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I am borrowing the GR book blurb here, since it says it the best: "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 rada...
I was in the mood for this novel after my previous read, which was quite thought-provoking.I doubt I’ll give this novel many thoughts.It was light and frothy, with a few laughs but not too many demands on my grey matter.
If you remember Sandra Bullock's comedy Miss Congeniality I do not need to outline the plot - I would not do it if I felt lazy. Luckily for you (or not, depending on the point of view) I do not. Fortune Redding is a tough as nails CIA assassin. Female assassins in literature are dime a dozen lately, so you can easily imagine her. She got carried away on her last job (read - killed one person too many) and as a result got a price on her head which made the one offered by US for Osama Bin Laden lo...
I loved this book. It was just pure fun from the start. It's fast paced and full of crazy action. The ending provided a twist I sure didn't see coming, which made me like it that much more. The high jinx may not stand up to close scrutiny, but I took the story in the spirit in which it was created. The protagonist has a irreverent sense of humor and the author's sense of comic timing is perfect. I think a film version of this would be hilarious. It really is the kind of entertainment you don't w...
Fortune is a CIA agent who has been told to "take a break." With a recent mission gone wrong and a price on her head, Fortune's boss sends her to Sinful, Louisiana to impersonate his niece. While dreading the quiet southern life, Fortune soon learns that Sinful is not part of the cliched South. With a 5 year old murder to solve, 2 geriatric sidekicks, and a hot deputy looking to bust her, Fortune "break" is turning out to be quite sinful!This book was awesome. I loved Fortune, Gertie, and Ida Ma...
This book is set in the bayous of Southern Louisiana. I guess its genre classification is a cozy mystery. The story is a lighthearted, funny story featuring some female senior citizens known as the “Geritol Mafia”. The protagonist is a young female CIA assassin who needs to hide out for a while.The plot twists and turns. DeLeon is great with the character development and vivid descriptions of the bayou country. The author also had yummy descriptions of food and desserts. I found myself laughing
First Sentence: I stepped off the Learjet at the private airfield just before dawn. When CIA agent, Fortune Redding, assassinates the brother of a Middle Eastern arms distributor, ruining a perfectly good pair of Prada stiletto heels in the process, the result is a price on her head. To protect her, she is sent into hiding at the small-town-Louisiana home of her Director's niece, one Sandy Sue Morrow, a former beauty-pageant winner. What could go wrong when one is trying to fit in, solve a local...
Louisiana Longshot is not a book that would usually be on my radar. But when your mother and grandmother insist on you reading something, you don’t say no. I’m very glad I acquiesced, because this first entry into the Miss Fortune Mystery series was absolutely hilarious. It’s been a while since I laughed this much over a book.“Forrest Gump had gotten it all wrong. Life wasn’t a box of chocolates. It was a box of ex-lax, and I felt like I’d consumed the entire thing.”Fortune is a CIA operative wh...
A Fun, Interesting Adventure With Some Southern Gals! I picked up this book for a quick,easy read and found a fun adventure with a CIA agent in hiding and some very witty old ladies! All Southern towns are not slow and lazy, as Fortune finds out after a CIA leak gets a price put on her head by some dangerous arms dealers. She is sent to Sinful, Louisiana posing as a former beauty queen whose aunt has recently passed. The crazy action starts immediately upon Fortune landing in the town. Treache...
rereading one of the funniest book/series I have ever read. Do your self a favor and read it. If you stop at the first book I will be very surprised.
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2019 ReviewNot going to lie, this re-read threw me for a loop. I would give it 3 stars this time round. It kind of shocked me to discover how mediocre I found the mystery. But I think I originally loved it so much because I read the rest of the series immediately following it. And the series gets way better. Is it great literature? Nope. It is mindless, easily forgettable, and highly improbable. Yet fun. I find this series incredibly endearing even though I know Gertie will make another lewd jok...
