The Secret Life of Anna Blanc
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Jennifer Kincheloe. (2015). The Secret Life of Anna Blanc. Seventh Street Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jennifer Kincheloe. 2015. The Secret Life of Anna Blanc. Seventh Street Books.
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- It's 1907 Los Angeles. Mischievous socialite Anna Blanc is the kind of young woman who devours purloined crime novels—but must disguise them behind covers of more domestically-appropriate reading. She could match wits with Sherlock Holmes, but in her world women are not allowed to hunt criminals. Determined to break free of the era's rigid social roles, Anna buys off the chaperone assigned by her domineering father and, using an alias, takes a job as a police matron with the Los Angeles Police Department. There she discovers a string of brothel murders, which the cops are unwilling to investigate. Seizing her one chance to solve a crime, she takes on the investigation herself. If the police find out, she'll get fired; if her father finds out, he'll disown her; and if her fiancé finds out, he'll cancel the wedding and stop pouring money into her father's collapsing bank. Midway into her investigation, the police chief's son, Joe Singer, learns her true identity. And shortly thereafter she learns about blackmail. Anna must choose—either hunt the villain and risk losing her father, fiancé, and wealth, or abandon her dream and leave the killer on the loose. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- content: "A humorously delightful historical mystery.... [Anna's] moxie leaves the reader cheering through tears of laughter. It doesn't require Sherlock to deduce that this suspenseful, smart and funny book is a crack debut."
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- content: "Delightful.... Anna is a wonderfully independent character. Fans of Rhys Bowen's Molly Murphy and Kerry Greenwood's Miss Phryne Fisher will become fast friends with Anna Blanc."
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- content: "Anna is a delightful young heroine--by turns immensely resourceful and then as wildly impetuous as only a teenager can be. As she dons one false identity after another we get to witness her intelligence and adaptability.... The pace is fast, fun, and furious and will leave your head spinning."
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- source: Larry D. Sweazy, award-winning author of See Also Murder and A Thousand Falling Crows
- content: "Jupiter, what a novel! Jennifer Kincheloe brings turn-of-the-century Los Angeles brilliantly to life in a page-turner that is half The Perils of Pauline and half Nancy Drew. Anna Blanc is a delightfully quirky heroine who will leave you begging for a sequel in this wonderful new series." --Lynne Raimondo, author of Dante's Dilemma "A madcap frolic through 1907 Los Angeles, Jennifer Kincheloe's debut mystery is an addictive read. Both hilarious and tragic, with inconstant suitors, cigarette-smoking suffragettes, and sinful painted ladies aplenty, The Secret Life of Anna Blanc transports you back to a City of Angels that few will recognize today (besides the blazing Santa Ana winds). The plot is tight and clever, and the historical research is quite simply remarkable. But most of all, there's Anna Blanc herself. . . . One of the most infectiously likable heroines you'll meet all year." --James W. Ziskin, author of Stone Cold Dead "The best kind of romp: fast, funny, and fabulous. Anna may be innocent of most of life's mysteries as she stumbles toward freedom for herself and justice for those around her, but her heart is in the right place--and she'll steal yours. Jupiter! You're going to love this book!" --Lori Rader-Day, author of Little Pretty Things "Anna Blanc is a character for the ages. Not to be confined by manners--society's demands of perfection, respectability, and restraint for a woman--Anna resists the era she was born into to be fully human and alive. That attitude and spirit alone are worth the read. But it is the attention to historical detail, the spot-on use of 1907 language (I'll be exclaiming 'Biscuits!' from now until forever), and Kincheloe's skilled plotting talent that really [shines]. . . . The Secret Life of Anna Blanc is a brilliant debut that exceeds the expectation of genre and rushes full force, like Anna herself, into one of the best novels that I've read in a long time."
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September 14, 2015
The 1907 Los Angeles setting of this ambitious debut novel holds great potential, which, unfortunately, Kincheloe doesn’t achieve. Anna Blanc, the daughter of a widowed bank president, is pampered and spoiled, but also repressed and frustrated in her desire to break free and experience life. When her elopement is thwarted, she takes a job as a police matron. Dissatisfied with her office duties, Anna decides to go undercover, acting as a self-appointed detective, attempting to unravel a series of prostitute murders, which higher-ups in the LAPD insist are either suicides or accidental deaths. Along the way, she gets into a number of entanglements that descend from adventure to parody and, ultimately, farce. Kinchloe has a knack for creating vivid and effective scenes, but the book’s lack of a single likable or admirable character, including Anna herself, is a handicap. Agent: Neil Blair, Blair Partnership.
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In 1907 Los Angeles, women do little except appear decorative, even if they long to match wits with Sherlock Holmes. Anna Blanc just wants some adventure in her life. Her attempt to elope is thwarted by her father, who then saddles her with a no-nonsense chaperone. Anna discovers Mrs. Crisp is susceptible to bribery and suddenly freedom looms. Anna takes a job as an assistant police matron and is horrified when the department refuses to investigate a string of brothel murders, so she decides to look into the "suicides" herself. VERDICT The author won the 2013 Colorado Gold contest for unpublished writers and was a runner-up in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Unfortunately, in Kincheloe's first mystery, the prose tends toward being stilted, the dialog wooden, and a few too many red herrings complicate the investigation. With more writing under her belt, Kincheloe could have a charming series on her hands. [For another mystery about a groundbreaking female policewoman at the turn of the 20th century, try Lawrence H. Levy's Second Street Station.--Ed.]
Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Strong-willed debutante? Check. By-the-books cop? Check. Instant chemistry? You bet. In Kincheloe's delightful historical mystery, set in 1907 Los Angeles, Anna Blanc uses her quick wit to outsmart chaperones when what she'd really rather be doing is chasing down criminals. She gets her chance when she takes on the alias Anna Holmes and applies to be a prison matron at the LAPD. Not content to type and drop the occasional orphan off at the children's asylum, Anna deduces that a string of prostitute suicides is really the work of a serial killer. Now if only she could get someone like big, strong Officer Joe Stringer to help her investigate. At home, she pleases her banker father by accepting the attentions of financier Edgar Wright. Even a hotshot like Anna can't keep this dual life up forever. Whose arms will she be in when her cover is blown? Anna is a wonderfully independent character: she won't share a church pew with a married woman for fear that their prayers will get mixed up and she'll find herself pregnant, and the ma'am will get a motorbike. Fans of Rhys Bowen's Molly Murphy and Kerry Greenwood's Miss Phryne Fisher will become fast friends with Anna Blanc.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)
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