Amid the exciting pages of “Boom Days,” readers follow breathlessly as former Chicago detective turned small-town PI, Brandy Martini, teams up with hunky local law enforcement in the edgy mountain town of Boomville, Colorado, to track down evil forces blowing up vacation rentals and the occasional sad sack tourist inside them.
Shaken, Martini must pour her way through a stirring investigation in which half the town has a motive or a skill that puts them on Boomville’s Most Wanted list. As Brandy drops an olive into a mythical commune in the forest, investigates suspects, chases after an angry, foul-smelling hippie, dodges bullets, crossbows, wild animals, derogatory remarks and flying body parts, she must also deal with her clingy sister Annie’s new occupation, her escalating feelings for the otherwise perfect man she can’t have, a newly formed Boomville Coalition for the Forcefully Displaced, a mysterious woman in an unflattering wig, her own Windy City demons and dark side, and a surprise visit that rattles her world.
As the town prepares for its’ annual Boom Fest event, Brandy races against the clock to prevent another attack. This time it’s personal, and she will stop at nothing to save lives, even if it means losing her own…
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Author Montana Kane has worked for years in French-English literary translation. For this reason, East Portland Blog believes she would approve of this lovely, swinging tune originally written in French and made into a hit in English by Bobby Darin and others before being recorded here by
Tatiana Eva-Marie & Avalon Jazz Band:
And here’s the grautitous inclusion of “La Vie en Rose” (“life in pink”), which, according to Wikipedia, is the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf, who wrote it in 1945. It was famously recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1952.
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