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Title: Harley Rushes In

Subtitle: The Blue Suede Memphis Mysteries, Book 2

Author: Virginia Brown

Narrator: Karen Commins, Drew Commins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-29-12

Publisher: Bell Bridge Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Harley Jean must be on the right track if someone wants to kidnap her....

Memphis tour guide and amateur crime-solver Harley Jean Davidson is up to her handlebars in mystery again. Last time, she was almost whacked by jewel thieves. Now her Aunt Darcy, an interior designer, needs Harley's help catching a smuggler of prized artifacts. When Harley finds Aunt Darcy's suspicious business partner hanging off her shop's elk antlers, Harley can't help but wonder if Aunt Darcy murdered him. Soon Harley's already quirky life spins way off the Normal Meter again, with another corpse in the mix, an assault by cranky farm animals, a kidnapping attempt, and surprise assistance from a temperamental Siamese cat. Add hunky detective Mike Morgan to the trouble, plus the usual collection of Elvis impersonators, psychics, and unpredictable relatives.

The city of the blues, the King and the mighty Mississippi, is about to get steamy. The jailhouse will rock, someone may get caught in a trap, and Harley's in the middle of it all - taking care of business.

Virginia Brown is the author of more than 50 novels, most recently the best-selling Dixie Diva Mysteries and the acclaimed mystery/drama Dark River Road.

Members Reviews:

Stand By! Harleys Back!

My Review

Those who have read Book 1, Hound dog Blues, will know that Harley hails from a somewhat unconventional family, Her hippy parents, Diva and Yogi, are ageing not so gracefully. For the last few years though they have lived in a real house with proper toilets and everything! They don't give in to conventionality that easily though, as Diva continues to dispense her cleansing herbal teas and enigmatic predictions, and Yogi continues to grow his, er, "herbs" amongst the tomato plants. Oh, and he is also an Elvis impersonator who adores his crazy dog named King.

Harley truly appreciated the move to a more conventional life, but as time goes by, Harley herself becomes a little more unconventional, giving up her steady but boring job in a bank, she gets herself a job as a tour guide. She is a part time biker and recently, albeit inadvertently, has found herself working as a part time amateur sleuth. Her first foray into sleuthing was actually pretty successful and must have lit a fire in her belly, as no sooner was her first adventure over than her Aunt Darcy sought her help.

Once again Harley just can't say no! The offer of money helped her decide, and so starts her second adventure.

Harley begins her investigation with her usual single mindedness, heedlessly ignoring all advice from her friends and her very new boyfriend, undercover cop Mike Morgan.

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Title: The Baby Blue Rip-Off

Subtitle: A Mallory Novel, Book 1

Author: Max Allan Collins

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-11-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 28 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Budding mystery writer Mallory was just trying to impress a politically correct girlfriend by delivering hot meals to little old ladies. The last thing he expected was to find his elderly charges such fascinating company, and when one sweet old gal meets an unexpectedly grisly fate, Mal sets out to find and stop the burglars who this time stole a life. The last thing the local sheriff needs, however, is a meddling civilian - even if the professions the young writer pursued before coming back home to sleepy Port City, Iowa, included reporter, soldier, and cop.

But Mals weakness is the fairer sex, and when hes distracted by a high-school flame who got away, he has to wonder if hes been blonde-sided. Back on track seeking the killers, Mal finds out the hard way that a murder mystery in real life could close the book on himforever.

Members Reviews:

Not as Hardboiled as the Heller Series

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I am a big fan of the Nathan Heller series written by Max Allan Collins. I thought that I would enjoy reading other books he wrote as well and had the opportunity to get this one inexpensively because of the Amazon Whispersync deal. (If you buy a Kindle version on Amazon of a book that has Whispersync you get a deal on the audio book.) Since my wife loves audio books I went ahead and got the book in audio as well.

