Awards: 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards): Gold Winner in Book Series - Fiction 2017 IPPY Awards: Gold Mystery Winner 2016 Readers Favorite: Gold Mystery Winner 2016 Foreword Indies: Gold Mystery Winner 2016 Foreword Indies: Romance Finalist 2016 Shelf Unbound: Top 100 Notable Indie 2016 Chanticleer Awards: Mystery and Mayhem 1st place Winner 2016 USA Best Book Awards: Fiction Romance Finalist 2016 Beverly Hills Book Awards: Regional Fiction Winner - Midwest 2016 Next Generation Indies: Romance Finalist 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Finalist in Series 2016 Reader Views: Historical Fiction Winner; Regional Winner - Great Lakes; Tyler Tichelaar Award Reviews: Fans of spunky, historical heroines will love Henrietta Von Harmon. Booklist, starred review Flavored with 1930's slang and fashion, this first volume in what one hopes will be a long series is absorbing. Henrietta and Clive are a sexy, endearing, and downright fun pair of sleuths. Readers will not see the final twist coming. Library Journal, starred review Henrietta and Inspector Howard are the best pair of sleuths I've come across in ages Cox makes us care not just about the case, but about her characters. A fantastic start to what is sure to be a long running series. Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling author Cox's use of literary detail brings scenes into full focus as the reader anxiously races through the pages of this deliciously written cloak and dagger affair. A delightful story. Readers Favorite A Girl Like You is very intriguing, well-written, and the plot very entertaining. Readers will be drawn into the sights, smells, and seedy side of Chicago. Reader Views Even if a mystery didn't enfold, this would be a thoroughly satisfying novel. . . The embedded mystery, however, takes this book to another level, a feat of successful merging of genres. -Chanticleer Reviews Chicago in the 1930s: Be still, our history-obsessed hearts. Dashing inspector Clive Howard convinces Henrietta Von Harmon to go undercover in Chicago's dark underworld of crime, and her mission for evidence leads to an undeniable romance sure to leave readers swooning. Top 5 Historical Fiction Reads for Romance Lovers - Bookstr Here is another wonderful mystery series set between the wars that is less Maisie Dobbs and more Amory Ames (albeit with a lower class main character) or Kate Shackleton but should appeal to fans of all between the wars mysteries or even just fiction for that matter. - ReadSpace As the two continue to sleuth together, Henrietta realizes that the most difficult thing to keep under wraps might be her heart. 5 Historical Mysteries for Romance Lovers - Buzzfeed Readers of historical romance and suspense will root for the destitute but hardworking Henrietta Von Harmon as she risks everything for Inspector Howard in a story that will keep readers guessing right up to the last page. Kristen Harnisch, award-winning author of The Vintner's Daughter and The California Wife The authentic setting rich in cinematic detail of Chicago during The Great Depression is the perfect backdrop for a plethora of vivid characters in Michele Cox's novel A Girl Like You. A highly entertaining mystery. Sande Boritz Berger, author of The Sweetness Anyone who enjoys a well-written romantic mystery set in a gritty time and place will enjoy A Girl Like You. M.A. Adler, author of In the Shadow of Lies The book's cast of additional characters, headed by Inspector Howard, accompanies Henrietta through a murder, a dangerous job, and touching reminders that life turns on small intimacies. This engaging book bodes well for the following works in the series! Barbara Stark-Nemon, author of Even in Darkness *Listed as a Top Read by PopSugar, Elle, Buzzfeed, Brit&Co, Culturalist, Redbook, Bookstr, Bustle, Shelf Unbound, and many others