Louisiana Longshot A Miss Fortune Mystery Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Jana DeLeon Cassandra Campbell Audible Studios Books
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It was a hell of a long shot....
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 placed 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 might blow her cover and get her killed. Armed with her considerable skills and a group of elderly ladies the locals dub the Geritol Mafia, Fortune has no choice but to solve the murder before it's too late.
Louisiana Longshot A Miss Fortune Mystery Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Jana DeLeon Cassandra Campbell Audible Studios Books
I really wanted to give this book 5 stars, but there were just too many errors to do so. She flubbed names a couple of times and there were some missing and wrong words that caused me to re-read a couple of things. That said, I loved this book! I get so sick of hot female sleuth falls for hot cop and then proceeds to do stupid things just because he is hot. Not in this one. Yes, she does some stupid things that hot cop sees, but not because of him. He just happens to be around when the "Geritol Mafia" has gotten her in another pickle. What a wild romp this turned out to be. And yes, I did laugh out loud at some parts of this book. It was just what I needed. If you are looking for something meaningful and deep, skip this book. If you are looking for something light and funny without the characters having sex every other page, then this is for you. Although there is no sex, there is some cursing, but way less than I see in most books. Well done Jana DeLeon. This was a delight to read.Product details
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Louisiana Longshot A Miss Fortune Mystery Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Jana DeLeon Cassandra Campbell Audible Studios Books Reviews
A female CIA agent on the run because an agency mole blew her cover winds up in a small Louisiana town posing as a former beauty queen.
That's dicey enough, but when what's left of a dead body washes up in her back yard after a storm things get even dicier for "Fortune" Redding.
Throw in a suspicious cop - who doesn't quite buy Ms. Redding's story - and a group of older women who run things behind the scenes in Sinful, Louisiana and you've got a really interesting - and fun - mystery novel that sets the stage for what I hope will be a long-running series.
Author Jana DeLeon has created a very intriguing character in Fortune Redding. A professional assassin, she is not at all suited to life in a small Louisiana town where she doesn't know anyone and is often flummoxed by the "rules" of polite society in Sinful. The fact that she is hiding behind the false identity of a former beauty pageant winner makes it all the more difficult for her and leads to some funny passages in the book. The mystery itself is intriguing and the characters and situations really shine.
(I especially liked the scene in which Fortune and another woman sprint to a local bakery/cafe one Sunday after church to see whether the Catholics or the Baptists get the last of its luscious desserts.)
It is difficult to write a convincing mystery laced with humor but DeLeon has managed to do so. Her narrative flows along smoothly and the humor fits in nicely with the story instead of distracting the reader. The plot is a little convoluted, but not so dense that it's confusing. Because this is the first book in a series, the ultimate mystery - the identity of the CIA mole who blew her cover - is not solved but I have no doubt that it will be at some point in the future. In the meantime, that ongoing mystery provides readers with a reason for Fortune to continue hiding out in this small Louisiana town full of quirky characters.
And that's all right by me.
There are very few authors who can make me laugh out loud, but Jana DeLeon is one of them. In Louisiana Longshot, she hits just the right combination of twisted mystery and hilarious characters. Fortune Redding, the CIA agent who is hiding out in tiny Sinful, Louisiana, is a great combination of uptight overachiever and zany eccentric, while her sidekicks, the senior citizen posse made up of Ida Belle and Gertie, are just ridiculously funny. I found myself snorting and laughing out loud many times throughout the whole book.
Like with many of DeLeon's books, I found this one to be too short. Not because the story needed more to be told, but just because I wanted to spend more time with the characters. It's a fun read that's hard to put down, and I'm looking forward to the next situation these three get themselves into.
I very much enjoyed the banter and craziness of this book right up until the end, or I should say until it failed to end. I detest books that give you only "part" of the story and then make you buy another book to find out how the first one ended. I suspect the mystery won't be solved in the next book either, hence the word "series." (I truly wish authors knew the difference between the words "series" and "serial.")
The story starts out with CIA agent Fortune being sent to Louisiana under cover to hide until her boss can discover who the mole is in the CIA. The mole blew Fortune's cover and now there's a hit out on her. She's not supposed to draw attention to herself in Louisiana. Of course she immediately gets involved in a murder investigation with a couple of gray haired old ladies who aren't what they appear to be. The mystery of the murder is solved by the end of the book, but you have no clue who the mole is or if the hit is still out on Fortune. The book just ends.
If you like a big dose of humor in your mystery books, you will enjoy "Louisiana Longshot." The main character, Fortune Redding, is hiding out in Sinful, Louisiana. Fortune assumes the small bayou town will be boring and drama-free, but she quickly finds out that the town and its residents are not what they seem. I really enjoyed the characters, especially Ida Belle and Gertie, two of Sinful's meddlesome older residents. For those who like to solve the mystery before the end of the book, you might be surprised at what happens. I was feeling pretty smug until I realized I was totally wrong about the book's conclusion. This is a fun read that is perfect for fans of humorous mysteries or those who enjoy novels set in the South. I can't wait to read the second book in the series.
I really wanted to give this book 5 stars, but there were just too many errors to do so. She flubbed names a couple of times and there were some missing and wrong words that caused me to re-read a couple of things. That said, I loved this book! I get so sick of hot female sleuth falls for hot cop and then proceeds to do stupid things just because he is hot. Not in this one. Yes, she does some stupid things that hot cop sees, but not because of him. He just happens to be around when the "Geritol Mafia" has gotten her in another pickle. What a wild romp this turned out to be. And yes, I did laugh out loud at some parts of this book. It was just what I needed. If you are looking for something meaningful and deep, skip this book. If you are looking for something light and funny without the characters having sex every other page, then this is for you. Although there is no sex, there is some cursing, but way less than I see in most books. Well done Jana DeLeon. This was a delight to read.
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