The Antiquities Hunter: A Gina Miyoko Mystery (Gina Myoko Mysteries)
From New York Times bestselling author Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, a new private detective series featuring Gina “Tinkerbell” Miyoko, who must go undercover in the Mexican jungle to hunt down a mysterious antiquities dealer.
Gina “Tinkerbell” Miyoko is not your typical private eye. Armed with a baby blue Magnum, a Harley blessed with Holy Water by her dramatically disposed mother, and a Japanese mingei tucked in her pocket (a good luck charm from her Sherlock Holmes-obsessed father) Tink spends her time sniffing out delinquent dads in the San Francisco Bay area and honing her detective skills.
But when her best friend Rose, an undercover agent, discovers there’s a stalker on her tail, she hires Tink as a bodyguard. Someone must be trying to intimidate Rose and scare her out of testifying in an upcoming case on looted Anasazi artifacts. But when Tink tries to flush-out the stalker, things take a far more dangerous turn.
Now, with a dead black-market dealer and an injured Rose on her hands, Tink must take her best friend’s place and follow the looters’ trail towards a powerful and lucrative antiquities collector in Cancun, Mexico. Equipped with an ingenious disguise and a teasingly coy persona to match, Tink is determined to find out who is behind the attack on Rose and the illegal trafficking of these priceless artifacts. Along the way, she will find help in the most unlikely of partners…
Deep in the jungle and far from civilization, Tink must decide who she can trust as she tries to unearth the ones responsible behind the pilfering and bloodshed—and still make it out alive.
Gina “Tinkerbell” Miyoko is not your typical private eye. Armed with a baby blue Magnum, a Harley blessed with Holy Water by her dramatically disposed mother, and a Japanese mingei tucked in her pocket (a good luck charm from her Sherlock Holmes-obsessed father) Tink spends her time sniffing out delinquent dads in the San Francisco Bay area and honing her detective skills.
But when her best friend Rose, an undercover agent, discovers there’s a stalker on her tail, she hires Tink as a bodyguard. Someone must be trying to intimidate Rose and scare her out of testifying in an upcoming case on looted Anasazi artifacts. But when Tink tries to flush-out the stalker, things take a far more dangerous turn.
Now, with a dead black-market dealer and an injured Rose on her hands, Tink must take her best friend’s place and follow the looters’ trail towards a powerful and lucrative antiquities collector in Cancun, Mexico. Equipped with an ingenious disguise and a teasingly coy persona to match, Tink is determined to find out who is behind the attack on Rose and the illegal trafficking of these priceless artifacts. Along the way, she will find help in the most unlikely of partners…
Deep in the jungle and far from civilization, Tink must decide who she can trust as she tries to unearth the ones responsible behind the pilfering and bloodshed—and still make it out alive.
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The Antiquities Hunter was my introduction to both Gina Miyoko and author Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff and I am intrigued as to what the rest of this series will be like.
This book follows petite but fierce PI Gina "Tink" onto an accidental case when her close friend and secret agent Rose reveals she's being stalked. Not one to take such big news lightly, Gina suggests the two of them flush out the creep and deal with them themselves. However, the stalking quickly escalates into a murder and attempted murder entanglement. Forcing Gina to take the place of her BFF on an undercover mission to locate precious, ancient artifacts from the clutches of black market dealers and those who will kill to keep their whereabouts hidden. To make matters worse, Gina is paired up with a quadruple-hat wearing archeologist, agent, doctor and journalist all wrapped up in one that she doesn't trust as far as she can throw him.
I really loved the banter and quit-witted dialogue the writer delivers in this book. Gina's character is likeable immediately and the love and care she has for her best friend, Rose is very palpable. The narrative's pacing held my attention and the mystery of the case kept me invested. High marks to the writer for incorporating cultural relaveance for the stolen artifacts to the society that they've been stolen from; I am aware of this detail but for readers who may not be, it was compelling. I have not read relic or "treasure hunters" books before either, which made this that much more exciting.
I believe readers will enjoy getting swept up in the case along with Gina.
This book follows petite but fierce PI Gina "Tink" onto an accidental case when her close friend and secret agent Rose reveals she's being stalked. Not one to take such big news lightly, Gina suggests the two of them flush out the creep and deal with them themselves. However, the stalking quickly escalates into a murder and attempted murder entanglement. Forcing Gina to take the place of her BFF on an undercover mission to locate precious, ancient artifacts from the clutches of black market dealers and those who will kill to keep their whereabouts hidden. To make matters worse, Gina is paired up with a quadruple-hat wearing archeologist, agent, doctor and journalist all wrapped up in one that she doesn't trust as far as she can throw him.
I really loved the banter and quit-witted dialogue the writer delivers in this book. Gina's character is likeable immediately and the love and care she has for her best friend, Rose is very palpable. The narrative's pacing held my attention and the mystery of the case kept me invested. High marks to the writer for incorporating cultural relaveance for the stolen artifacts to the society that they've been stolen from; I am aware of this detail but for readers who may not be, it was compelling. I have not read relic or "treasure hunters" books before either, which made this that much more exciting.
I believe readers will enjoy getting swept up in the case along with Gina.
I don’t even know.
I feel conflicted giving it only two stars.
But the only time I enjoyed reading the book was when Gina & Cruz finally go undercover.
I loved every part of this section.
The beginning was so uninteresting.. that I almost considered not finishing the book.
It took me 3 days to get 100 pages in.
And when I got to the ending.. it was the same.
Once you find out who the bad guy is (who is a major let down)... it gets boring again.
I wanted to, once again, not finish it 100%.
I did really appreciate that this had diverse characters.
& that there was different cultural languages, and items.
I feel conflicted giving it only two stars.
But the only time I enjoyed reading the book was when Gina & Cruz finally go undercover.
I loved every part of this section.
The beginning was so uninteresting.. that I almost considered not finishing the book.
It took me 3 days to get 100 pages in.
And when I got to the ending.. it was the same.
Once you find out who the bad guy is (who is a major let down)... it gets boring again.
I wanted to, once again, not finish it 100%.
I did really appreciate that this had diverse characters.
& that there was different cultural languages, and items.
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