Grace Among Thieves by Kari Bovee

Release: February 15th, 2022
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Bosque Publishing
Source: Suzyapproved Book Tours
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A priceless heirloom is worth its weight in life. Can she crack the case before she becomes a killer’s trophy?

Hollywood, 1924. Grace Michelle’s professional star has risen. Now a successful costumier for a major studio, the ambitious woman has just about everything she wants. But when the father she thought was dead reaches out to reconnect, the talented designer doesn’t know what to think… especially after his new wife is kidnapped.

Discovering her dad is mixed up with a stolen Russian artifact, Grace puts her sleuthing skills to work to rescue the abducted lady. But with a famous actress murdered in connection with the missing values and a man she put away stalking her for revenge, the frazzled amateur detective fears getting to the bottom of this crime will leave her six feet under.

Can she hunt down the treasure before it bankrupts the lives of everyone she loves?

Grace Among Thieves is the nail-biting third book in the Grace Michelle Mystery historical series. If you like bright-but-beset heroines, breathtaking twists and turns, and the glamor of a lost age, then you’ll adore Kari Bovée’s riveting tale.

About the Author:

When she’s not on horse riding in New Mexico or basking on white-sand beaches under the Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovée is escaping into the past. She then schemes murder and mayhem for her characters both real and imagined in her historical mystery novels.

Bovée writes the award-winning Annie Oakley mystery series and the Grace Michelle mystery series. In 2020 she took the First Place in category for the Chanticleer International Clue Awards for her book Folly at the Fair. In 2019 she got NM/AZ Book Awards Hillerman Award for her novel Girl with a Gun. It also won First in Category in the International Chanticleer Murder & Mayhem Awards. It was also a finalist in the 2019 Next Generation Indie Awards. Her novel Grace in the Wings won First in Category for the 2019 International Chanticleer Chatelaine Awards. Peccadillo at the Palace won Grand Prize in the 2019 Goethe Awards.

Bovée has worked as a technical writer for a Fortune 500 Company. She has written non-fiction for magazines and newsletters. Also she has worked in the education field as a teacher and educational consultant.

Grace Among Thieves Review:

Since the beginning, I have been following the “Grace Michelle” series, and “Grace Among Thieves” is a beautiful addition to the series.

I adore the series because the author focuses on suspense and thriller and doesn’t convolute the plot with unnecessary details, like romance. While I loved Grace with Chet, the author doesn’t make them the center of attention in the series, which is one of the strong points. The series is mainly about Grace and how independently strong she is to solve the mystery. I love Grace in this new adventure, as she goes through a lot. She reunites with her estranged father and finds herself in another mystery as his wife goes missing.

Moreover, we also see a personal side to Grace as she includes a new member of her family, Stevie. I adored Stevie and enjoyed the drama he brings to Grace’s life, particularly his fights with Daniel. It was interesting to see how Grace balanced her work, family, and mystery and felt the pressure to maintain that balance. The author also adds a slightly supernatural side to the tale, and I loved the moments when Grace connects with Sophia. Even Miss Lange was a treat and added s touch of mystical presence to the story. As the story unfolds, we see that there are parallel layers to the plot, and the author does a beautiful job of connecting them all. There are shocking twists and revelations, which I always enjoy, and made the story so much fun!

I hope the author continues to write more books, and the series is not just a trilogy. Overall, from the Romanov Empire to escaped killers seeking revenge, “Grace Among Thieves” kept me entertained, and I finished it in one reading.