The Tattoosday Book Review: Driven to Ink, A Tattoo Shop Mystery
Earlier this week, author Karen E. Olson released the third installment of her Tattoo Shop Mystery series, Driven To Ink . For those readers who may not be familiar with Ms. Olson's series, you can check out my reviews of the first two books, here ( The Missing Ink ) and here ( Pretty in Ink ). The series features Brett Kavanaugh, a Las Vegas-based tattoo artist, and a cast of supporting characters, from her police officer brother Tim, to fellow artist and competitor Jeff Coleman, owner of the shop Murder Ink. Kavanaugh's staff at The Painted Lady, a high-end tattoo shop at the Venetian Hotel and Casino , also offers up some memorable characters, including Bitsy, the diminuitive shop manager. Driven To Ink , like its predecessors, has an "only in Las Vegas" feel, with a well-crafted narrative that, this time around, revolves around a drive-thru wedding chapel called "That's Amore" that features a handful of Dean Martin doppelgängers crooning, you g...