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Book Review of Too Lucky to Live (Somebody's Bound to Wind Up Dead, Bk 1)

Too Lucky to Live (Somebody's Bound to Wind Up Dead, Bk 1)
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Allie Harper very quickly tells us, "I have always felt that with some training, I'd make an excellent P.I. A cross between V.I. Warshawski and Kinsey Millhone, with a dash of Stephanie Plum, Bounty Hunter, thrown in for insouciance." In Too Lucky to Live, I saw a lot of Stephanie Plum and not much at all of Millhone and Warshawski. Rune, the poor kid Tom was trying to teach a lesson, was my favorite character, but there wasn't enough of him. I have to be honest and say that I understand why. With killers and kidnappers behind every door, giving Rune a more substantial part would call for putting a child in a lot of danger, and I don't care for that at all.

Too Lucky to Live is a light, quick, fun read which is well-suited to fans of mysteries like Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum.