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Over Her Head - A Gemi Kittredge Mystery, Book 3 (EBOOK)

Over Her Head - A Gemi Kittredge Mystery, Book 3 (EBOOK)

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Gemi Kittredge thought she was done with all the secrets, lies, and violence. She’s got a great, meaningful career, and her life finally is moving in the direction she dreamed of for years. Then her friend Detective Malia Kalani asks her to meet for dinner.

Malia tells her that three women have gone missing from Maui in the last week. They think the yakuza are involved, and she’s hoping Gemi’s insider information regarding the group will help take down the kidnapping ring.

Then things get personal. A resident from the women’s and children’s shelter Gemi and her sister run becomes the fourth to be abducted.

And when a ghost from Gemi’s past shows up outside the shelter and is kidnapped before her eyes, Gemi can’t stop herself from searching for these women. Even if that means stepping back into the crime world. Something she swore she’d never do.

 

OVER HER HEAD is the third book in the Gemi Kittredge Mysteries series.

She should ask for help but going rogue is so much faster. If you love kickass heroines and tropical locations, you're going to love the Gemi Kittredge Mysteries!

 

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Chapter 1
Sometimes, the lush perimeter of tropical flowers, palms, ferns, and heliotropes disguising the security fence gave me flashbacks. On rare occasions, my breath would catch and literally stop me in my tracks. In those moments, I would see a woman with a bruised, swollen, unrecognizable face. Or a man in an aloha shirt, a koa wood band inlaid with black onyx and blue opal on the ring finger of his right hand. His head lying a few feet away from his body.
Right now was one of those occasions. With my hands propped on my hips, I pushed my shoulders back and my chest forward to allow more air to flow deep into my lungs.
This fence reminded me of the Tanaka compound . . . and Noboru Shinoda, the beheaded man. The heliotropes made me think of Heleena.
“Gemi?”
I blinked to clear the images from my mind. I blinked again and my sister’s beautiful, concerned face staring back at me from a few paces ahead became clear.
If plants and a fence did this to me, what kind of flashbacks did she suffer? Held captive in a shed so small there wasn’t enough room for her to fully extend her legs when sitting on the ground. Wrists and ankles rubbed raw from the ropes that bound her and prevented her from standing straight. Dehydrated. Covered in insect bites.
“Are you okay, Peep?”
I inhaled deeply, the peachy scent of plumeria and something almondy invading my nose. “I’m okay. Just thinking about housing.”
She’d buy that. We had been discussing our shelter, after all.
“Let’s talk about housing, then.” Ashlyn gave a go-with-the-flow shrug. “There’s only one one-bedroom apartment left and two huts.”
“We’ve got plenty of space.” I continued walking with her along the path of lava rock pavers set in pea gravel toward the north end of Palekana, our ten-acre shelter for women and their kids. Palekana meant a variety of things—saved, rescued, protected, security, safety—all of which was exactly what our residents needed.
“We agreed to keep the living quarters together, though,” Ashlyn noted as we passed behind the small but nicely stocked gymnasium and toward the cluster of housing options that occupied half of the property. “If we moved the playground equipment closer to the gym, we could fit in two or three more huts.”
“We could probably fit four more between the perimeter and the walking path along the west border.”
Most of the women would be okay with that. A few would not. It was only a visual barrier, but the three-foot-wide path gave those women an extra sense of security. They said it felt like a sort of invisible force field, another layer of protection keeping attackers or abusers away. Something I never would have guessed when we installed it. I simply wanted them to have a walking path.
“What about near the residents’ parking lot?” Ash suggested. “We could fit two or three huts there.”
We continued walking toward the lot, which only held a few vehicles. Less than half of the residents had cars. Those that did arrived at our gate with all of their possessions crammed into the trunks, backseats, and passenger seats.
As we got close, I envisioned more of the small structures there. “We could fit two. More than that and it will feel too crowded.”
“We could do one-bedroom huts instead of two.” Ashlyn shook her head, dismissing her own suggestion. “No, the huts are for women with kids. Two bedrooms are a must.”
As we stood there discussing eliminating or moving a section of the walking path and how close was too close to the parking lot—we decided our residents wouldn’t care if the view out their back windows was of a small parking lot—a car skidded to a stop outside the main security gate and a man jumped out.

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Wowzie!!

Absolutely loved this new but sadly final book in the series. Ms Shawn as usual outdoes herself at building the world that effortlessly involves action, dialogue, and descriptions which seem so natural and in sync, making for a very enjoyable read that carried me along on a journey full of twists and turns to the very last page. It felt as though the characters were friends that I was catching up with after a long time, and witnessing first hand all that they were going through.

The gifted author casts a spell that will keep you enthralled. A can't miss creation from a dynamic author.

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Sharon Smith
A good book

This book in this series shows the support for women, by women, that needs to become the norm. The book was interesting in that it shows just how much women will do to keep their families safe, and able to live . The dangerous underbelly of organized crime , much less the Yakuza type ,is all too real in this book. This is not a book to escape the troubles of the world, it just shows you a glimpse of what it could be like, and the human trafficking is too close to home at this time in our world. Very interesting characters dealing with their own trauma while supporting and fighting for the safety of others. Not my normal genre as I prefer escape from the reality of our world, but this book makes you think about the dangers we all try to ignore to live in the fantasy of " it won't happen to us or our friends or family". I love this Author's style and will continue to read her series. This was a very good book.

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Simone Dorra
Her ultimate fight

Gemi Kittredge, former MMA champion in Hawaii, has drastically changed the course of her life. She no longer fights for championships but for women who need help, in a shelter she founded and dedicates most of her time to now. But then one of the women in her care disappears after beginning a new job. And soon after, her (long estranged) mother first shows up at the entrance of her shelter - and is kidnapped immediately afterwards.

Shawn McGuire weaves a fine and intricate mystery here, and the readers are invited to solve the case together with the tough heroine and her allies: is the husband of Gemi's sister entangled in the crime? Or is it a different branch of the local (and extremely dangerous) Yakuza? More than one woman is lost - but where are they, and can they be saved in time?

I really love Gemi, and I can only recommend to give the three books telling her story a try. The last one of the trilogy was an exiting adventure and did not disappoint.

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Anne Kasaba
Loved it!

It’s been a while since this feisty protagonist was in a new story but it was definitely worth the wait! Gemi is definitely someone who looks out for friends, acquaintances, and those who have been betrayed by those they love. There is some action but mostly it is about saving those who can’t save themselves. This time there is a bonus for Gemi, something she never thought she would experience. Definitely a TBR pile addition.

I received an arc of this book and voluntarily provided a review.

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Dawna M
Exciting twist and turns in classic Gemi style

This is the final book of the series, so we must say goodbye to Gemi and all her antics. The story ends nicely with no cliffhangers. However, there are twists and turns all throughout the book. Well worth the read! I will miss Gemi and all the other characters in this series. This book (all 3 books in the series, actually) left me hooked and unable to put them down. You never know what trouble Gemi is going to get herself into next.