In my opinion this book is a better read on the Kindle than it is as an audio performance. Part of the reason is the narrator. Mr. Miller does a fine job with everything but the female voice performances.

I would recommend the Kindle or the paper version of the book over the audio.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The best, most fleshed out character is the main character Mallory. Like the Nathan Heller books, you need to read more than one to get a real good 'feel' for this character though.

What didnt you like about Dan John Millers performance?

His female character voices are really hard to listen to. I wish he had done a better job with them.

Could you see The Baby Blue Rip-Off being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

I could see the series made into a television show, not unlike Murder, She Wrote. It may be difficult to do that without the comparisons although it may have been a long enough time since MSW was on for it to work.

Any additional comments?

This is not a hard boiled detective series like the Nathan Heller stories. There also is no well known crimes in this series like in the Heller or Disaster series. I still recommend the books, just wouldn't recommend the audio unless you get them very inexpensively.

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Title: Buried by Breakfast

Subtitle: Hemlock Falls Mysteries, Book 12

Author: Claudia Bishop

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-09-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Its a bite of heaven - or hell - in this Hemlock Falls mystery.

Hemlock Falls is a pretty little town in upstate New York. Sarah Quill Quilliam, with her talent for business, runs the Inn at Hemlock Falls, while her sister, Meg, keeps the guests happy with her culinary abilities. But when it comes to murder, the Quilliam sisters have to rely on other skills - spotting clues, solving crimes, and catching culprits.

This year, March comes in like a lion, and its Meg and Quill who take the brunt of the bite. First, a notorious state supreme court justice has decided to sequester the jury of a high-profile case at their cozy inn. Then, a raucous group of protestors called Friends of the Dead takes over the town to picket the planned relocation of the Civil War cemetery. But havoc turns to horror when the leader of the Friends becomes one of the dead. Now the Quilliam sisters must quell fears and catch a killer before another local VIP is greeted with an untimely RIP.

Claudia Bishop is the author of the popular Hemlock Falls mystery series. She also writes a fantasy series under the name Mary Stanton.

Critic Reviews:

"A Hemlock Falls mystery is always a great reading experience, andBuried by Breakfastis no exception. Claudia Bishop [has written] an enthralling amateur-sleuth mystery." (Books n Bytes)

Members Reviews:

Well plotted but too slow for my taste

This is my first book by this author, and although I enjoyed the cozy part of this mystery, I just couldn't get into the story. It took way too long for the pace to pick up (like the last 50 pages?) and the rest of the time I had trouble getting into the book.

The "detective" in this series is a woman ("Quill"), an artist who runs an upscale inn in the Ithaca, NY area with the help of her gourmet chef sister Meg. Quill has a reputation for solving mysteries.

This book begins with a group (a generous word considering how small the group is) picketing to stop a developer from moving a Civil War era cemetary. At the same time, there's a big trial about to begin and for not very credible reasons, the judge decides to sequester the jury -- and Quill is talked into giving them rooms at a low rate because it's off season. Suddenly, the inn is filled with people involved with the trial not to mention various townspeople dropping by, including a strong-willed local woman who is set on getting a volunteer police department going. Eventually there's a murder, and then another, and Quill is trying to find the killer because she has little confidence that the local police will be able to (she believes they need her help and are subtly asking for it).

This book ranks low on credibility (the coincidences are truly amazing) and pacing, and high on coziness. If you buy the coincidences, the plotting makes sense. I was not entirely surprised at the perpetrator, but then I read a whole lot of mysteries. I really don't think I'll read more in this series, however -- just not my cup of tea, I like them with a faster pace. If you like cozies, however, you may very well love this series.

Five Stars

Love the series

Five Stars

great

Great Mystery Book

Book arrived promptly. I enjoyed reading this mystery series of books.

