{"id":4114,"date":"2026-03-05T16:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/?p=4114"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:08:35","slug":"cudmore-libby-negative-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/cudmore-libby-negative-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Cudmore Libby Negative girl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cNegative girl\u201d by Libby Cudmore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate\u2019s 2\u00a2 shares her thoughts about what she\u2019s read. In her opinion\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Libby Cudmore as Valerie and  Jay Karnes  as Martin did a good job of alternating the narration of the book. Although I didn\u2019t appreciate the lgbtq under-current of the story, I liked the detective aspect and the numerous references to bands and their music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured snippet from the web<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Libby Cudmore worked in video stores, bookstores and temp agencies before settling down in Upstate New York to write. The Big Rewind is her first novel, and her short stories have appeared in PANK, The Stoneslide Corrective, The Big Click, Big Lucks, the HANZAI JAPAN anthology and others.Feb 2, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is the author of Negative Girl (Datura 2024) and The Big Rewind (William Morrow 2016) as well as the Wade & Jacks P.I. series in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s Mystery Magazine and Tough.Her short fiction has appeared in The Dark, Smokelong Quarterly, Monkeybicycle, Shotgun Honey, Stone\u2019s Throw and HAD, as well as the anthologies Mixed Up, Welcome Home, Hanzai Japan, A Beast Without a Name and Lawyers, Guns & Money: Crime Fiction Inspired By the Music of Warren Zevon (co-edited with Art Taylor).She is the 2018 recipient of the Oregon Writer\u2019s Colony prize, the 2023 Shamus award for best P.I short story, and the 2023 Black Orchid Novella award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is the current co-host of the OST Party and Misbehavin\u2019 podcasts and the former co-host of The Shattered Shield podcast, and teaches short fiction through The Writer\u2019s Circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Negative girl DB127875<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author: Cudmore, Libby<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading Time: 7 hours, 10 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read by: Karnes, Jay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subjects: Mystery and Detective Stories, Suspense Fiction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Martin Wade lived hard in his youth, but unlike many of his former bandmates and roadie friends, he didn’t die young. Instead he hit the recovery path, cleaned up his life, and became a private investigator in a dying city in upstate New York. When his heavily tattooed and scarred assistant Valerie sets up an appointment with a young woman who needs help keeping her biological father away from her, none of the three realize that the father is Martin’s old bandmate, still using, and on a destructive path that will soon be headed straight for Martin’s clean life. As Martin struggles, Valerie becomes increasingly obsessed with their new client’s life.”– Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

London : Penguin Random House, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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