Grace in Hollywood by Kari Bovee

Grace in Hollywood – A Grace Michelle Mystery by Kari Bovee

Release: May 25, 2021
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bosque Publishing
Source: IRead Book Tours
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All that glitters… is sometimes blood. With her golden ticket buried in the ground, can she save a wrongly accused teen from the gallows?

Hollywood, 1924. Promoted to lead costume designer of a star-studded film, Grace Michelle should be on top of the world. But between her husband’s debt, her sister’s recent death, and the troubled teenaged girl she’s fostering, she’s struggling to please everyone and still keep a smile on her face. And when a Tinseltown shindig turns deadly, Grace is horrified to discover her young charge unconscious alongside the director’s grisly corpse.

Determined to prove the girl’s innocence, Grace’s own haunted past fills her sleep with prophetic nightmares. And no sooner has she sought clarity from a medium than a second body lands the scared teenager in the slammer.

Can Grace turn the camera on the real culprit before another victim ends up on the cutting room floor?

Grace in Hollywood is the second book in the riveting A Grace Michelle Mystery historical series. If you like fiercely loyal heroines, thrilling whodunits, and the magic of old cinema, then you’ll love Kari Bovee’s enthralling tale.

About the Author:

When she’s not on a horse, or walking along the beautiful cottonwood-laden acequias of Corrales, New Mexico; or basking on white-sand beaches under the Big Island Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovee is escaping into the past—scheming murder and mayhem for her characters, both real and imagined, and helping them to find order in the chaos of her action-packed novels.

An award-winning author, Bovée was honored with the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards Hillerman Award for Southwestern Fiction for her novel Girl with a Gun. The novel also received First Place in the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards in the Mystery/Crime category and 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 and was a finalist in the 2019 Best Book Awards Historical Fiction category.

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

Grace in Hollywood Review:

“Grace in Hollywood” turned out to be so much better from the first book, “Grace in the Wings,” and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The author upped the game with this book. The story is unique from the previous book and SO much better! There are so many things that happened to Grace which captivated me. On one side, she tries to solve the mystery of who murdered Travis. Then she starts getting messages from her dead family relatives about her past from a mysterious medium. Not only that, but multiple murders occur in the story, each of them equally shocking. Grace needs to figure out what is happening before she finds herself next on the killer’s list.

Moreover, I loved the way the author progressed the main characters. We learn more about Grace’s past and how she copes with her feelings about what happened with her mother. I also liked her bond with Susie, Daniel, and Lizzy. What’s nice about the characters is how the author adds different layers to them. In the beginning, I was not fond of Lizzy because I thought she was bratty. But, later in the story, I felt sorry for her. I also found Miss Lange to be mysterious and captivating and wish we had seen more of her. I loved the scenes where they conduct a seance. Frankly, the story has so many entertaining moments that made this book very memorable. And finally, I adored Grace’s friendship with Felicity.

However, the only downside to the story was Chet. I wanted to see more of Chet in action, as I enjoyed his storyline in the previous book. But he is hardly seen in this one. But, overall, “Grace in Hollywood” is a beautiful continuation and can be read as a standalone.

Giveaway:

Enter to win one signed copy each of Grace in the Wings and Grace in Hollywood, a completed and framed (8.5 x 11) diamond painting of a flapper, an art deco mousepad, a small art deco notepad and pen, an art deco tote bag, and an Amazon gift card for $50! (one winner) (the USA only) (ends Jul 26)

GRACE IN HOLLYWOOD (Grace Michelle Mystery) Book Tour Giveaway

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the Grace in Hollywood – A Grace Michelle Mystery by Kari Bovee Blog Tour hosted by IRead Book Tours. Check out my post, and make sure to enter the giveaway!

Book Tour Schedule

Working Mommy Journal – June 22 – book review/giveaway
Cover Lover Book Review – June 22 – book spotlight/giveaway
Books Lattes & Tiaras – June 23 – book review
JB’s Bookworms with Brandy Mulder – June 24 – book spotlight/giveaway
Rajiv’s Reviews – June 28 – book review
Elizabeth McKenna – Author – June 29 – book spotlight/giveaway
Lisa Everyday Reads – June 30 – book spotlight/author interview
Olio by Marilyn –June 30 – book review of GRACE IN THE WINGS/giveaway