Jennifer Kincheloe. (2017). The Woman in the Camphor Trunk. Seventh Street Books.

Jennifer Kincheloe. 2017. The Woman in the Camphor Trunk. Seventh Street Books.

Jennifer Kincheloe, The Woman in the Camphor Trunk. Seventh Street Books, 2017.

Jennifer Kincheloe. The Woman in the Camphor Trunk. Seventh Street Books, 2017.

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   • bioText: Jennifer Kincheloe is the author of The Secret Life of Anna Blanc and The Woman in the Camphor Trunk. The Secret Life of Anna Blanc is the winner of the Colorado Gold Award for mystery and the Mystery and Mayhem Award for historical mystery. The novel was also a finalist for the Macavity Sue Feder Historical Mystery award, Left Coast Crime "Lefty" Award, and Colorado Authors' League Award for genre fiction. Formerly, Dr. Kincheloe was the principal of a health consulting firm and a member of the research faculty for the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. She currently does research on the jails in Denver, Colorado.
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In early-1900s Los Angeles— an era of courting, ragtime, suffragettes, and widespread corruption— a socialite turned police matron tracks down the murderer of a white woman in Chinatown, while trying to prevent the outbreak of a bloody tong war.
Los Angeles, 1908. In Chinatown, the most dangerous beat in Los Angeles, police matron Anna Blanc and her former sweetheart, Detective Joe Singer, discover the body of a white missionary woman, stuffed in a trunk in the apartment of her Chinese lover. If news about the murder gets out, there will be a violent backlash against the Chinese. Joe and Anna work to solve the crime quietly and keep the death a secret, reluctantly helped by the good-looking Mr. Jones, a prominent local leader.

Meanwhile, the kidnapping of two slave girls fuels existing tensions, leaving Chinatown poised on the verge of a bloody tong war. Joe orders Anna to stay away, but Anna is determined to solve the crime before news of the murder is leaked and Chinatown explodes.

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   • source: Booklist, STARRED REVIEW
   • 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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   • source: RT Book Reviews
   • content: "A fun novel with an I Love Lucy-meets-Agatha Christie adventure."
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   • source: Shelf Awareness for Readers, STARRED REVIEW
   • 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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   • source: MysteryPeople
   • 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: The Examiner, FIVE STARS
   • content: "Anna Blanc is one of the most engaging characters from a debut novel. She is smart, witty and captivating while also very innocent. Anna's adventuresome spirit and determination to achieve her dream make for a strong story line. The descriptions of 1907 Los Angeles are vivid with details that transport you back in time. Kudos to Kincheloe for a highly entertaining roller coaster of a ride novel."
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   • source: The Internet Review of Books
   • content: "With its breathtaking attention to period detail, endearing characters, abundance of suspense, and shocking surprise twist ending, The Secret Life of Anna Blanc is a must for mystery fans. Highly recommended!"
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   • source: Night Owl Suspense
   • content: "Anna is a quirky, gutsy protagonist, who won me over from the first chapter."
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     September 4, 2017
     Set in 1908 Los Angeles, Kincheloe’s winning sequel to 2015’s The Secret Life of Anna Blanc finds feisty young assistant police matron Anna Blanc disowned by her wealthy father, who objects to her scandalous pursuit of a law-enforcement career. Tensions with police officer Joe Singer, whom she loves only slightly less than her own independence, compound Anna’s woes. The pair is sent to the city’s Chinatown district, where a suspicious death has been reported. In the apartment of importer Leo Lim, who has vanished, Anna and Joe find a trunk holding the decomposing, half-dressed corpse of a Caucasian woman. Realizing that the victim—a missionary who was Lim’s lover—has connections to her own family, Anna feels honor bound to bring the murderer to justice. A hush-hush investigation ensues, since the Chinese community will face violent reprisals if one of its own is suspected of murdering a white woman. Kincheloe skillfully juxtaposes a witty, playful voice with richly evocative details that bring L.A.’s Chinatown—and its long history of ethnic tensions—to life. Agent: Neil Blair, Blair Partnership.

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     September 1, 2017
     A former socialite continues to live life on the edge.Anna Blanc has given up wealth, security, and a stuffy fiance to become a crime solver. If you think that's an unusual career path today, imagine how it played out in 1908 Los Angeles. Because Anna's determination to live her own life led her father to disown her, she lives in a dump in which leftover trappings of her former lifestyle fight for space with tins of sardines and packages of Cracker Jack--all she can afford to eat on her salary as an LAPD matron. Her former escapades (The Secret Life of Anna Blanc, 2015) have made her notorious, and her police colleagues don't know what to make of her. She and Detective Joe Singer, son of the police chief, are mad for each other, but Joe wants to marry and have a family, whereas Anna can't see herself as a meek homemaker following a husband's orders. After Joe is assigned to Chinatown, he and Anna end up investigating the murder of a childhood friend of Anna's, a white missionary whose Chinese lover has fled town. Leads are scant in Chinatown's closed society, and Joe realizes that if the news gets out, it could cause riots and deaths. So they must investigate in secret, even as the police deal with two Tongs on the edge of war. As Anna grapples with the pain of seeing Joe court other women, Joe struggles to keep Anna away from Chinatown and out of trouble. It's an impossible task, for the brave and often foolhardy Anna, who hates injustice, throws herself into her quest with abandon. Freezing mountain searches, dangerous opium dens, and water rescues are all in a day's work for the intrepid woman. The feisty heroine's sleuthing abilities and tricky love life make it hard to put this fast-paced historical mystery/romance down and leave you wanting more.

     COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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      November 1, 2017
      

      In 1908 Los Angeles, police matron Anna Blanc, disinherited by her wealthy father because of her interest in detecting, is sent to Chinatown with Det. Joe Singer, her former sweetheart whose marriage proposal she turned down. In an apartment belonging to a missing Chinese importer, they discover the decomposed body of a white woman in a trunk. The victim turns out to be an old acquaintance of Anna's who was working as a missionary. As the investigation evolves, racial tensions heat up and threaten to explode. VERDICT Anna is occasionally exasperating, but she is also strong and determined and has an intriguing voice. Historical fiction fans who loved The Secret Life of Anna Blanc will enjoy her second investigative adventure.--ACT

      Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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      November 15, 2017
      Disinherited heiress Anna Blanc is learning how to live on a police matron's salary in 1908 Los Angeles. She is also, as the opening sentence declares, the most beautiful woman ever to barrel down Long Beach Strand with the severed head of a Chinese man. Unfortunately, investigating a crime in Chinatown means working with Detective Joe Singer. Anna is in love with Joe, but a relationship on his terms means settling down. When Anna discovers that a former society friend who was doing missionary work was murdered in Chinatown, she can't help but offer her unique brand of assistance. Fans of historical fiction starring feisty heroines will love this crime-solving suffragette. Pair Anna with Amy Stewart's similar Constance Kopp.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)

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Los Angeles, 1908. In Chinatown, the most dangerous beat in Los Angeles, police matron Anna Blanc and her former sweetheart, Detective Joe Singer, discover the body of a white missionary woman, stuffed in a trunk in the apartment of her Chinese lover. If news about the murder gets out, there will be a violent backlash against the Chinese. Joe and Anna work to solve the crime quietly and keep the death a secret, reluctantly helped by the good-looking Mr. Jones, a prominent local leader.

Meanwhile, the kidnapping of two slave girls fuels existing tensions, leaving Chinatown poised on the verge of a bloody tong war. Joe orders Anna to stay away, but Anna is determined to solve the crime before news of the murder...

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