Name: The Adventures of Isabel
ISBN: 9781770415553

Candas Jane Dorsey

A mystery series featuring a queer, nameless amateur detective who is rescued from her creditors when a long-time friend hires her to investigate the death of her granddaughter. And what seems to be just another grotty street killing is the surface manifestation of a grandiose set of criminal schemes.

An Epitome Apartments Mystery

The Adventures of Isabel

Suzanne

Would I recommend this? Sorry but no. 
I got this book as an ARC.
I am an ally of the LGBTQ+ community and was excited about that aspect of the book.
As for the book... It was so hard to like the characters. 
As a cat lover, I did not think the whole cat thing worked, also Bunnywit and then calling it F*ckwit.... Come on. They are cats. Cats are weird.
The protagonist is a language purist, though ends up with a Chinese woman who can barely understand her, and she keeps using "big" words in conversation with her. 
Also I felt like the Jian thing was uncomfortable... might have worked better if she was from a different nationality?
I haven't read a lot of fiction that has strong confident LGBTQ+ characters, so it was an extra let down. I'm sorry for the frank review.

The Adventures of Isabel An Epitome Apartments Mystery