Honor Kills
Angelina Bonaparte Mysteries book 3
by Nanci Rathbun
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Pub Date Jan 05 2018 | Archive Date Nov 30 2018
Dark Chocolate Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
Six years ago, Marcy Wagner hired PI Angelina Bonaparte to find her missing husband Hank, who cleaned out their bank accounts and disappeared. Then Angie finds his obituary in an upstate newspaper. Marcy wants to know what why he abandoned her and the kids. Angie does, too!
She embarks on a mission that will blow the lid off Hank’s hidden life and reveal the reasons he ran. Was he a lowdown skunk? Or did he do the honorable thing when he left? Angie follows a twisted path to the truth and discovers that it lies perilously close to her own family life.
If you love a mystery with a gripping plot and characters you’ll care about, Honor Kills is the book for you.
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Ebook available for $3.99 (ISBN: 978-0-9987557-5-5)
Advance Praise
5-star review - Reviewed by Grant Leishman for Readers' Favorite:
Angelina Bonaparte (pronounced Bon-ar-par-tay) is a female private detective working out of Milwaukee. Six years ago Marcy Wagner hired Angie to find out what happened to her school teacher husband, who just disappeared from her life and that of their three children, cleaning out the bank accounts and vanishing. In Honor Kills, by Nanci Rathbun, we find Angie stumbling across a clue that leads her back onto the trail of this long time cold case, which Angie’s professional sensibilities have never allowed her to let go. Hank Wagner was the one missing person case she had never solved, and she was determined to get to the bottom of this, even if it meant involvement with the Mafia and her father’s acknowledged, but never discussed, ties to the mob. Angie, her new intern Bobbie, and friends embark on a dangerous journey to hunt down the elusive Mr Wagner.
This story, Honor Kills, by Nanci Rathbun is a continuation of a series centered on the cases of Angie Bonaparte. Although I have not read the previous stories, it is clear each case is a stand-alone read and, I have to say, I found Honor Kills an extremely satisfying read. It ticks all the boxes of a good detective mystery, and the lead character Angie is extremely easy to empathize with. It’s not often you come across a middle-aged PI hero, who is also female. The plot was intricate and full of twists and turns as befits such a mystery story. I particularly enjoyed the supporting cast; her gay intern Bobbie and her tech genius Spider. The author had clearly done her research and the story line was both credible and enjoyable. The relationship between Angie and her father, the retired Mafia capo, was fascinating and confirmed the stereotype of two different Mafia bosses, one at home and one at work. Having read Honor Kills, I am motivated to read the other books in Rathbun’s series, which is probably as high a praise as a reviewer can give an author.
D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review (this review will be published in the April edition of Midwest Book Review):
Honor Kills is Book 3 of an Angelina Bonaparte mystery series, and takes place six years after Marcy hired PI Angelina Bonaparte to find her missing husband Hank, who fled with all the money in their joint accounts. The fact that Hank is dead doesn't change their interest in uncovering the truth about his actions, but Angie doesn't expect that her pursuit will lead her full circle to confront a threat to her own family.
Hank was apparently well-liked by his colleagues and friends. Angie considers him a weasel. Which is the truth?
Under other circumstances, Angie's report of the demise of her suspect would conclude the case; but here it only broadens the questions and casts the net of intrigue further. Hank apparently has a number of hidden identities; and each comes with additional complexity and questions.
One notable feature of Honor Kills is that Angie is not a superhuman genius; but a human being prone to discouragement and mistakes. Not everything she does is smart or even well-reasoned ("Feeling cornered, I admitted that I’d sent a new message to Hank via S-Mail, one that connected Hank and Beltran. Spider’s eyes rose to the ceiling as he thought about my dumb move."), but these descriptions are exactly what makes Angie likeable and human.
Angie is as prone to screwing up delicate situations as she is adept at problem-solving, and this lends a realistic and engrossing touch to her conundrums as she gets closer and closer to a surprising truth.
Nanci Rathbun also takes the time to explore why her characters doggedly pursue their objectives; and this too makes Honor Kills a superior read in a genre that too often focuses on the 'whodunnit' over the 'why pursue this inquiry' question.
