Jane Rubino Message Board
N Silver posts on 7/26/2012 9:04:21 AM
Here East on biz and picked up the first couple books used. Solid with a lot of personality in the writing. Would like to put the author together with a scripter, it has potential in that direction.
The tech stuff would have to be ramped up because the first books were done in the 1990s but Victor Cardenas is a solid lead with crossover to the Latino audience. Cat and the family are well drawn. Very little would have to be done to flesh them out. As a Sherlock Holmes fan I also liked the nods to Conan Doyle.
Jordan posts on 7/13/2012 8:44:07 AM
A very good mystery series that ended too soon. Good plots, always something going on on the side and dialogue that had me ROTFL. Cat Austen and Victor Cardenas were so real to me that when i got to the last book i felt like i was losing friends. Another high point was the sense of what the Jersey shore is really like especially outside of the summer season.
Kris posts on 6/21/2012 1:02:28 PM
We just found out that J Rubino wrote a Sherlock Holmes book. It is made up of three short novels and called Knight Errant published about ten years age. The library loan was able to get us one and since we are big fans of the new Sherlock series as well as the older one with Jeremy Brett we gave them a try and got into them. She has a good ear for the way Doyle wrote and the three adventures that were all based on mentions in the books were fun reads
Seattle Joe posts on 6/20/2012 12:12:03 PM
Solid series. Vic's the man. Plot Twist had the wow factor. Not been to Atlantic City for 5 years but as far as I go back, Rubino had the tone of AC nailed.
Tammi posts on 5/29/2012 2:36:08 PM
Went down the shore this weekend with my Memorial Day kit and Raise the Dead for my beach read. The story starts around the holiday and for the past couple years I been rereading it at the start of summer. Some of the stuff in there just gets me every time and I never get tired of Cat and her family. Finally got a hold of Deadly Morsels with Rubino's short novel Cake Job and it was a lot of fun! Where do you find characters like this now that she stopped the series????
Isla posts on 5/3/2012 8:44:19 AM
I read Raise the Dead a few years ago but it seems like stories keep popping up in the news that make me think back to it. Just last week heard about 2 celebs who are using what they called a "gestational carrier". I know some people really want children and have a hard time the usual way but this phrase just seemed weird to me and made me think back to what i thought was preposterous in Raise the Dead and after a while it took on a "maybe it could happen" and now i think the book was way ahead of its time.
Barbara L posts on 4/19/2012 11:14:35 AM
Judy - i loved Raise the Dead. It stayed with me for along time. I really miss Cat and Victor a lot. If you want to read it since i don't think it is on Kindle you could try to either get your library to order it or see if your library has a book share program with a county library that does have it. Or maybe you could find a second hand copy on Amazon?
Judy Day posts on 4/18/2012 2:11:25 PM
I want to read "Raise the Dead" but do not want to pay $18 plus shipping. My libarary does not carry the book. Any suggestions?
LeeAnn posts on 4/18/2012 1:42:15 PM
Got the 1st three books from the library took them all out at the same time since they looked like quick reads. Fun all right but not quickies. A lot of layers especially in the third book. Library has Book 4 but not the rest of the series so will have to check Amazon.
Karin posts on 3/30/2012 6:09:57 PM
I am reading my way thru series from the 80s & 90s and got this off a friend and fell in LUV with Victor Cardenas. Is Jane Rubino still writing on this series? Completely in LUV with Victor!!
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