Kindle Edition Amazon Amazon Elle Klass The Troubled Oyster Category:  Action/Thriller Publisher: Elle Klass Pages: 69 Copyright: July 14, 2014 Price: $0.99 (eBook) Cleo is discovering who she is as a person under the guise of Snanna Nu while closing in on the secret behind her birth. Follow Cleo, who has once again changed her identity, this time to Shanna Nu, an orange moppy-headed homely girl, or so she tries to portray, as she travels to San Francisco seeking employment with the La Tige Detective Agency to search for answers. La Tige, a hard, sloppy man, lacking in social graces manages to worm a way right into her heart. Finally entering adulthood, Cleo realizes who she is inside, and through La Tige and a few other friends, she finds that true affection is forcing her to desperately pursue the answers to the mystery surrounding her birth and biological family. She manages to tie up a few loose ends while unraveling a few more.   Excerpt My uneasiness behind the wheel only intensified as he had me driving all over San Francisco, up and down hills and around curves. I either took the turns too sharply or too loosely. At the top of each hill seemed to be a stop sign. Nothing below it was visible, like stop signs to the edge of nothingness.I had underestimated the stopping power of the beast on flat road and more haphazardly on hilly roads, nearly catapulting us into the windshield my first few stops. We were fortunate the old car had functioning seatbelts. “Do you think about how much pollution this beast of yours puts into the air?” I asked. “Never. Keep driving.” Simultaneously, as he spoke the words, his phone started ringing to the tune of “Bad to the Bone”. “La Tige… yup.” Hanging up the call he turned to me, “Nu, follow that sign. We have somewhere to be.” That sign happened to be the on ramp to the Bay Bridge. “A bridge. A big bridge with lots of traffic. You can’t be serious. I’ve almost killed us at least twice going up and down these crazy hilly roads!” I yelped with true fear in my quivering voice.

Through The Golden Gate/ John Dizon Author
Baby Girl Book 3 by Elle Klass is the third installment of the author's Baby Girl series, following the exploits of the heroine as she continues in search of her family roots and sense of identity. We rejoin Cleo as she sheds her alter ego, Justine Holmes, in leaving France and returning to the USA. A stopover in Allentown to visit her surrogate mom's own mother puts her back on the trail of Frank Tomey, the man suspected of killing her soulmate Einstein. Her next move hooks her up with a San Francisco detective in using his resources to continue her search. Jim La Tige is a stereotypical private dick with a heart of gold, and he becomes another mentor as she continues her quest while meeting new friends and a heartthrob along the way.

The author demonstrates adeptness in taking us through the series without a hitch, allowing the novella to pick us up where its predecessor left off without leaving the first-time reader in the lurch. There's more than enough here to captivate the new reader without losing pace in tedious flashbacks - in fact, there aren't any. Another unique detail of note is how the trilogy takes us through completely different scenarios and lifestyles - from a hobo child crossing America in Book One, to a social impostor in Book Two, to a neophyte investigator in Book Three. The search for identity is the silver thread that binds all three stories together, and publishing them in novella form doesn't give us more than we can digest in one sitting. If ever an indie author understood the nuances of the fiction series, Elle Klass has it nailed.

For coming-of-age enthusiasts, young adult readers and anyone looking for an engrossing series to settle into, Baby Girl Book 3 by Elle Klass is where you'll want to start before leisurely working your way backwards

Marcha Fox Author
“Baby Girl 3: City by the Bay” continues the saga of Cleo, a girl abandoned as a child and on a quest to discover her true identity.  This latest installment of the popular series of novellas finds Cleo, now known as Shanna Nu, in San Francisco where she hopes to uncover more information pertaining to the disappearance of the woman she knew as her mother.  Cleo is acutely aware of cryptic letters the woman left behind warning her that her life could be in danger as she nonetheless persists, more determined than ever, to discover who she is.  She conveniently obtains a job with a seasoned ex-cop turned private investigator named La Tige where she acquires a variety of new skills as well as access to new information in police files.   As she gradually unravels the past the more tangled it becomes as she continues to pick through the various threads and close in on the truth.

 

This episode is filled with additional mystery, intrigue and adventure as the story and plot deepen.  Amid the challenges and sometimes shocking revelations, Cleo is gradually discovering who she is at the core even if her actual identity still eludes her.   Readers following this series will enjoy the ride as new dimensions of the story are revealed as well as witnessing Cleo’s evolving maturity.  She still may not know her legal identity but she is beginning nonetheless to know exactly who and what she is, a discovery that everyone must encounter sooner or later.


amazing journey of self discovery/ SBM Book Obsession
am just loving this series. Cleo changes to fit into her surroundings while tracking down the truth of her past. Her drive to find out about her past and with her mind still on Einstein she runs from any hope of a love for herself. As much as she tries to keep to herself she can't help but make connections with people. Through all these people she's maturing and I can't wait to find out what happens next. This series has kept me on the edge of my seat and I am dying to find out the answers that Cleo is searching for