Science
Fiction Romance and Mystery
From Goodreads:
A kiss
may be all they have life expectancy for.
When an
intergalactic cop exchange program serves up an alien partner for NONPD
Detective Violet Baker, she can’t help wishing the handsome alien would be a
little less Joe Friday about keeping the pleasure out of their business. Yeah,
he’s kind of purple and she can’t pronounce his name to save her life, but he’s
almost the only guy in the New Orleans New police department that she’s not
related to.
Dzholh
“Joe” Ban!drn has come a long way hunting the evil that has infiltrated Vi’s
floating city. When he meets his charming partner, he discovers another reason
to stamp out evil. If only he wasn’t keeping so many secrets from her…
When an
epic hurricane heads their way, they are sent dirt side to New Orleans Old
(NOO) on a rescue mission. But murder and sabotage strands them in the heart of
the raging storm.
As they fight for their lives, Joe
realizes that the evil he’s hunting is actually hunting them.
Core Punch started with some fun
world building. Core Punch is set
in New Orleans or the Big Uneasy as Violet Baker calls it but not New Orleans
as we know it. The city has been
raised and floats in the air above old New Orleans. I really liked the concept.
I also like the two main characters
or is that three main characters.
There is Violet Baker, a police detective and Dzholh “Joe” Ban!drn , her
partner from the intergalactic cop exchange program. The exchange program is another fun concept. Who is the
third main character. He came with
Dzholh and is part of the secret in the story.
When a major hurricane hits Violet
and “Joe” are sent to Old New Orleans to rescue some of the ground residents
but nothing goes as planned. Start
with a murder; add the hurricane arriving ahead of time, the arrival of an old and evil enemy, trust issues between Violet and “Joe” and their attraction to
each other and you have an exciting story. One big thing is left unsolved so look for further
adventures of Violet and “Joe”.
Pauline Baird Jones published CorePunch in 2014.
I received a free copy of Core
Punch from the author in exchange for an honest review.
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