Out of Control

Hired to find a missing girl, Gloria is led to a dangerous predator who has been making girls disappear for a long time and Gloria is next.

Gloria Morris is the best kind of private eye: she is easy on the eyes, has a way with the ladies, and leaves every either happy or dead. She works for a lawyer who does not mind the blurring of the lines especially since the next case he sends her on is a missing girl, Susie Mae, who sells her time for dates, sex, and parties. Her roommate and lover, Clarissa, has begged for help and has already threatened one of the pimps with an ice pick in a friendly exchange. Unbeknownst everyone, Susie Mae decided to add blackmail to her repertoire and everyone is looking for the evidence and is willing to kill to make sure no one else gets it. Gloria chases the leads which lead to devine food tastings, old friends, new friends, and the murderer. The question now for Gloria is how far is she willing to go to get the confession?

I loved Out of Control by G.R. Browda. I think I would have loved it just for the language alone, Browda states in her Goodreads profile that she writes in “hardboiled colloquial American English” and it works. The novel reads as a mix of the old gumshoe novels set in today's world, but with an elegance of language that if you love words will get you wet - sorry for the graphic word but it is true. She took the word “gay” back to what it used to mean (multiple times) and this is something I have been saying we need to do as writers. She also described a sex scene in a way I have NEVER read a sex scene before and I will admit it flummoxed me and she never wrote the same type of sex scene twice. She is heavily descriptive in her writing to where you can visualize the wallpaper, which is something I do not normally like to read in excess but once again - the language. Browda has seduced me with her turn of a word and phrase.

Now let's talk about the story and we have yet another hit. Gloria Morris is a private eye that I want to question me (pretty please). This is a gumshoe I will follow on any mystery she wants to investigate. She is tough, caring, funny, and she gets the ladies and the ladies still like her afterwards. The secondary characters are unique and fun and are a great setup if Browda decides to take Morris further (which I hope she does). The mystery itself was solid and fit the old style mystery set in today's world. According to Goodreads, this is Browda's first book and if it is she knocked it out of the park because I want more. I especially want more of Morris, but I have faith that whatever she comes up will be just as fascinating and lovely to read. I highly recommend this book - especially for Book Clubs as once again the language here is just lovely to read.

I talk a lot about the language in this book because it is usually the writers who have a unique style or turn of phrase that I remember. Lass Small had a very distinctive style as it was abrupt and short and simple in its complexity. I read every book. Jennifer Fulton was the first lesbian author I ever read and it was her style that kept me reading the genre that was very limited at the time. Karin Kallmaker is another author, I always recommend. Octavia Butler's Kindred is the book I send everyone. I could keep going on, but hopefully you get my point. I love words, and Browda won my heart with her words. (Sigh, I am so easy.)

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