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The Girl In Black Pajamas by Chris Birdy {Book Review}

September 29, 2014 By Leila 4 Comments

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Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Pages: 278 pages
Rating: 5 out of 5

R&B Investigations is under attack. Their employee is shot in the back as he enters the building, and a hacker is trying to compromise their secure network. While the Boston police investigate the shooting, Bogie McGruder needs to find the culprit who is trying to put them out of business.

Bogie and his partner Rose Jones can’t disclose their internet problems to the cops since Bogie is a hacker himself.

Bogie McGruder returns to Boston with his four- year-old daughter Isabella. He joins up with Rose Jones’ uncle Walter who is fresh for Lompoc Prison. Bogie and Walter strengthen their firewalls while they try to determine who is behind the invasion. As the R&B team hones in on the culprit, they uncover several murders and discover a plot to wipe out the financial institutions in Boston.

While Bogie is in Boston, his extended family in Palm Beach becomes enmeshed in a sex scandal that threatens to ruin lives and careers in the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office.

Feeling like a wishbone about to snap, Bogie tries to handle problems in both cities while Isabella continues her quest for someone to teach her the Five-Point-Palm-Exploding-Heart technique as seen in Kill Bill Volume 2.

This tale of murder, revenge and greed takes the reader on a whirlwind trip from Boston to Palm Beach and back. Buckle your seatbelt!

My Thoughts:

I loved the first one (you can read my review here) so I figured I would love the second one. Let me just say – I was not disappointed!

I could not put this book down.

It was a little jumpy in the beginning – I did have to go back to figure out some characters in the beginning, but it wasn’t long until I figured out who everyone was and how they were all strung together.

There were two mysteries within one book in this one that I feel might have been a little bit too much, but it definitely was a page turner that I finished in a matter of two nights. I read a little over half the first night and finished it the second night. There was no waiting with this one.

While you knew the who of this mystery, you aren’t quite sure of the why – the motive. Or what would happen next. I felt this one was definitely more action packed and kept you on the edge of your seat.

I don’t know if there is a third book coming out, but I am begging for another! I love this series and could read them every day for the rest of my life and be content! (I just might start a new trend – #IWantMoreGirlInPajamas to try and get more books out of Ms. Birdy!)

Finished reading The Girl in Black Pajamas by @CHRISBIRDY1 last night and have decided to start a new trend – #IWantMoreGirlInPajamas 🙂

— Leila (@LifeasLeels) September 24, 2014

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About the Author

Chris BirdyChris Birdy was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating from high school, she did a four year stint in the Middle East. When she returned to the States, Chris settled down in the Boston area and became a true Bostonian by collecting college degrees while raising a family.

For more than twenty years, Chris has been a member of the legal community performing investigative work for Boston law firms conducting business in rough housing projects and crack house neighborhoods.  Several years ago, while sitting in a courtroom with a client, Chris watched as a police officer was lambasted by an attorney. The attorney was defending a young woman who crashed her car into two other vehicles before she passed out drunk behind the wheel. The occupants of the other cars were seriously hurt and the cop, a former EMT, tried to assist the injured while waiting for ambulances to arrive. The attorney questioned the cop’s every move, shredded his testimony and made him seem inept.

Embarrassed, the cop returned to his seat beside me and muttered, “Everybody lies. The judges lie, the lawyers lie, the witnesses lie..” Chris wanted to tell him not to worry that in about five years he’d be just as good a liar as they were.

The seeds for The Girl in White Pajamas were planted in that courtroom.

Chris lives outside of Boston and in Palm Beach, Florida with her husband.

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The Girl in White Pajamas

The Girl in White PajamasWhen Officer Bud the PR face of the Boston Police Department is gunned down, his brother, Bogie McGruder, returns from Palm Beach for the funeral. Since the BPD is investigating the death of one of their own, Bogie believes his trip to Boston will be a short condolence visit and a chance to meet his secret love child.

But interacting with a family fueled by alcohol and mired in scandals, Bogie is reminded why he does investigations for his Boston based company from a computer in Florida. Although Bogie wants to contact his ex-lover, Bailey Hampfield, he’s reluctant to do so since Bailey dumped him four years earlier. Knowing that Bailey had his child after she cut him loose, Bogie ponders how he can establish a relationship with the three year old daughter he’s never met. While he thinks about it, Bailey gets in touch with him and asks for protection. Someone is trying to kill her.

By the time Bogie meets Isabella, it’s apparent that he still loves the mother and adores the child. Bogie tells himself that he’s not interested in the BPD investigation into Bud’s death, but he continues to be drawn into it while trying to discover who is attempting to kill Bailey. The investigations seem to parallel each other, then intersect and become intertwined. As the story develops, Isabella, a precocious child obsessed with martial arts, slowly becomes the focus.

The underlying theme of this mystery is lies. Everyone seems to be running on lies and half truths. The only pure and true character is The Girl in White Pajamas.

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About Leila

Leila (aka Leels) is an Arizona family and parenting blogger of 3 (girl, boy, girl) with a small zoo (currently homes a pitbull and 2 cats). She is semi-crunchy; a mental health advocate, and childhood cancer advocate. Life as Leels follows Leels on her journey through her not so normal life.

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Comments

  1. sharon martin says

    September 30, 2014 at 2:22 am

    Lol I'm sure the author would enjoy your new campaign :-)
    Reply
  2. Julie says

    September 30, 2014 at 5:41 am

    I agree with you. This is a great series.
    Reply
  3. Nikolina says

    October 22, 2014 at 12:21 am

    Palm Beach cuz I dont like Boston.
    Reply

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