What a fun book! I have always enjoyed Jana Deleon's books and this one did not disappoint. Had me laughing right from the start and continued thru the end. Contained mystery, enough twists and turns to keep you guessing and interesting characters. Will be delighted to pick up Book 2 when it becomes available.

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I assumed that since the other Jana Deleon books I read were Mystery/Romance (which is what I like) that this one would be too. Other then a little flirting there is no romance in this book at all. I thought the first half of the book was horrible. Fortune did not seem smart enough to be a CIA agent and killing people with a shoe just sounds ridiculous. About half way in the story started getting good. There were so many twists I would have never guessed the ending.

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Good, quick-paced cozy mystery. Fortune Redding, CIA agent, has had her cover blown and now there's a price on her head. She's sent to Sinful, LA and assumes her bosses' niece's (Sandy-Sue) identity. Her "aunt" passed and she's there to decide what to do with her inheritance. She meets an eclectic group of ladies and gets pulled into dangerous situations. On her first day there a hand washes up in her back yard. Let the hijinks begin!

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Get ready to laugh -- a lot -- when a CIA operative has to go off the grid. Fortune is in trouble with her boss in the CIA. Her chief sends her to the Louisiana swamps to hide her from an unhappy Middle East drug dealer. Since Chief Morrow gives Fortune no choice, she learns how to be a knitting, beauty contest winner in less than 24 hours. But wait, there's more. Fortune meets Ida Belle and Gertie, a pair of geriatrics who run Sinful, Louisiana.

From the human bone Bones (the elderly dog on the premises) finds in the backyard swamp to the sheriff (Robert E. Lee) who rides up on his equally-elderly horse, there is one joke after another. I cannot remember the last time I laughed so much. Get this book and strap yourself in for a wild ride.

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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 Mae. They were fantastic characters. I would have read it all in one sitting if life didn't interfere. This book is also really funny and a good mystery. I highly recommend this book!

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When CIA agent Fortune Redding let's her temper get the better of her, she not only blows her cover, she lands herself on the hit list of an arms dealer. The only way to protect her, is to go undercover in as a former beauty queen turned librarian in the small Louisiana town. But, the plan to go off the grid doesn't last long, when a human bone is dug up in her yard on the first day she arrives. Soon she is drawn into an investigation along with a group of old ladies who are full of secrets of their own. The reminds me of Stephanie Plum meets Miss Congeniality, but while there are some high points, it's not as funny as either of them. I enjoyed it enough to read the next book in the series, but overall it's not my favorite cozy mystery.

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