They are also handled with both grace and aplomb. Both of these story characteristics are relatively rare so to see them belong to the same character is a pleasant surprise. Goldie is also one member of a mixed race family and the product of an amiable divorce. There really is no telling what might show up or happen next, and yet each crime and character revealed serves the plot faithfully without seeming overwrought. Goldie’s world is large and encompasses Crossed Palms, drag races, movies filming on the beach, Russian agents, space programs, mermaid cafes, ’50s diners, and more. No crime is too small for Goldie Vance and she treats everyone with kindness, even if it is a disgruntled sort towards her childhood frenemy Sugar. In the first volume, Goldie solves a myriad of crimes while her world is slowly revealed to us by the writer, Hope Larson and the artist Brittney Williams. Kidnapped by Russian agents? Goldie will fix that too. Get your necklace stolen? Goldie will hunt down the thief. Officially, Goldie is paid to park cars, but in reality she is a fixer. Goldie might only be sixteen, but she’s smart, driven, kind, and the hotel’s best detective, even if she is only Walter Tooey’s (the actual hotel detective) assistant. 1 introduces readers to a modern incarnation of Nancy Drew, albeit one set in the 1960s world of Crossed Palms Resort in Pascal, Florida.
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