What inspired me to pick up this book? Believe it or not, it was the author's video on Facebook. She described her books as “feminist action fiction" where “a woman and her dog fuck shit up.” Plus, she gave a political rant that impressed me with her unbridled anger. Female rage is something I get.
Now, I am not usually a thriller reader because I mostly find them to be ridiculous male fantasy, imagining themselves as the badass main character. But what, I thought to myself, if the main character was a woman badass? Would I like that? Turns out I do like it. Joy Humboldt is exactly what you need in a thriller—impulsive, stupidly brave, confident in her ability to do what needs to be done, sexually adventurous. This book is her origin story, as she starts by taking on a new dog walking business. Then her clients start turning up dead and Joy is understandably interested in who killed them and why. One thing leads to another and Joy decides that she will get to the bottom of things and seek her own kind of justice.
The plot is action packed and highly unlikely, but it was fun. It was fun to watch a woman beating the bad guys at their own game, wreaking her revenge and getting away with it. Not until the very last pages does she assume her new identity, Sydney Rye, to return to the Big Apple as a private investigator. I can hardly wait to read the next book!
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