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The Arizona Triangle
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In the vein of the bestselling California noirs of Sue Grafton and Sara Gran, a whodunnit about loyalty, love, and the legacy of trauma featuring a hardboiled, queer private eye whose latest case takes her deep into her own complicated past.
On the cusp of forty, Justine Bailen, better known as Jo, works for an all-female detective agency based in Tucson, Arizona. While staking out a cheating spouse, she learns that her long-estranged best friend from childhood, Rose, is missing, and that Rose’s mother wants to hire Jo to find her. This case is all kinds of wrong for Jo, but she has no choice but to head back to her hometown, an hour north and a world away from Tucson.
Back in Delphi, she learns that her high school boyfriend, Tyler—who is probably part of the reason her friendship with Rose went south—is the cop assigned to the case. It doesn’t take long for Jo to realize that he’s all mixed up in it, too. To have any hope of learning the truth about Rose’s disappearance, Jo must finally face the demons she thought she’d escaped.
On the cusp of forty, Justine Bailen, better known as Jo, works for an all-female detective agency based in Tucson, Arizona. While staking out a cheating spouse, she learns that her long-estranged best friend from childhood, Rose, is missing, and that Rose’s mother wants to hire Jo to find her. This case is all kinds of wrong for Jo, but she has no choice but to head back to her hometown, an hour north and a world away from Tucson.
Back in Delphi, she learns that her high school boyfriend, Tyler—who is probably part of the reason her friendship with Rose went south—is the cop assigned to the case. It doesn’t take long for Jo to realize that he’s all mixed up in it, too. To have any hope of learning the truth about Rose’s disappearance, Jo must finally face the demons she thought she’d escaped.
- GenresMysteryMystery Thriller
304 pages, Paperback
Expected publication October 22, 2024
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May 22, 2024
The Arizona Triangle by Sydney Graves is a whodunnit about loyalty, love, and the legacy of trauma featuring a hardboiled, queer private eye whose latest case takes her deep into her own complicated past. On the cusp of 40, Justine (Jo) Bailen works for an all-female detective agency based in Tucson, Arizona. While staking out a cheating spouse, she learns that her long-estranged best friend from childhood, Rose, is missing and that Rose’s mother wants to hire Jo to find her. This case is all kinds of wrong for Jo, but she has no choice but to head back to her hometown, an hour north and a world away from Tucson.
I was drawn to the story because of its location, as I know the Tucson area. The characters were interesting, and the story was solid. The Arizona Triangle was an engaging thriller and one I would recommend.
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I was drawn to the story because of its location, as I know the Tucson area. The characters were interesting, and the story was solid. The Arizona Triangle was an engaging thriller and one I would recommend.
#TheArizonaTriangle #NetGalley @HarperPerennial
June 23, 2024
this tells the story of jo, who works for an all-female detective agency, investigating the disappearance of her estranged childhood best friend in her hometown. i really enjoyed the storytelling and scene building, but i wanted more of the mystery storyline to balance it out. i also wanted to meet her co-workers more and have the detective agency dynamic play a bigger part (it's the first in an upcoming series, so that may be explored more later). i felt like most of the action came in the last few chapters and i wish it had more of that throughout. there were also some really heavy, trauma-based storylines that i wasn't expecting, so keep that in mind.
cw: substance abuse, suicide, sexual assault
thanks to netgalley and harper perennial for my ARC of the arizona triangle by sydney graves. all opinions are my own.
cw: substance abuse, suicide, sexual assault
thanks to netgalley and harper perennial for my ARC of the arizona triangle by sydney graves. all opinions are my own.
July 23, 2024
I would like to thank Goodreads for sending me a copy of this book that is coming October 2024. I have always enjoyed reading mystery books and Sydney Graves has done a fantastic job with this Jo Bailen Detective Novel. The writing is fantastic, darkly funny, and you really can't guess who the killer is leaving you reading until the end. The connection is the desert southwest. While Jo is working staking out a cheating spouse she learns that her childhood best friend is missing and that her childhood friends mother wants to hire her. This leads Jo away from Tucson and back to her hometown which is about an hour away from Tucson. You'll read about family, love, loyalty and trauma. The novel is complicated and terrific. I highly recommend that you read this new mystery novel that has a can't guess the killer plot. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
May 10, 2024
Since this mystery's publication date is five months away, I'm not going to go into a lot of detail about the book, but let me just say it is absolutely terrific. It's a well-written blend of Sue Grafton (lone wolf PI) and JA Jance (incorporating Tucson's culture) with Karin Slaughter's intensity.
"Sydney Graves" is the pen name of Kate Christensen, a well-respected author.
Thanks to the publisher, HarperCollins, for the advance digital reading copy. To be published in October 2024.
"Sydney Graves" is the pen name of Kate Christensen, a well-respected author.
Thanks to the publisher, HarperCollins, for the advance digital reading copy. To be published in October 2024.
July 23, 2024
Interesting mystery. Liked the main character, I’d be interested to see how the series goes. The author doesn’t seem to like the people in Arizona or Arizona. Blames people in Phoenix for drive badly because you can legally text while driving which is not correct. Weird comment about all people in Arizona having Navajo rugs in their homes.
July 7, 2024
Strong debut to what hopefully will become a series. Reminiscent of Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone albeit darker and queer.
July 20, 2024
Good writing, good PI, a plot that keeps you guessing, and a terrific setting (Tucson). Read an advance copy, forthcoming Oct '24.
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