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

Michelle Cox

Nov 2017 · Henrietta and Inspector Howard Book 1 · Michelle Cox · Narrated by Jayne Entwistle

About this audiobook

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.

Ratings and reviews

It simply made me smile. It was a charming detective story in the old-fashioned style. I thoroughly enjoyed how there was no need for foul language, violence, explicit sex scenes, graphic murder, or anything of any nature like this needed to make this book. Yet, the book was still fantastic. It allows the reader to use imagination instead of a smut filled book. The character development was great, and the interaction between the characters I loved. I often found myself chuckling or rolling my eyes as I was reading, and at one point, I was attempting to warm the main character. 😅 Worth reading! Recommended 👍 📚📚📚📚

The book itself was well written, complex characters. I really enjoyed it. However, the narrator bothered me a bit. She gave New Jersey accents to many of the characters, regardless of the book being set in Chicago and the fact that some of those characters were from Missouri or Arkansas. That was a bit irritating. Also, she made Henrietta sound impish and whiny through most of the book, which I think was a discredit to the character. But, all in all, the book was intriguing.

decent story line twisting plot great time killer