Grave on Grand Avenue, Naomi Hirahara
Grave on Grand Avenue, Naomi Hirahara
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Grave on Grand Avenue

Author: Naomi Hirahara

Narrator: Catherine Ho

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/16/2023


Synopsis

LAPD bicycle cop—and aspiring homicide detective—Ellie Rush is back on patrol in the newest mystery from the award-winning author of Murder on Bamboo Lane and the Japantown Mysteries.

Ellie stops for a friendly chat with gardener Eduardo Fuentes while patrolling one of Los Angeles's premier concert halls. A few minutes later she's shocked to discover him lying at the bottom of a staircase, clinging to life and whispering something indecipherable. Nearby, the father of Xu, a Chinese superstar classical musician, claims Fuentes was knocked down while attempting to steal his son's multimillion-dollar cello—a story Ellie has trouble believing.

Meanwhile Ellie has issues of her own to deal with—like the curious theft of her car, a 1969 Pontiac Skylark. But after the gardener takes his last breath and Xu mysteriously disappears, it's clear to Ellie she must act quickly before someone else falls silent . . .

About Naomi Hirahara

Naomi Hirahara is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Mas Arai Mysteries and the first Ellie Rush Mystery, Murder on Bamboo Lane. Her historical Japantown Mystery, Clark and Division, which won the Mary Higgins Clark Award, is followed by Evergreen. She has also written a mystery series set in Kauai and a middle-grade novel, 1001 Cranes.


Reviews

Note: For those who follow my reviews, you know ninety-nine percent of what I review are cozy mysteries. This mystery is not a cozy. It’s somewhere between a cozy and a bit grittier crime fiction. But I feel it will appeal to all mystery readers. Ms. Hirahara has written a gripping story in this seco......more

[URL not allowed] Brought to you by OBS reviewer Jeanie Grave on Grand Avenue is an extremely well-written novel, giving the reader insight into the inner workings of the big-city police departments. Ellie Rush is in her second year as a cop, her first as a bicycle cop. Many of......more

Goodreads review by Ariel

While Ellie is patrolling one of Los Angeles’s premier concert halls she chats with gardener Eduardo Fuentes. Minutes later she finds him lying at the bottom of a staircase, clinging to life and whispering something indecipherable. The father of Xu (pronounced "Chew"), a popular Chinese classical mu......more

Goodreads review by Carol

I loved the first book of this series, Murder on Bamboo Lane and finally had time to read the second. I have grown attached to Ellie Rush, a bicycle cop in L.A. and her whole family. They are all back and more them in this book. I worked in downtown L.A. for several years and loved that many of the......more