Jana DeLeon
4/5 stars
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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.
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I really liked this book. Plot and writing quality-wise, it's pretty generic (not bad, mind you, but nothing really stands out), BUT the characters and the fact that it's pretty funny make up for it.
Fortune is a character with a lot of room to grow, which is important in a series (four books so far). She's tough, but still human. The two old ladies, Gertie and Ida Belle, are the best part of this series. I know "innocent-looking old lady solves crime" is a done to death trope (thanks Agatha!), but these old ladies have got some real bite to them. And then there's Carter, the sexy cop. I like mysteries with a bit of romance in them, and while there isn't anything going on between Carter and Fortune yet, there will be soon!
I have already bought the next book and will be digging in soon. That right there is a reason to check it out because I put down more books than I finish reading (maybe I'm picky, maybe I'm a snob, I don't know), and here I am buying the follow-up. Also it's free, so you've got nothing to lose.
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