Review: OMG Rhys you did me inn AGAIN !!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2014
Rhys Ford’s Cole McGinnis Series was awarded Third Place in the Reviewer’s Choice Awards from the Paranormal Romance Guild for Best Mystery Series of 2013. Suffice to say, I loved it from Book 1 Dirty Kiss and never looked back.Our constant in this series, told in his POV is Cole ‘Kenjiro’ Mc Ginnis,  Private Investigator. If you have no patience to figure out who is a Lee and who is a Kim this is not the series for you, but as an ‘ancient Jewish Grandmother ‘ the Asians have nothing on us, same ole same ole  preaching family first with a heavy hand. ...Cole, an ex police officer, critically wounded by his partner Ben, who also succeeded in killing Cole’s lover, Rick, during that horrendous bullet riddled act. Cole is still in the dark as to ‘the why’ because Officer Pinelli is also dead by his own hand. Cole has not gone back to the precinct, but taken the money offered by the city, and opened his own agency.Through Dirty Secret and Dirty Laundry, we find Cole has an affinity to be shot or shot at ‘a lot’ while looking for the bad guys. He has met a beautiful young Korean man, Kim Jae-Min, and the loss of his lover is slowly dissolving into a small ache in his heart. Jae is in America, still helping the family who has cast him aside because he is gay. The relationship of these two men has been a sensual dance throughout the books and now you can feel the change in their relationship, the change in Jae. Not as skittish, considerably more comfortable with his love for Cole.The story had taken an evil turn in Dirty Laundry with Jae being shot. Cole has to come to the realization that Sheila Pinelli, Ben’s widow, must be found. If she is killed in the process, so what?  When he had Jae in his arms, his blood running out of him, it did something to Cole deep within.Dirty Deeds is another masterpiece of mystery, challenge, and the most incredibly sexy and sensual story of the four. But this author goes further and adds a great sense of lightness and humor for the reader.  The opening scene of the stakeout with his best friend also ex cop, Bobby, had tears running down my face laughing so hard. We really get to know these characters.  I love them like my own friends; I know what makes them tick. In this book we are faced with the relentless search for Ms Pinelli, we are faced with what and who Cole has become as well. He is not going to lie back and be afraid.Truly Ms Ford you tell one heck of a tale….Cannot wait for the next, I hear tell it’s Bobby’s story and hopefully real soon we will learn W.H.Y Ben did what he did.Review by Gloria LakritzSr Reviewer and Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild