The Missing Ink: A Tattoo Shop Mystery

by Karen E. Olson

Book Overview

Murder leaves a mark Brett Kavanaugh is a tattoo artist and owner of an elite tattoo parlor in Las Vegas. When a girl makes an appointment for a tattoo of the name of her fianc embedded in a heart,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451227468
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.8" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

A great read.

I bought this book mainly because I like watching all those tattoo shows and it was the first book I have ever seen that had a tattoo artist as the main character. It turned out to be a great book! It was funny, suspenseful and kept me guessing at every turn. I can't wait for the second book to come out!

Love IT! Can't wait for a new release

I really enjoyed this book. The story line kept me up reading for hours. I loved the brother-sister team!

I couldn't put it down

As a fan of Ms. Olson's Annie Seymour series I was immediately drawn to this new one. I couldn't put it down. The characters were interesting, all from different walks of life. The mystery was excellent and I can't wait for the next installment even though it's a year away. I highly suggest this book for mystery lovers with a sense of humor whether they are tattoo lovers or not. Keep up the good work!!!

Kept me up late reading, move over Annie Seymour here comes Brett Kavanaugh

Very much enjoyed this book. No plot synopsis here, but what I loved: the subject of tattoo art, the setting in Vegas & all its craziness (including oxygen bars & Elvis). This book kept me up late reading and almost had me wanting to get a tat myself and had me dreaming about tattoos & thinking what image & where. I'd read the author's previous series (Annie Seymour) and would say Brett Kavanaugh is more likeable than Annie, while still an independent somewhat cynical strong female character. The supporting characters were interesting along with their relationships with Brett. I am very much looking forward to reading the rest of the series. Great insight into the world of tattoos!

fun amateur sleuth

In Las Vegas, Brett Kavanaugh owns the Painted Lady tattoo parlor. A girl enters her shop to have a devotion tattoo of her fiancé's name in a heart engraved on her. Brett gives the young girl an appointment but she fails to keep it, which is not unusual as people have second thoughts. Two days later, stoic hard boiled cop Willis shows a picture and asks if Brett seen the girl in the photo; not good with police except her brother Tim, Brett shrugs her shoulders but conceals that is the girl who failed to show up for her appointment. Tim asks Brett to help investigate the missing girl case because of ties to his sister's artistic profession. She agrees and as she follows the needles as clues Brett soon finds herself involved with homicide, hotel manager Simon Chase, and of course this being Vegas Elvis. This is a fun amateur sleuth starring a delightful tour guide who escorts readers to another side of Vegas where tattoo parlors come in all levels of quality and are hygienically safe (or not). The story line is fast-paced from the moment the cop arrives at the Painted Lady with Brett's attitude established when she calmly explains this is a tattoo shop not a brothel to his looking for a girl comment. Fans will enjoy THE MISSING INK as Brett tattoos Sin City's underbelly. Harriet Klausner