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Title: The Devil's Bounty

Subtitle: A Ryan Lock Novel, Book 4

Author: Sean Black

Narrator: Elijah Alexander

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-12

Publisher: Sean Black Digital

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Convicted of a series of horrific crimes against female college students in Santa Barbara, wealthy playboy Charlie Mendez has fled across the US border into Mexico. As one bounty hunter after another meets a grisly end at the hands of the murderous drug cartel his family have hired to keep him safe, it seems that Mendez is one fugitive destined to remain beyond the reach of the law. Or at least that's how it looks until one determined victim persuades high-end security specialist Ryan Lock and his partner, retired Marine Ty Johnson, to take on the case.

Plunged into a nightmare world where no one can be trusted, least of all the authorities, the two men discover a city more deadly than any war zone. Worse still, when an attractive young American tourist is snatched from the streets, it appears that Mendez has returned to his old ways. But in order to stop him before he claims another victim will Lock and Ty have to pay the Devil's Bounty?

Critic Reviews:

"Supremely slick" (The Daily Telegraph)

"The pace of Lee Child and the heart of Harlan Coben" (Joseph Finder)

"This is a writer, and a hero, to watch." (The Daily Mail)

Members Reviews:

Recommended - First Sean Black Listen

This book had so many good reviews that I decided to jump right in on Book 4 instead of going back to listen to them in order, which I usually do.

While I enjoyed this book, I was really expecting a knock-out. Overall, I enjoyed it, but would only consider it slightly above-average. I am surprised with the number of 5 star reviews, and I can only assume that many of the readers/listeners have not listened to or read the true 5-star authors in this genre, like Vince Flynn.

Don't get me wrong, this book is definitely worth the time and purchase, it's just that I did not think of it as a 5-star listen. I'll round it up to 4 stars.

The narrator was good but again compared to the best, he was a little flat at times.

Overall recommended, but I am not going to jump out there and listen to all the rest in the series. I may mix them in from time to time, but they won't be burning a hole in my iPhone.

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Titel: Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee

Autor:: Peter Heg

Erzähler: Krista Posch, Matthias Habich, Rosemarie Fendel

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 1 hr and 46 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 09-20-12

Herausgeber: Der Hörverlag

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Im Kopenhagener Hafen wird ein neunjähriger Junge aufgefunden. Tot. Spuren im Schnee auf dem Dach. Für die Polizei steht die Todesursache fest: Unfall. Nur Fräulein Smilla glaubt an Mord. Doch je entschlossener sie nachforscht, umso entschiedener werden die Versuche, sie aus dem Weg zu räumen...

©1994 Carl Hanser Verlag München Wien. Copyright der Originalausgabe: 1992 Rosinonte/Munksgaard, Kopenhagen (P)1995 Südwestrundfunk/ Norddeutscher Rundfunk

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

I love this story

I love this story. It makes one think about why people do what they do. Motives are sometimes quite complex.

Highly Recommend

I really enjoyed this book. The plot is quirky and interesting. The ending is not what you would expect.

Unsettling and Thought-provoking

3 stars: the scientific detail employed by the author is at times dazzling, informative.

In some instances, it seems overwhelming. The historical perspective regarding Greenland and Denmark fascinates and characters are quite realistic. I do feel I'm missing something in translation. Perhaps this is intentional and is also likely due to my lack of familiarity with Greenlanders and Danes?

Good story that took too long to tell

Smilla's Sense of Snow is a 1992 novel by Danish author Peter Heg translated into English by Tiina Nunnally. Smilla Qaaviqaaq Jaspersen, is in her mid-thirties; the daughter of a female Inuit guide and a wealthy Danish doctor. After her mother's death she was moved to Copenhagen by dad and for a while she leads a troublesome youth. When the story opens she is in the city of Christianshavn living in an apartment complex where she befriends a young neighbor Isaiah, the son of an alcoholic widowed mother.