The result is another spirited Angelina Bonaparte mystery that requires no special familiarity with predecessors in the series in order to prove satisfying to newcomers and prior fans alike.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780998755748 |
| PRICE | $13.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Hilary S, Reviewer
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book - especially as I didn’t realise it was number three in the series, but I started to read and got engrossed, very engrossed!
Angie Boneparte (Bone-ah-part-eh) set up a private investigation business when her marriage ended, she and her intern (Bobbie) have an on-going case. A few years back a school teacher just up and left, emptied out the bank account and disappeared! When the police drew a blank as to where he ended up his wife (Marcy) engaged AB-Investigations and whilst nothing was found at the time Angie keeps going back to the case as something new may have cropped up, and it is something new that sets the story in motion.
The action is slow to get going at first but then WHAM and there is no stopping it, this isn’t a cozy mystery but nor is it all blood and gore (thankfully - I am not so keen on those!), but what it is, is a riveting story and I now want to read the first two to find out how Angie got to where she is. If you enjoy a lightish murder mystery then read this - you (hopefully) won’t be disappointed.
NB - I was lucky enough to read an advance copy from NetGalley
colman k, Reviewer
Synopsis/blurb...
A missing husband. A suspicious obituary. She’s not the only one hunting down a dead man’s footsteps.
As a divorcee, Angelina Bonaparte knows firsthand the lengths some men will go to escape responsibility. When a worried mother wants the private investigator to track down her missing husband, she’s eager to bring the deadbeat dad to justice. But even after she discovers the man’s obituary, she refuses to believe it until she sees the body. Tracking down the nurse who last saw him alive could be the missing puzzle piece to her client's broken family.
But as she digs deeper, she realizes there’s something darker at play than dodging child support payments. And she may not be the only one hunting the man down. To close the case and reunite her client's family, she must track down the missing husband without falling prey to the same ruthless hunter.
Honor Kills is the third book in the captivating Angelina Bonaparte Mysteries series. If you like bold female detectives, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and unexpected twists, then you’ll love Nanci Rathbun’s gripping novel.
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My take....
My second outing with Nanci Rathbun and her fifty-something PI Angelina Bonaparte, and a more enjoyable experience second time around after reading Cash Kills earlier this year.
We have a missing persons case which has been unsolved for a few years and which is the only one Angelina never resolved. Her and intern Bobby, keep an eye open for death notices and the like in an effort to bring closure to her client and her family. One day out of the blue, one appears, but as far as Angelina is concerned it's a bit too convenient.
More digging follows, and like peeling layers from an onion, Angelina uncovers multiple identities and a man running, not so much from his family, but from a previous life before he met the women he loved. Trying to broker a deal between the man, his estranged family and his former employer's via her father proves complicated and unsuccessful. Things take a dark turn. There will be no happy ending for her client. Angelina now has a new focus on finding out who betrayed her.
I liked this one a bit more than the earlier book in the series, though at the time I read that I was a tad stressed. There's a likable quality to Angelina, she's tenacious, determined, honest to a fault and she gets the job done. We also experience the trials and tribulations of her personal life with her extended family and the serious relationship with her cop boyfriend. Here it is fair to say the course of true love never did run smooth. No pity party for Angelina though, she picks herself up, dusts herself off and carries on. There's a decent balance to the amount of professional and personal on display.
I enjoyed the investigation into our missing person, the peripheral characters we encountered along the way, the nuggets of information that were gradually uncovered, the help received from some serious and seriously capable contacts - encountered in our earlier book, the conversations with her father and the bruising encounters with her lawyer and his secretary. I did guess who gave the game away. I probably would have been more Old Testament in my desire to punish the guilty, Angie is a bit more forgiving and philosophical than I am, more mature.
Overall - enjoyable with a decent pace. Still maybe a bit too much information divulged regarding a fifty years plus lady's undergarments - I have a very delicate constitution!
4 from 5
Nanci Rathbun has written three mysteries so far - Truth Kills, Cash Kills and Honor Kills.
Read in November, 2018
Published -2018
Page count - 286
Source - Net Galley copy originally which expired, second copy from author.
Format - kindle
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