella De Vil of 101 Dalmatians fame lets her go for a much needed romantic getaway with her boyfriend with cop with ambitions to be a detective, Tyler “Smiley”Dekker. Jordan Bingham has a couchey job working for Vera Van Alst acquiring and purchasing rare mystery novels, currently she wants Jordan to fetch Dashiell Hammett’s “Red Harvest” which is a first edition. I highly recommend this book and this series for anyone looking for a cozy with depth.ĭisappearing book shops, murdered owners, break and entering of a senior’s home and hotel rampages in the heart of San Francisco are what awaited me when I read The Hemmett Hex. Her uncles are a hoot and I mean that in the most fun way. Jordan is leery of becoming too involved (or in love) with Smiley due to her last experience with a boyfriend. They both need to watch their budget which is far from plentiful. The characters of Smiley & Jordan are not just realistically portrayed.they are down to earth. This was a long-overdue reunion between Smiley and Gram since they were separated when he was a child. The problems escalated just as Smiley and Jordan were getting acquainted with Smiley's grandmother. The vacation took a turn for the worst from the very start. Vera is a collector of original classic books by the most famous authors usually from the golden age of mysteries. This trip was supposed to be a much-needed vacation (except for Vera's book collecting). They've been an on & off again item for a while and shared some narrow escapes. Smiley is a Sam Spade enthusiast and is tickled pink to get as many pictures of Hammett's environment for his Classic Noir books as possible. The original as requested (or should I say ordered) by her employer Vera Van Alst. Jordan is on a book hunt for Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon. Jordan Bingham and Tyler (Smiley) Dekker are off to San Fransisco. The Hammett Hex (Book Collector Mystery #5) by Victoria Abbott. And when a dark sedan tries to run the couple down, it’s clear someone’s after them-but who? Just like in Hammett’s world, nothing is quite what is seems. He’s a Dashiell devotee himself-excited to be in the city of Hammett’s hard-boiled heroes like Sam Spade and the Continental Op-and also announces he plans to visit his previously unmentioned estranged grandmother, who lives in an old Victorian on Telegraph Hill.īut the trip goes downhill fast when Jordan is pushed from a cable car and barely escapes death. For his own part, Smiley is full of surprises. Jordan has been able to swing a romantic trip to San Francisco with Officer Tyler “Smiley” Dekker on one condition-she must return with a rare copy of Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest for her irascible employer, Vera Van Alst. On a getaway to the City by the Bay, book collector Jordan Bingham becomes entangled in a mystery with more twists than Lombard Street. The national bestselling author of The Marsh Madness takes rare book collector Jordan Bingham on a trip to San Francisco-home to Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled heroes-where nothing is as it seems.
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