Helpful Score: 3
This is an okay book, but a very clear knock-off of the Stephanie Plum numbers series. For some reason, I just could not get excited about the main character....although it was a female lead...she "read" like a male.
From Publishers Weekly: "An engaging, down-to-earth heroinea successful L.A. management consultant with a charming weakness for her Porsche Boxstermore than compensates for a predictable story line in Smiley's first novel. When investors accuse Tucker Sinclair of doctoring a business plan, they approach Sinclair's boss and mentor, Gordon Aames, and demand their $11 million back. Sinclair goes in search of the plan's primary author, a brash neurologist, Milton Polk, and discovers not her elusive doctor but a policeman with a Polaroid of the dead Polk. In an unlikely scenario, Sinclair injects herself into a charity luncheon given by the highly suspicious Wade Covington, a powerful man connected both to Aames and the murder victim. Clarification of Covington's murky relationship to Polk and of a convoluted insurance scam take up most of Sinclair's energy, though she finds time for sparkless visits with her ex-husband and skirmishes with her Aunt Sylvia, who's determined to get her hands on Sinclair's beachfront cottage. A romantic interest appears on the horizon in the last few pages, a clear indicator that this book hopes to be the first in a series. With fresher devices and plot turns, it should be a pleasure to see Sinclair in action again." Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist: "*Starred Review* It's hard to believe that this clever and engaging adventure is Smiley's first novel; it reads like the latest in a well-established series..."
From Booklist: "*Starred Review* It's hard to believe that this clever and engaging adventure is Smiley's first novel; it reads like the latest in a well-established series..."
-----Somewhat similar to Evanovitch's Stephanie Plum novels-----
Divorced management consultant Tucker Sinclair is on the fast track for partnership at Aames & Associates. Sharing her just-north-of-Malibu-Beach cottage with her eccentric mother and a very annoying West Highland terrior, Tucker gets a shot at what may be the deal-maker of her career.
But the project quickly sours when her business plan disappears and Tucker is accused of bilking L.A.'s moneymen out of millions of dollars. Add a washed-up corpse on Venice Beach and a sexy detective sniffing for clues, and she's suddenly scrambling to save her reputation and career. Hitting the road in her silver Porsche, Tucker has to outfox pissed-off investors--and an unscrupulous murderer gunning for the highest stakes. If she fails to survive the deadly jungle of spreadsheets and business models, this deal-maker will be a done deal!
Divorced management consultant Tucker Sinclair is on the fast track for partnership at Aames & Associates. Sharing her just-north-of-Malibu-Beach cottage with her eccentric mother and a very annoying West Highland terrior, Tucker gets a shot at what may be the deal-maker of her career.
But the project quickly sours when her business plan disappears and Tucker is accused of bilking L.A.'s moneymen out of millions of dollars. Add a washed-up corpse on Venice Beach and a sexy detective sniffing for clues, and she's suddenly scrambling to save her reputation and career. Hitting the road in her silver Porsche, Tucker has to outfox pissed-off investors--and an unscrupulous murderer gunning for the highest stakes. If she fails to survive the deadly jungle of spreadsheets and business models, this deal-maker will be a done deal!
A story about the corporate jungle of LA--the first novel in a series. Very entertaining.
back cover - Divorced management consultant Tucker Sinclair is on the fast track for partnership at Aames & Associates. Sharing her just-north-of-Malibu-Beach cottage with her eccentric mother and a very annoying West Highland terrior, Tucker gets a shot at what may be the deal-maker of her career.
But the project quickly sours when her business plan disappears and Tucker is accused of bilking L.A.'s moneymen out of millions of dollars. Add a washed-up corpse on Venice Beach and a sexy detective sniffing for clues, and she's suddenly scrambling to save her reputation and career. Hitting the road in her silver Porsche, Tucker has to outfox pissed-off investors--and an unscrupulous murderer gunning for the highest stakes.
But the project quickly sours when her business plan disappears and Tucker is accused of bilking L.A.'s moneymen out of millions of dollars. Add a washed-up corpse on Venice Beach and a sexy detective sniffing for clues, and she's suddenly scrambling to save her reputation and career. Hitting the road in her silver Porsche, Tucker has to outfox pissed-off investors--and an unscrupulous murderer gunning for the highest stakes.
In a stylish and suspenseful debut novel, Patricia
Smilely introduces a heroine caught up in a roller-coaster adventure, where living by the law of the corporate jungle makes her fair game for a cutthroat killer. Tucker Sinclair and her silver Porsche has to outfox mad investors and an unscrupulous murderer.
Smilely introduces a heroine caught up in a roller-coaster adventure, where living by the law of the corporate jungle makes her fair game for a cutthroat killer. Tucker Sinclair and her silver Porsche has to outfox mad investors and an unscrupulous murderer.
Very cute.
Sharing her just-north-of-Maulbu-beach cottage with her eccentric Mother and a West Highland Terrier, Tucker Sinclair gets a shot at what may be the deal-maker of her career, where living by the law of the corporate jungle makes her fair game for a cut throat killer.
A first novel by Patricia Smiley.
A first novel by Patricia Smiley.
Excellent--funny, surprising, and kind of lovable (even if you hate L.A.).
Linda A. (Springfieldreader) reviewed False Profits (Tucker Sinclair, Bk 1) on + 458 more book reviews
This was ok for light reading.
really fun
completely stupid
