Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies Book 8. Thirty-Six and a Half Motives Book 9. Sins of the Father Book 9. Family Jewels Book 1. For the Birds Book 2. Hell in a Handbasket Book 3.
Up Shute Creek Book 4. Come Rain or Shine Book 5. When the Bough Breaks Book 6. It All Falls Down Book 7. Trailer Trash Book 1. In High Cotton Book 2. Dirty Money Book 3. A Cry in the Dark Book 1. Her Scream in the Silence Book 2. One Foot in the Grave Book 3. Buried in Secrets Book 4. The Lies She Told Book 5. Center Stage Book 1. Act Two Book 2. While trying to placate the lawless men, Rose is also caring for her dying sister, Violet. The sixth book in the Rose Gardner Investigations series.
Those suspicions turn concrete when a body shows up near one of Mike's construction sites, and the concrete cracks open wide when her niece and nephew go missing.
One wrongly accused man. Twenty-nine reasons for Rose to clear his name. Or is there? Violet insists that Rose stop seeing her sexy new boyfriend, Arkansas state detective Joe Simmons, and date other men. Add to Cart failed.
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And with the series, for that matter. On one level, I wish I hadn't snooped ahead. But on the other, I'm relieved that I can bail early. View all 3 comments. If you have read the first book, then this one is next. The story here is also intriguing once again. We read the mysterious aspect "Crappy Doodles! We read the mysterious aspect and that is when Rose reports for Jury Duty and literally bumps into the arrogant Mason Deveraux. Hmm something tells me we will read more of him.
He himself was an interestingly written character, and I would love to read more about him. Anyways, ok so Rose is a Jury Member. The suspect Bruce is in question for a murder, that some are convinced that he did commit. This brings Rose into curiosity as from a vision she had, she believes him to not have committed the crime, but will everyone else agree with her, especially Deveraux? Just how far will Rose go, to prove that Bruce is innocent?
Along this, there are other family situations that occur between Rose and her sister. We also will know some interesting facts about the reclusive Joe Simmons! The characters again were spot on; written wonderfully. We definitely see Rose a good different type of character; in ways different from the first book.
She is more independent, but at the same time not so sure about a few things, including her relationship with Joe. There are tender, loving moments between these two, and you just know they are meant to be, but other people might not think so; just read and see!
All in all I was very happy with this second book; there was a good flow again, and I simply cannot wait to read a third book! Jul 07, Obsidian rated it liked it. Please note that I gave this book 2. I chose wrong. That's all I got. I initially bought the first and second book via a Nook sale and since the reviews were all pretty much five stars I thought this would be an interesting series for me to start to read.
Taking place a mere few weeks after the events of book 1, we have Rose setting into a new relationship with her boyfriend Joe and trying to deal with attending jury duty. Since Rose's new boss a Please note that I gave this book 2. Since Rose's new boss and old nemesis is out to get here, she really doesn't want to take time off of her job though she's inherited more than a million dollars, so her protests are kind of lacking any punch here.
Rose has a vision while using the bathroom and she realizes that a man is being set up for a murder he didn't commit. When she goes to jury duty and is ultimately selected, she realizes that the man she had the vision about who didn't commit the murder, is the defendant. So the whole book is just Rose figuring out what she can do since she doesn't know the identity of the real murderer, but knows that the man on trial could not have done it.
She goes to her boyfriend Joe who is all trust the justice system, and yeah I pretty much agreed with Rose here and rolled my eyes at him. There are two secondary plots going on which is Rose's sister Violet is acting like a shrew and bossing Rose around. And oh is saying terrible things about Joe and Rose because she doesn't trust Joe. Why Rose put up with this after the mess that was their mother is beyond me. The secondary plot is Rose meeting and loathing the new assistant District Attorney.
My Spidey sense can feel a love triangle coming a mile away, and I am just glad I have not and will not read anymore books in this series. New characters are straight up one dimensional. Rose finally gets her first real friend who made me exhausted, and I was just reading about her. The new assistant District Attorney Mason seems to have anger issues, and I don't really have the urge to read about some guy who acts like a jackass towards people but somehow has a heart of gold.
Older characters also felt wrong in this book. Violet I already mentioned in this book, but now all of a sudden, her marriage is in trouble, and she's kind of sort of an alcoholic?
It didn't make any sense. Joe was a non-entity pretty much in this one. And the character and his obsession with getting Rose to move to follow him though they have been dating I think three weeks at this point was odd and off-putting. There is not much substance in this book. We just have Rose "investigating" poorly and getting caught and in trouble every five seconds it seems. It wasn't cute and I was pretty much yawning my way through til the end.
The writing definitely needs tightened up. There was one case where we had Rose speaking, but then the character speaking switched to someone else by the end of the sentence.
Reading Rose's constant exclamations of "crappy doodles" was also not fun the second time through. The ending sets up things I guess for the next book. I don't know how that's going to work out, and I don't care. This wasn't a bad book, just not that great, and I cannot see me re-reading this ever again.
