Down and Dirty Cole McGinnis Mysteries (Audible Audio Edition) Rhys Ford Greg Tremblay Dreamspinner Press LLC Books
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A Cole McGinnis Mystery
From the moment former LAPD detective Bobby Dawson spots Ichiro Tokugawa, he knows the man is trouble. And not just because the much younger Japanese inker is hot, complicated, and pushes every one of Bobby's buttons. No, Ichi is trouble because he's Cole McGinnis' younger brother and off-limits in every possible way. And Bobby knows that even before Cole threatens to kill him for looking Ichi's way. But despite his gut telling him Ichi is bad news, Bobby can't stop looking...or wanting.
Ichi was never one to play by the rules. Growing up in Japan as his father's heir, he'd been bound by every rule imaginable until he had enough and walked away from everything to become his own man. Los Angeles was supposed to be a brief pitstop before he moved on, but after connecting with his American half brothers, it looks like a good city to call home for a while--if it weren't for Bobby Dawson.
Bobby is definitely a love-them-and-leave-them type, a philosophy with which Ichi wholeheartedly agrees. Family was as much of a relationship as Ichi was looking for, but something about the gruff and handsome Bobby Dawson makes him want more.
Much, much more.
Down and Dirty Cole McGinnis Mysteries (Audible Audio Edition) Rhys Ford Greg Tremblay Dreamspinner Press LLC Books
Down and Dirty is sort of a Cole McGinnis series interlude. It’s the relationship story of Bobby and Ichi – but not an actual story in that it takes place between the end of Dirty Laundry and continues through the entirety of Dirty Deeds and into the future. Some of the key events of those 2 novels can be used as “place holders” to track the timeline and Down and Dirty provides another perspective on the events.Bobby and Ichi start off circling each other with a push/pull, love/hate sort of flirting until it’s agreed that “the thing between them really is a thing” and they have to decide what to do about it. Both are concerned about Cole losing it when he finds out about the relationship. The fact that Ichi is the same age as Bobby’s son isn’t an issue for anyone. The fact that Bobby is a commitment phobic slut who hasn’t had anything resembling a long term relationship with anyone since coming out – is a huge concern.
Ichi think Bobby’s “a scoundrel and a rogue, a bit of a rebel with a dangerous smile”; but people who really know him can see what even Bobby can’t – that deep down he really wants the white picket fence happily ever after but he’s too scared to take a chance. Turns out when Bobby came out of the closet he did want a real, honest, committed, build a life together relationship, and he was shot down, blown off and then it ended even more tragically on top of that. Even Bobby’s drank the koolaid and repeatedly tells Ichi “I’m a really bad idea and you deserve better”.
But of course this is their story, so one thing leads to another and as Bobby and Ichi try to find their way they also deal with family issues. We re-visit Ichi’s freak out in Dirty Deeds, after he accompanies his half brother Cole on a routine investigation and gets caught in a shoot out. And then realizes that anywhere Cole goes, a gun fight is likely to break out, and Cole is likely to run into it. Ichi just came to America to find his brothers and is making a life here and is terrified he will lose the brother he just found. What we don’t see in Dirty Deeds is Ichi seeking out Bobby for a shoulder to lean on: “Jae and Cole were like those bobbing head things with each other. “Yep, yep. That’s just how Cole is - gotta love him for it”. I wanted to punch them both until their brains came back”.
Then there’s the issue of Bobby’s family. He has to come out to his son (continuing the theme of psychotic, hateful family members); and the issue of his uncle in the nursing home that he’s continually taking care of:
Bobby: I just need to figure out if I’m going to tell my uncle.
Cole: I don’t know about that one. He’s pretty…What’s a good word for it?
Bobby: Old fashioned?
Cole: I was going to say bigoted.
Bobby: Set in his ways.
Cole: “He called me a gook”. Cole eyed him skeptically, “To my face”.
Bigoted, evil family members aside; as they seem to run rampant in the Cole McGinnis world; Down and Dirty is getting 3 ½ stars; I rounded up to 4 because it was an easy read, Bobby and Ichi did steam things up in the boudoir and I enjoyed seeing Cole and Jae from another perspective. It didn’t get 5 stars because as much as Bobby and Ichi are beloved secondary characters – I’m reading the series for Cole and Jae. And I kept picturing Bobby as one of the guys from The Village People and couldn’t get YMCA out of my head.
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Down and Dirty Cole McGinnis Mysteries (Audible Audio Edition) Rhys Ford Greg Tremblay Dreamspinner Press LLC Books Reviews
Down and Dirty
By Rhys Ford
Four stars
Rhys Ford’s “Cole McGinnis series is great fun. The writing is brisk and really pulpy—over-written in a very calculated way that I am sure makes Ms. Ford smirk as she writes.
Imagine Jane Austen as a horny gay man.
Although part of the series, “Down and Dirty” is really quite different from the other books except in its setting and characters. It is in fact a “back-story” book that appears to be taking place while the action of the other books (the last of the series, most probably) is happening at the same time.
Here we see Bobby Dawson, Cole McGinnis’s 40-something friend and collaborator in mayhem, falling in love with Cole’s newly-discovered fully-Japanese half-brother, Ichiro Tokugawa. Forbidden fruit (so to speak). Bobby’s bad past—which Bobby has never fully explained to anyone, (not even to Cole, his best friend) finally comes back to bite him in the ass. Everyone tell Ichi that Bobby’s a bad boyfriend…but no one ever asks Bobby what happened. He’s guilty enough about his own behavior not to fight what people say about him.