Isaiah seemingly falls to his death from the rooftop leaving only a single set of footprints in the snow. Smilla, who had spent a lot of her youth growing up in Greenland, the daughter of a native, has a "Sense of Snow" and tells the authorities that there is something disconcerting about the footfalls. The police dismiss her out of hand leaving Smilla to look into the circumstances surrounding the child's death on her own. The police quickly become hostile and warn her to cease and desist her examinations.

She continues probing with the help of a neighbor Peter, a mechanic, who had cultivated his own relationship with the boy. Smilla begins an affair with Peter much against her inner voices that have never learned to trust. The investigation turns up a conspiracy that takes her back to Greenland and leaves her suspicious of everyone around her.

The story, unfortunately, stops abruptly leaving this reader unfulfilled. Guessing the ending stopped being a genre I could handle when I grew too old for children's "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. I loved the book all the way through but the Perils of Pauline ending just wasn't my cup of tea.

Too hard to read

I spent most of a week ploughing through this book. Difficult for me to understand what the author is trying to reveal, too much science, too many characters that have no meaning to the story line. Finally no idea what took place.

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Title: Borrowed Light

Author: Graham Hurley

Narrator: Tim Pepper

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-26-12

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

DI Joe Faraday, badly injured on holiday in the Middle East, is convalescing in the UK. Four deaths in a suspicious farmhouse fire drag him back to work before hes truly fit. His partner, meanwhile, wants to adopt a young Palestinian child. Both privately and professionally, Faraday is under threat. Bazza Mackenzie, Pompey drug-lord, is facing financial meltdown as property markets collapse across the globe. Only a multi-million pound stash of cocaine, carefully hidden on a trusted friends property, can keep his commercial empire afloat. But Bazzas lifeline has disappeared. Ex-cop Paul Winter is still Mackenzies trusted lieutenant.

But his growing doubts about his new life alongside Pompeys top criminal deepen further when Bazza orders him to retrieve the missing cocainewhatever the cost.

Members Reviews:

Apparently the last of an excellent series?

I listened to this Audiobook version which has just come out. Tim Pepper is an amazing reader and carries the listener effortlessly into the Portsmouth scene with its local rhythms of speech. This volume sadly closes out an extremely good series featuring a tired but driven police detective, DI Joe Faraday, who uses his organisational skills and basic copper instincts to battle not only the criminals on his patch but the new bureaucratic approach to policing which has become a general feature throughout the UK with its tick-the-boxes approach to crime investigation, fear of budget overruns, and sensitivity to political winds. This time around four suspicious deaths in a farmhouse fire on the Isle of Wight lead to a search for a missing stash of cocaine which may or may not be tied to local businessman and former football hooligan, gangster and newly-emerging local celebrity 'Bazza' Mackenzie, a sinister but oddly compelling character who recurs throughout the books of this series. Faraday has recently been involved in a traffic accident while travelling to the Middle East with his partner, the French anthropologist Gabrielle. Faraday returns to work prematurely, still suffering from the effects of concussion, while Gabrielle remains in the Middle East having become obsessed with the plight of a young Palestinian girl badly injured by Israeli phosphorus bombs during the recent siege of Gaza. The year is 2009. Bazza (remember him?) is suffering from a meltdown of the property market and badly needs to recoup his lost millions with the help of his sidekick, Paul Winter, a former DS under Faraday who has left the police force under a cloud and now has gone over to the dark side. If it sounds a bit complicated, remember we are talking about a series which has developed a story line over several thousand pages (this is the 11th volume). The plots are extremely well constructed and are character-driven throughout.

Another great addition

I have really enjoyed this collection of audio books about the Pompey underworld. The narrater Tim Pepper breathes life in to the characters and great story lines, my hope is that audible backdates the collection.

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Title: The Topless Tulip Caper

Author: Lawrence Block

Narrator: Gregory Gorton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-02-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

It's a crime that Times Square dives aren't private investigator Chip Harrison's usual hangouts. Tulip Willing is the star attraction at the Treasure Chest, and also Chip's newest client. It seems she wants cover for a mysterious stranger who's been scaring her out of her clothes. Cherry Bounce, another dancer at the Treasure Chest, is shot dead in the act. Chip finds himself on the trail of a killer who's eager to trap the street-wise detective and strip him of his livelihood forever...

