A Girl Like You (Book One)

Mixing Mystery and Romance in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail!

A desperate girl. A dead matron. A detective with secrets of his own.

It’s Chicago, 1935, and ever since the Crash and her father’s subsequent suicide, Henrietta Von Harmon has been left to care for her antagonistic mother and seven younger siblings. In desperation, Henrietta takes a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall. Just as she’s beginning to find her footing, however, the floor matron turns up dead. When the aloof Inspector Clive Howard arrives to investigate, he persuades Henrietta to go undercover—plunging her deeper into Chicago’s gritty underworld.

As Henrietta and the impenetrable Inspector reluctantly join forces, they find themselves drawn to each other in ways they didn’t expect. But will their growing attraction—along with the misplaced efforts of a lovestruck neighborhood boy—thwart their hunt for the real killer before it’s too late?

★ “Henrietta and Clive are a sexy, endearing, and downright fun pair of sleuths.” Library Journal (starred review)

★ “Fans of spunky, historical heroines will love Henrietta Von Harmon.” ―Booklist (starred review)

★ “Henrietta and Inspector Howard are the best pair of sleuths I’ve come across in ages.”―Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling author

★ “A deliciously written cloak and dagger affair.”—Readers Favorite

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Praise for A Girl Like You

  • "Flavored with 1930s slang and fashion, this first volume in what one hopes will be a long series is absorbing. Henrietta and Clive are a sexy, endearing, and downright fun pair of sleuths. Readers will not see the final twist coming.”

    Library Journal, Starred Review
  • "Fans of spunky, historical heroines will love Henrietta Von Harmon.  Fans of post-Prohibition moxie will anxiously await a sequel.”

    Booklist, Starred Review
  • "Michelle Cox masterfully recreates 1930s Chicago in A Girl Like You, bringing to life its diverse neighborhoods and eclectic residents, as well as its seedy side. Henrietta and Inspector Howard are the best pair of sleuths I’ve come across in ages—Cox makes us care not just about the case, but about her characters. A fantastic start to what is sure to be a long running series.”

    Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling author
  • "Top 5 Historical Fiction Reads for Romance Lovers” Chicago in the 1930s – be still, our history-obsessed hearts.  Dashing inspector Clive Howard convinces Henrietta Von Harmon to go undercover in Chicago’s dark underworld of crime, and her mission for evidence leads to an undeniable romance sure to leave readers swooning."

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  • "Cox’s use of literary detail brings scenes into full focus as the reader anxiously races through the pages of this deliciously written cloak and dagger affair. A delightful story.”

    Readers Favorite
  • "Even if a mystery didn’t enfold, this would be a thoroughly satisfying novel…The embedded mystery, however, takes this book to another level, a feat of successful merging of genres.”

    Chanticleer Reviews
  • "Here is another wonderful mystery series set between the wars that is less Maisie Dobbs and more Amory Ames (albeit with a lower class main character) or Kate Shackleton but should appeal to fans of all between the wars mysteries or even just fiction for that matter.”

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