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Pretty in Ink (Tattoo Shop Mystery #2) - Karen E. Olson 3.5 starsJust like the first book, Ms. Olson ends most of the chapters with some sort of "cliff-hanger/new information", which makes me immediately click the next button on my Kindle to see what happens next. The book doesn't immediately start with a "dead body"; in fact, first it seems like the mystery is about a drag queen being attacked by a champagne cork, but he is okay. Only several chapters later, he dies ... and after that, Brett Kavanaugh, tattoo artist and sometimes amateur sleuth, finds herself in an investigation by a Las Vegas Metro Homeland Security detective, and her latest employee Charlotte seems to be involved with an act of terrorist.I find myself warming up to the characters, as I read this second in Tattoo Shop Mystery series. I like Brett ... while she does try to find answers of her own, she is not prone to ask for help from her friends (like Joel, another employee of hers, and Jeff Coleman another tattoo artist who is now entering a 'friendship' phase with her). She doesn't mind to share information with her detective brother, Tim, even if she postpones it couple of times. Although to be honest, nothing really change in terms of character development in this book; everyone still acts like in the first book EXCEPT for Jeff. In fact, I'm liking him as a potential romantic interest for Brett.The mystery is pretty good too, a couple of twists that make the story keep going, with the bad villain to be not one I expect in the beginning.I am definitely in for the next two books ...PS: Just one thing, like one of the reviewers here said, I think not ALL drag queens are gay, and the way Ms. Olson seems to make that deducation is well, not right.