A new detective series, set in Portland. Our hero runs a coffee cart, and everything is very Portland (evil developers! no affordable housing! street kids!) and I sound like I'm scoffing, but it's very authentically Portland. I'm probably just self-conscious. Everyone seems younger than their peers in other mysteries, probably because of the t-shirt / food cart / bicycle vibe as opposed to being corporate lawyers or artists in a quaint village. Our hero's assets include empathy and self-confidence, and I like her quite a bit. The plot is somewhat unpracticed, but the cast of characters is promising and the series as it continues will be quite fun.