Until Ichiro changes the game.
I resisted the pulpy quality of this, for some reason, until I was well into the book; and both Bobby’s and Ichiro’s true personalities got developed on the pages.
And, I have to confess, for a sixty-year-old who has no tattoos, the scene in the tattoo parlor at the end of the book made me weep.
Who’da thought?
I really loved the Dirty Series with Cole, Jae and Bobby. I was so very surprised and disappointed that I could not get through Bobby's book without constantly putting it down and picking it up to try to muscle through it. I finished it because I really liked the previous books and I expected it to get better!
I was wrong. Strangely, the main characters changed in a way that made them almost unrecognizable from the original series. Especially, Bobby! The dialogue and narrations appeared to be a little trite and was a very different style than the original books. I am not surprised much. The author had another series (Sinner's Gin) that I loved and the spinoffs turned out to be as sad as this. I won't say that I will no longer go to this author's work, but it probably will not be an automatic purchase. The 3 stars is for the characters.
There are already some great reviews on this book, so I will not bother you by writing another long one. And the advice about reading these books in order given by others? It IS so true!
Although this story is about Bobby and Ichiro, there are other important characters in this story and all are a bit confusing without the knowledge previous books must have given the reader (therefore 4 stars). For example I missed the explanation how a conservative man as Ichiro's father obviously is, would marry a divorced woman from America (even if she was Japanese). Sounds not quite credible.
But anyway - Ichiro had fled Japan, to escape the judgemental presence of his father who had even stolen Ichiro's fiance. First stop on his journey were his two half-brothers in LA. Thus adding to the Cole McGinnis' mysteries. Ichiro is a skilled tattoo artist who at the end will mark his man, too.
Bobby has obviously a history of never staying with one man too long, but the reader will find out that there has been one - and that one had done much damage in more than one way.
But since this story is running parallel with the last one, we do not get an explanation to the shooting, and who this Sheila was and why she was pursuing Cole. I also miss to be assured that Bobby managed to mend his relationship with his son. And what was the car accident in the start of the book all about?
Rhys Ford has an extensive and rich vocabulary, sometimes too rich, but I don't mind. I enjoyed this story, not least the poetic descriptions of the men's lovemaking.
Down and Dirty is sort of a Cole McGinnis series interlude. It’s the relationship story of Bobby and Ichi – but not an actual story in that it takes place between the end of Dirty Laundry and continues through the entirety of Dirty Deeds and into the future. Some of the key events of those 2 novels can be used as “place holders” to track the timeline and Down and Dirty provides another perspective on the events.
Bobby and Ichi start off circling each other with a push/pull, love/hate sort of flirting until it’s agreed that “the thing between them really is a thing” and they have to decide what to do about it. Both are concerned about Cole losing it when he finds out about the relationship. The fact that Ichi is the same age as Bobby’s son isn’t an issue for anyone. The fact that Bobby is a commitment phobic slut who hasn’t had anything resembling a long term relationship with anyone since coming out – is a huge concern.
Ichi think Bobby’s “a scoundrel and a rogue, a bit of a rebel with a dangerous smile”; but people who really know him can see what even Bobby can’t – that deep down he really wants the white picket fence happily ever after but he’s too scared to take a chance. Turns out when Bobby came out of the closet he did want a real, honest, committed, build a life together relationship, and he was shot down, blown off and then it ended even more tragically on top of that. Even Bobby’s drank the koolaid and repeatedly tells Ichi “I’m a really bad idea and you deserve better”.
But of course this is their story, so one thing leads to another and as Bobby and Ichi try to find their way they also deal with family issues. We re-visit Ichi’s freak out in Dirty Deeds, after he accompanies his half brother Cole on a routine investigation and gets caught in a shoot out. And then realizes that anywhere Cole goes, a gun fight is likely to break out, and Cole is likely to run into it. Ichi just came to America to find his brothers and is making a life here and is terrified he will lose the brother he just found. What we don’t see in Dirty Deeds is Ichi seeking out Bobby for a shoulder to lean on “Jae and Cole were like those bobbing head things with each other. “Yep, yep. That’s just how Cole is - gotta love him for it”. I wanted to punch them both until their brains came back”.
Then there’s the issue of Bobby’s family. He has to come out to his son (continuing the theme of psychotic, hateful family members); and the issue of his uncle in the nursing home that he’s continually taking care of
Bobby I just need to figure out if I’m going to tell my uncle.
Cole I don’t know about that one. He’s pretty…What’s a good word for it?
Bobby Old fashioned?
Cole I was going to say bigoted.
Bobby Set in his ways.
Cole “He called me a gook”. Cole eyed him skeptically, “To my face”.
Bigoted, evil family members aside; as they seem to run rampant in the Cole McGinnis world; Down and Dirty is getting 3 ½ stars; I rounded up to 4 because it was an easy read, Bobby and Ichi did steam things up in the boudoir and I enjoyed seeing Cole and Jae from another perspective. It didn’t get 5 stars because as much as Bobby and Ichi are beloved secondary characters – I’m reading the series for Cole and Jae. And I kept picturing Bobby as one of the guys from The Village People and couldn’t get YMCA out of my head.
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