It's getting silly. The first book was good and I was really looking forward to this one, but Rose's antics are bordering on annoying. I guess I fell in love a little with Rose in book 1, but she is not the same character in this book. Her character strength happened too quickly and is so far from being even remotely believable. I'm somewhat invested though, and will go on to the third book, but if the unbelievable silliness and editing mistakes continue, it will be my last book with this author It's getting silly.
I'm somewhat invested though, and will go on to the third book, but if the unbelievable silliness and editing mistakes continue, it will be my last book with this author. No surprise here I quickly became a huge fan of Denise's after reading Chosen, her action-packed triller.
Then after reading Here, her paranormal romance, I was hooked. And here I am again, thrilled to have had the chance to read Denise's mystery novel, Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons, and I can't say enough good things about it! Denise is quickly becoming one of my very favorite authors. Rose, the main character, is just awesome. She's adorable and lovable, t No surprise here She's adorable and lovable, totally relatable, makes terrible choices at times actually, most of the time She's not scared to do anything if she feels it's right.
She drives everyone in her life nuts with her fearlessness, but they just can't help loving her for it all. And honestly, I couldn't help loving her either. She's maybe one of my favorite characters of all time. Love her!! The story starts off fast and never stops. I was sucked in immediately. I haven't read a huge number of mysteries, but this is definitely one of my favorites.
The fact that it's more of a chick-lit mystery novel really had me hooked When I got to the last page I thought, "Oh, crappy doodles! Another 5 star review for Denise!! Rose has the sight Desperate to use the bathroom and with the female toilets closed for cleaning she sneaks into the men's room, only to find herself trapped by a man talking on the phone. Then she has a vision When she finds herself on the jury for the only murder trial on the ticket, she knows the accused is Rose has the sight When she finds herself on the jury for the only murder trial on the ticket, she knows the accused is innocent, but it seems everyone has made up their mind and it looks like his conviction is a foregone conclusion.
Rose begins investigating in the hopes of freeing an innocent man. Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons is a whacky, off the wall murder mystery about a woman who has the second sight.
There are loose ends everywhere and some of what happens would never happen in a million years, not even in Arkansas, but it's such great fun that I can't hold any of that against this book.
Jul 09, Pamela rated it it was amazing Shelves: reviewed , kindle , romance-favourites , chick-lit-favourites , will-always-remember , highly-recommend , series-favourite , series-the-best-of-the-best. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I can't find any fault with it - not the story, the characters, nothing.
I just loved it. Denise Grover Swank is a very talented writer and if you haven't read any of her books, you're missing out on some terrific reads.
Just like the first book in the Rose Gardner series, this one has mystery, adventure, romance, and humour all thrown into the mix. I thought the scenes in the courthouse were hilarious, especially her exchanges with the judge.
Rose and Joe are still together; however, I think there's going to be some competition for Rose's affection coming soon. Don't underestimate Rose. She may be quirky but she's also very sharp. I cannot wait for the third book in the series. I just hope we don't have to wait too long. Feb 06, Meital rated it really liked it. Again we have a mystery, some new characters and great romance.
I laughed the entire time I was reading this book. Rose is a trip and her sister is even funnier. The murder mystery was just right to. She is working a droll job at The DMV when she gets a notice in the mail that she must report to the courthouse for Jury Duty. She is excited to have a day off so she thinks until she reaches the court house and bumps into the New District Attorney Mason.
She is not a fan of his right now and it showed. Once she is inside the courthouse and ready to see if she is picked for jury duty she has one of her visions. In this vision she can see that the man on trial is innocent. But how can she prove he is innocent? What is she to do go into the courtroom and yell that she had a vision and this man is innocent. NO WAY they would lock her up and throw away the key.
So she has to find a way to get this guy off because he is the wrong man. Then to make matters worse Rose's older sister Violet is going through a mid-life crisis and is nagging poor Rose to break up with her awesome new boyfriend Joe who just happens to be a detective.
Violet tries everything under the sun to break them up but Rose is determined to have a normal life. What is a girl to do about her sister? Will Rose be able to prove that man's innocence? Yet another book Denise wrote that swept me off of my feet and pulled me into another world. How she does it is a mystery, but I hope she never stops! When you read a novel by Denise Grover Swank, you feel the characters' emotions and experience their roller coaster lives right alongside them.
Rosie's story is no different, and you can't help but love her. Joe is most certainly correct in saying Rose seems to be in the midst of some form of chaos at all times. She's a magnet for trouble. I love Yet another book Denise wrote that swept me off of my feet and pulled me into another world. I love the spunk that Rose develops as the series progresses. She was never meant to be a wallflower. This sassy girl has been waiting to burst out of the shell she survived in for so many years, and I can't hardly wait to see where she ends up next!
Apr 17, Linda rated it really liked it.
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