Members Reviews:

Great Hard Boiled Detective Story

This is my first Lawrence Block novel, and I really enjoyed it. It was a light read featuring Chip, assistant to a Nero Wolfe-like detective, Leon Haig. The two men set out to help Tulip Willing, a topless dancer, discover who poisoned her exotic fish. Human murders follow, and all is lost until Haig calls all the suspects together and sorts the crime.

Fast paced, funny dialogue, an easy read. I'll check out more Lawrence Block after this one!

OK

Purchased this because I love Nero Wolfe mysteries, but have read all of them a couple of time. This series is a kind of spoof on Nero Wolfe by a very good author. Taken as an entertaining few hours, the book was good. Taken as a creative, absorbing mystery, it falls a bit short.

The final, and best, Chip Harrison novel

Block successfully retains the tongue-in-cheek, wise-cracking tone of the original Chip Harrison adventure (NO SCORE) while also inserting a credible, inventive whodunnit mystery. The Leo Haig character is a Nero Wolfe pastiche, a device cheerfully highlighted by the fact that Leo constantly compares himself to Wolfe. Since this book was originally published under the pseudonym Chip Harrison, Block also includes a several self-referential jokes, such as Chip's editor encouraging him to insert unlikely sex scenes into the story to help boost sales. (Chip the narrator cheerfully obliges). It's a fast, funny book that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Lawrence Block is Always Good!

I'm a mystery addict, and anything Lawrence Block writes is GREAT!

Two Stars

A fairly good knock-off of Rex Stouts Nero Wolf.

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Title: The Other Side of Sorrow

Subtitle: A Cliff Hardy Mystery, Book 23

Author: Peter Corris

Narrator: Peter Hosking

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-12-12

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Cliff Hardy is stunned to get a phone call from his ex-wife Cynthia. It has been over 20 years since she last shouted she never wanted to see him again and she was never a woman to change her mind. But that surprise is nothing to the bombshell Cynthia is about to drop. Dying of cancer, she's desperate to get in contact with the daughter she gave up for adoption - and the daughter in question, she confesses, is also Cliff's! A shocked but sceptical Cliff agrees to search for their missing daughter. But this is never going to be a straightforward investigation....

Members Reviews:

Another great listen from Peter Corris!!!

I've listened to around 350-400 audiobooks now, while driving road trains all over australia, & the one thing that really helps time fly on the road, is a good audiobook! especially ones that can hold my attention like this book, or any other books from the Cliff Hardy series for that matter. Peter Hosking's narration is absolutely brilliant! The way Peter delivers his narration really brings the characters alive and makes it a fantastic book that is hard to put down.

More please!!!

Another good book in the Cliff Hardy series

I enjoyed this book. It didn't have as much action as some others in the series, but delved into his past, and was more emotional. Cliff is still the quintessential Australian male, with the dry humour I really like. Once again the narration was so good that it didn't get in the way of the story.

another hardy

If you could sum up The Other Side of Sorrow in three words, what would they be?

these a good books plenty of action and a good storyline

What other book might you compare The Other Side of Sorrow to and why?

gun control

What about Peter Hoskings performance did you like?

i like the way peter hosking narrates all the story,s he reads great characters and voices

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes i hooked on peters corris books3

Any additional comments?

why is sand and blood not on this site please list it

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Title: The Bull of Mithros

Author: Anne Zouroudi

Narrator: Sean Barrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-07-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

It is summer, and as tourists, drawn by the legend of a priceless missing artefact, disembark on the sun-drenched quay of Mithros, the languid calm of the island is broken by the unorthodox arrival of a stranger who has been thrown overboard in the bay. Lacking money or identification, he is forced to remain on Mithros. But is he truly a stranger? To some, his face seems familiar.

