Title: Louisiana Longshot
Author: JanaDeleon
Review: CIA agent and sniper Fortune Redding is about to
take on her most difficult mission ever- posing as former southern beauty queen
turned librarian in the small town of Sinful Louisiana. Before unpacking her
suitcase a bone is washed up in her backyard and the local deputy starts asking
too many questions. Armed with her skills and two little old ladies Fortune has
no choice but to solve the murder to keep her cover intact.
If you have ever lived
in a small town this book has characters that ring true but with just enough
exaggeration to make you laugh until your sides ache. I love the fact the
protagonist is an independent woman who takes charge and she doesn’t fall in
love for the only single attractive male in the town. I truly dislike the over used damsel in
distress story and love when a mystery is the focus and if there is romance
it’s a second or third part to the story.
I enjoy how the Jana has
Fortune profile the people around her to figure out if they are a threat.
Fortune is flawed which makes her human and makes for some great laughs. Ida
Belle and Gertie the older than dirt grandmas will have you crying in tears
from laughing so hard. This book has very little language and no sex but tons
of laughs.
The story is far fetch
but that is what makes it fun to read because why would you want to live in
reality when you can live in Sinful where grandmas might be murders and CIA
snipers live next door.
Looking forward to
reading the next in the series.
Thanks Heidi for this
review.
Publisher: Published June 26th
2012 by Jana DeLeon (first published June 23rd 2012)
ISBN: 9780985003708
Page
Numbers: 232
Quick
Review: 4 out 5 stars
Why I Read
this Title: Sent by the publisher..
Synopsis: It was a hell of a longshot...
CIA Assassin Fortune
Redding is about to undertake her most difficult mission ever--in Sinful,
Louisiana.
With a leak at the CIA
and a price on her head by one of the world's largest arms dealers, Fortune has
to go off grid, but she never expected to be this far out of her element.
Posing as a former beauty queen turned librarian in a small, bayou town seems
worse than death to Fortune, but she's determined to fly below the radar until
her boss finds the leak and puts the arms dealer out of play.
Unfortunately, she
hasn't even unpacked a suitcase before her newly-inherited dog digs up a human
bone in her backyard. Thrust into the middle of a bayou murder mystery, Fortune
teams up with a couple of seemingly-sweet old ladies whose looks completely
belie their hold on the little town. To top things off, the handsome local
deputy is asking her too many questions. If she's not careful, this
investigation may blow her cover and get her killed.
Armed with her
considerable skills and a group of old ladies referred to by locals as The
Geritol Mafia, Fortune has no choice but to solve the murder before it's too
late.
Author
Information: New
York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon grew up among the
bayous and small towns of southwest Louisiana. She's never actually found a
dead body or seen a ghost, but she's still hoping. Jana started writing in 2001
and focuses on murderous plots set deep in the Louisiana bayous. By day, she
writes very boring technical manuals for a software company in Dallas.
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