Brutality

Praise for Ingrid Thoft

"Kinsey Millhone, you've got competition. This firecracker of a series starter is a perfect summer read. It introduces Fina Ludlow, the in-house private investigator for her family's ethically shaky law firm. What starts as a search for her missing sister-in-law uncovers bombshells and twisted family secrets. "-- Entertainment Weekly

"There's plenty of fun to be had on Fina's sophomore outing, including a cheerful blast-from-the-past nod to none other than Boston's most famous ducklings." -- The Boston Globe

"Fina is mercurial, dogged, somewhat snarky, and rarely takes no for an answer. Fans of Sara Gran's Claire DeWitt, Bill Loehfelm's Maureen Coughlin, or readers who like their heroines rough around the edges yet with plenty of heart will enjoy this very entertaining and surprising series." --Library Journal

"Dazzling...Readers will be eager to see more of smash-mouth Fina, a hard-boiled throwback equally comfortable shooting from the hip or the lip."-- Publishers Weekly (starred)

"Smart, funny, BS averse." --Seattle Times

"Thoft skillfully balances the array of business, family, and cryobank-related motives, and she crafts a great climax. Scrappy Fina's character is uncommonly fully realized... Readers will find plenty to love about her." --Booklist

"LOYALTY was a craftily plotted page-turner. IDENTITY, the second in the series, is even better.... Sexy modern noir... A new-generation, kick-ass heroine."
--Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Novelist Ingrid Thoft has created a popular and off-beat character in Fina Ludlow, a private investigator at the center of Thoft's mystery series."
--The Houston Press

"Fina Ludlow is a literary sister to Lisa Lutz's Izzy Spellman, and she's my new favorite snarky feminist."
-- Minneapolis Star Tribune

"(Fina) Ludlow has the shrewdness of her parents and siblings but she has compassion, too. Fans of the Kinsey Millhone mysteries will enjoy this engaging debut."-- Booklist

"LOYALTY's Fina Ludlow is my hero. If I were in a bad spot, I'd want her at my back. Don't miss it."-- # 1 New York Times-bestselling author Catherine Coulter

"In her debut novel, Ingrid Thoft gives us Fina Ludlow, the newest private eye to prowl Boston's mean streets. Fina returns the female detective to the heart of the hard-boiled tradition: hard-drinking, hard-loving, moody. Writer Ingrid Thoft has given her a dysfunctional extended family that rivals the Ewings of Dallas fame, which adds a dimension not often seen in the PI novel." -- New York Times-bestselling author Sara Paretsky