Review of Out of Time: A Casey Jones Mystery (Casey Jones Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Since recently discovering this series, I have systematically worked my way through almost all of them, and love every single word of them.

Casey Jones is a big gal, which comes in handy in her line of work.Casey's a Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, PI -- unlicensed thanks to a long-ago brush with the law.In this story, Casey is hired by the no-nonsense matriarch of a no-nonsense family to try and save her granddaughter, Gail Honeycutt Taylor, from her impending date with the executioner.Gail is on Death Row for the murder of her police officer husband, and it had never occurred to Casey before to question her guilt.The more she digs into the case, however, the more she becomes convinced that Gail didn't do it.It doesn't help matters that Gail is almost suicidally apathetic and won't lift a finger to help herself.Casey's unorthodox recources and colorful associates make for a devilishly delicious story as she battles cops and bad guys -- and sometimes can't tell the difference -- while Gail's time is rapidly running out.

Casey Jones is a true-blue Southern belle, as is her creator, Katy Munger.She can come join my group of same any time!This book with its quick wit, sparkling dialogue, and stylish plot is not to be missed.In truth, the whole series is divine and I am just dying for the next one.

Product Description
Meet Casey Jones--an unlicensed, no-nonsense private detective who hides 160 pounds of muscle with an in-your-face femme fatale style. She's bold, she's bad and, most of all, she's nobody's fool. Underneath her wise-cracking, 100% Southern exterior, there beats a 14-karat heart with a definite spot for life's losers. With the brains to take on any challenge and the guts to impose her own brand of justice, Casey Jones has what it takes to be your best friend--or your very worst enemy.

This time around, Casey takes on a case that batters her once-sturdy body and threatens to expose her closest held secret. When her investigation into the case of a woman on death row sets her at odds with her hometown police force, Casey quickly learns that true blue friends aren't necessarily clad in blue. One by one, bodies begin to fall, while Casey holds her ground. She must race to uncover the truth before more people die--and before she takes the rap for their murders. With the help of an unlikely pair of bloodhounds and even more unlikely pair of bloodhounds and even more unlikely allies, Casey battles back to reclaim her client's life and her own, and to set a trap for a very clever killer. . .before time runs out.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Out of Time: A Casey Jones Mystery (Casey Jones Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Review of Christietown: A Novel About Vintage Clothing, Romance, Mystery, and Agatha Christie (Cece Caruso Mysteries) (Paperback)

Cece Caruso's latest project is a biography of Agatha Christie.Unfortunately, her publisher seems to think it needs more work.Specifically, Cece is told to beef up the section on Agatha Christie's mysterious disappearance during December of 1926.She has a little over a week to rework that section and get it back.

As if Cece doesn't already have enough on her plate.She's supposed to be planning her wedding to Detective Peter Gambino and a baby shower for her daughter.Her ex-husband and his new fiancee are in town for that last event, causing more conflict in Cece's life.Additionally, she's in charge of the opening day festivities for Christietown.

Christietown is a retirement community based around the works of the famed mystery author.The subdivision resembles a small English town complete with Vicarage and Pub.

Unfortunately, the play doesn't go well when the woman set to play Miss Marple disappears only to turn up murdered by poison.Is someone going too far with the Christie theme?Why was the woman murder?

This is another book that will please Cece's many fans.Cece and her family and friends are always fun to spend time around, and this book is no exception.The main mystery seems a bit slow at times due to the various sub-plots, but for those who love the characters, this isn't an issue at all.Along the way, we get snippets that offer one theory on what really happened during Agatha's real life disappearance.

Cece never fails to entertain, and this book is no exception.

Product Description

A new suspense-themed housing tract on the edge of the Mojave Desert is about to open, and who better to help promote the Cotswold-cozy development than mystery biographer extraordinaire Cece Caruso? For the grand opening weekend, Cece is staging a play featuring the beloved sleuth Miss Marple. Of course, everything goes wrong, including a leading lady who ends up dead.

All is not well in Christietown; its secrets are as complicated as the truth behind Agatha Christie's real-life disappearance. The developer, an Englishman who claims to be Dame Agatha's descendent, has ruthless investors breathing down his neck. Meanwhile, Cece's got a wedding to plan, a baby shower to give, and an ex-husband who shows up on her doorstep with his fiancée and future mother-in-law. And when another body surfaces, the intrepid amateur sleuth knows she must play the famed detective for real-or suffer the same mysterious fate.

About the Author

Susan Kandel is a former art critic for the Los Angeles Times. She has taught at New York University and UCLA, and served as the editor of the international journal artext. She lives with her family in West Hollywood, California.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Christietown: A Novel About Vintage Clothing, Romance, Mystery, and Agatha Christie (Cece Caruso Mysteries) (Paperback)