The arrival of the investigator Hermes Diaktoros, intrigued by the island's fabled bull, coincides with a violent and mysterious death. This violence has an echo in Mithros's recent past: in a brutal unsolved crime committed several years before, which, although apparently forgotten, may not yet have been forgiven.

As Hermes sets about solving the complex puzzle of who is guilty and who is innocent, he discovers a web of secrets and unspoken loyalties, and it soon becomes clear that the bull of Mithros may only be the least of the island's shadowy mysteries.

Members Reviews:

only just over half way there

I was thrilled to read the first 3 books in this series, which were so vivid I dreamt about them, but this latest instalment did little to inspire me. Hermes seemed to swan through the mystery with little difficulty and it seemed like I could have gone to the last chapter and just listened to that and still got the same out of the novel. Hermes is wonderful, I like the mystical mix of his character but he was wasted in this novel. Zouroudi faithfully describes the islands, I have been there so understand, but the plot was thin. I am sure the next one will be better.

Mark

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Title: Dark Blonde

Subtitle: A Mike Angel Mystery, Book 3

Author: David H. Fears

Narrator: James Lewis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-12

Publisher: Horizon Micro Publishing, LLC

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Julia Gateswood hires reluctant PI, Mike Angel, to find her missing sister, but Julia's social position and the sordid past of the sister make this anything but a simple case. Julia's a mysterious ex-beauty queen, who married for ambition to congressman Henry Gateswood, a charismatic ex-professor running for a vacated US Senate seat from Illinois in 1962.

When Julia's sister, Gail, a loose woman with past shady connections, disappears, Julia calls on private eye Mike Angel, who quickly learns his new employer isn't everything she seems to be, but what she is beyond a doubt is a great hypnotist of Mike's libido.

Before Mike is hardly into the case, he's visited by Julia's strange secretary, who later finds the missing sister's headless body in the guesthouse of the Gateswood estate. Mike and his unofficial partner, Rick Anthony, a 25 year veteran of the NYC detective force and, whose vocabulary suffers from too many NYU grad classes, get to the crime scene before the police and follow clues that pit them against powerful Chicago mobsters. Rick was a partner for many years with Mike's late father, who was murdered on his first case as a private investigator.

O. W. Wilson, a famous police chief and gangbuster from Kansas City, has taken over the Chicago force and enlists Mike to seek the department mole connected with the year old Summerfield scandal, where police were in cahoots with robbers. Mike hunts for Gail's killer while sorting out the threads of motive, political intrigue, bad cops and an arrogant DA, and Henry Gateswood's role. All the while Mike becomes conflicted by attraction to Julia, who disappears at a critical juncture, only to discover that her husband has placed her in a sanitarium.

What were Henry's real motives for putting her away? Who killed Gail and how does she fit into Chicago mobsters on the run from the Summerfield scandal?

Mike and Rick follow too many clues to a surprising conclusion. One twisting aspect of Mike's investigative instincts is often timely warnings from the "voice" of his late father, and also through sensations felt in a long scar Mike won during a shootout with the Russian mob who was behind his father's death. He also struggles with a desire to commit to Molly Bennett, his office manager and love interest, while conflicted with an over-healthy desire for attractive women who cross his path.

This is the third in a series of four Mike Angel novels. These take place in NY/NJ (Dark Quarry), and Chicago in the early 1960s (Dark Quarry, Dark Lake, Dark Blonde, Dark Poison). Some actual historical characters and events are used. At this time only Dark Poison is published.

Members Reviews:

Misplaced your gat? Need a trip back to the golden days?

As soon as I heard Angel use the word dame and phrases like, no problem it's jake, I was hooked. Now if only he could hook up with a blond with a chest that defied gravity who just happened to be where mangled bodies turned up... And then wait, damned if he didn't.