Louisiana Longshot: A Miss Fortune Mystery (Miss Fortune Mysteries) by Jana DeLeon

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Louisiana Longshot: A Miss Fortune Mystery (Miss Fortune Mysteries)

Name: Louisiana Longshot: A Miss Fortune Mystery (Miss Fortune Mysteries)
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Rating: 4.5 (40424 reviews)
Author: Jana DeLeon
ISBN: 9781478132233

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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."Southern wit at its best!" - NYT Bestselling author Gemma Halliday"Sinfully funny!" - NYT Bestselling author CC Hunter/Christie Craig

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ISBN-10

9781478132233

ISBN-13

978-1478132233

Print length

248 pages

Language

English

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication date

June 25, 2012

Dimensions

5.25 x 0.56 x 8 inches

Item weight

9.3 ounces

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Editorial Reviews

"DeLeon is excellent at weaving comedy, suspense and spicy romance into one compelling story." - RT Book Reviews

"I don't know where she comes up with this funny stuff, but I can't wait to read the next book..." - Night Owl Reviews

"Jana DeLeon has a breezy style with enough of a comic touch to leave you smiling." - The Romance Reader

"Son of a gun, we're having fun in the bayou!" - Fresh Fiction

About the authors

Jana DeLeon

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon was raised in southwest Louisiana among the bayous and gators. Her hometown is Carlyss, but you probably won't find it on a map. Her family owned a camp located on a bayou just off the Gulf of Mexico that you could only get there by boat. The most important feature was the rope hammock hanging in the shade on a huge deck that stretched out over the water where Jana spent many hours reading books.

Jana and her brother spent thousands of hours combing the bayous in a flat-bottom aluminum boat, studying the natural habitat of many birds, nutria and alligators. She would like you to know that no animals were injured during these "studies," but they kept makers of peroxide in business.

Jana has never stumbled across a mystery or a ghost like her heroines, but she's still hopeful.

She now resides in Dallas, Texas, with her husband and the most spoiled Sheltie in the world.

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4.5 out of 5

40,424 global ratings

Calista Cates

Hugely Entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2024

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Fabulous characters, great plot and witty dialogue. Deleon writes a great cozy with perfect murder plot twist that will keep you reading, laughing and even shed a tear or two.

L W Stubenrauch

Spectacular first in series book!

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2024

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This is not the first time I've read this book - it's more like the 6th or 7th. I've read every book in this series - I love them so much I reread the whole series every couple of years. The characters, the mysteries and the Louisiana bayous. It's all fabulous. So much fun. Lots of laughter and thrilling moments too. Jana DeLeon is one of my all time favorite authors. These books helped me get through the healing of a broken back one summer. These are joyous books. I highly HIGHLY recommend!

PennyPincher

Love, Love, Love Louisiana Longshot!

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2021

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I have read hundreds (possibly more than a thousand) cozy mysteries over the past 25+ years and this one right here has landed squarely at the top of my list of all-time favorites. It is as well written as any NYT bestseller novel with great characters, really intriguing plot, some humor, and unexpected twists. FIVE enthusiastic stars and I would give it bonus stars if that were possible.

Not to demean cozy mysteries because I love the genre, but they typically are written in a fairly simplistic way. By that, I mean the characters are often often silly and the situations in which they find themselves are somewhat bungling or slapstick. Rarely do I need to look up a word, frequently there are some typographical or grammatical errors, and any red herrings tend to be obvious. At the same time though, they are good, clean fun; no cringeworthy sexual situations, no foul language, and no graphic gore. So there is that.

Cozies generally feature a bored housewife, librarian, flower shop or bakery owner, etc. who inadvertantly becomes involved in crime solving (at least initially- then they suddenly become the only one in town who can solve murders). Ah... but in this series our protagonist is highly trained CIA assassin, Fortune Redding. Fortune is assisted in her sleuthing by none other than... well you are going to have to read the book to find out because I don't do spoilers!

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Debra Chiaro

Wonderful!

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2024

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A great first book for this series. A fast read with great humor, mystery and intrigue. All the characters are well formed and likable. Thanks to Ms. Deleon for this series, I can't wait to continue with it.

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Kindle Customer

Fantastic

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2024

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This has got to be one of my favorite books. I laughed all the way to the end. The story was amazing and I love the characters. Looking forward to the next in the series.

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