After the Blue, Blue Rain
Comfort & Company #1
by A. D. Price
Pub Date 07 Sep 2022
Glore House Books,Bowker Industries
General Fiction \(Adult\)| Historical Fiction| Mystery & Thrillers


Glore House Books and Netgalley sent me a copy of After the Blue, Blue Rain for review:


It's 1946 in Los Angeles. Kit Comfort and Henry Richman, the LAPD's most infamous ex-cop, are eager to help a young transcriptionist find her lover, a veteran who's gone missing from an L.A.-bound train. After their hunt leads them to an underground network of enemy sympathizers, what appears to be a routine missing person case takes a dangerous turn.


They're soon battling both a deadly cabal and dodgy government agents in a devastating conspiracy between good and evil.


I give After the Blue, Blue Rain five out of five stars!


Happy Reading!

I really wanted to love this book because it seems like it would be a charming historical mystery. However, I struggled with this book. This is because I did not care for the story being told from multiple perspectives. Still, I recommend this for fans of Agatha Christie!

3.5 upped to 4
I think there's a lot of potential as the characters and the atmosphere are well done and the plot flows.
I think it worked but the solution was a bit rushed and anticlimax.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC!
9.5 / 10 really loved this book!
If you like atmospheric noir thrillers, think L.A. Confidential, you will love this book!
The main character, Kit, owns a detective agency in Los Angeles in 1946, and the plot revolves around her trying to find a client's missing fiance.
There are well-drawn secondary characters and Nazis!
Terrifically well written and researched, there wasn't anything that didn't ring true (except one minor problem with train arrivals).
I believe that although this is the author's first work of fiction, she's an experienced writer, and it shows - the plot moved well, descriptions were spot on, and she really made all the characters feel like individuals. Probably just me, but I found that having 5 first person POVs was maybe a bit confusing.
Would totally recommend to fans of historical, detective, strong female leads, and WWII based plots.
Very much hope that there will be more!!

I am admittedly someone who judges books by their covers. The cover of this book drew me in instantly, and more or less, it lived up to the intrigue presented.

Starting with a letter dated February 1946, 'After the Blue, Blue Rain' follows Kit and Henry's search for a missing veteran whose last known whereabouts was on a train coming into L.A. They never expect their search to lead them to something far greater than a missing person case.

The story is extremely fast-paced and it works for the plot, though I wouldn't have minded it being a bit slower. We don't get to interact with the characters deeply and there is enough potential here for a longer book. I feel like I finished it too quickly.

While there was a lot I liked, it ultimately fell a bit flat for me in terms of impact. It was enjoyable enough, though, and I liked how dialogue-heavy it was. Worth the read.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing a free copy to read and review.