A Girl Like You, Michelle Cox
A Girl Like You, Michelle Cox
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A Girl Like You
A Henrietta and Inspector Howard novel, Book 1

Author: Michelle Cox

Narrator: Jayne Entwistle

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Michelle Cox

Published: 11/14/2017

Synopsis

Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar on Chicago's northwest side. It's 1935, but things still aren't looking up since the big crash and her father's subsequent suicide, leaving Henrietta to care for her antagonistic mother and younger siblings. Henrietta is eventually persuaded to take a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall - and just when she's beginning to enjoy herself, the floor matron turns up dead.When aloof Inspector Clive Howard appears on the scene, Henrietta agrees to go undercover for him - and is plunged into Chicago's grittier underworld. Meanwhile, she's still busy playing mother hen to her younger siblings, as well as to pesky neighborhood boy Stanley, who believes himself in love with her and keeps popping up in the most unlikely places, determined to keep Henrietta safe - even from the Inspector, if need be. Despite his efforts, however, and his penchant for messing up the Inspector's investigation, the lovely Henrietta and the impenetrable Inspector find themselves drawn to each other in most unsuitable ways.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jaline on August 13, 2018

This was one category in the Challenge I took on in January (a challenge that I am enjoying immensely)! And another “first” for me as I have never experienced a reading challenge before: A book on your TBR shelf by a debut author whose book you are both excited and nervous to read. And this was wh......more

Goodreads review by The Lit Bitch on October 28, 2016

This book was hard to review. On one hand I wasn’t entirely in love with it, but on the other hand I was invested enough to want to unravel the mystery. I really enjoyed the authentic historic feel of the book and I also liked that the author decided to go with a little ‘seedy’ feel to the novel. It......more

Goodreads review by Laurie on February 07, 2017

Time travel does exist! I know this to be true because author Michelle Cox’s A GIRL LIKE YOU is a portal that transports readers back to the Chicago underworld of 1935. So authentic, so well written, my eyes stung from the blue haze of smoke hanging low in the dubious joint—the Marlowe—where Henriet......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on February 08, 2016

A wonderfully written story by debut author Michelle Cox. If you enjoy historical fiction, with a little romance and mystery, you will love this book. I sincerely hope this becomes a series, because the characters are just so likeable you will find yourself fully vested in their lives within the pag......more

Goodreads review by Sally on May 30, 2020

A terrific good romantic thriller This is a book set in a dark time in American history with poverty a reality for millions. To survive and provide for their families, young women put on their dancing shoes and smiles to entertain men with a dance and a few minutes away from the worries of the day. H......more

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