Shop till You Drop
by Elaine Viets
My Rating:
Running from her ex-husband & the St. Louis legal system, Helen Hawthorne flees to Southern Florida. Unfortunately, the only place where she can find a job is at Juliana's, a snooty and exclusive clothing boutique with sizes too small for her and prices way too high. Despite the snobbery, Helen actually begins to enjoy working at Juliana's until she finds out her boss is engaging in a multitude of illegal activities, ranging from skimming the books to drug dealing. It gets even worse when murder is added to the equation. Now Helen is forced to find the killer before the secrets of her past are revealed.
This is a great start to the Dead-end Job series. The heroine, Helen, is a funny & intelligent woman stuck in a bad situation. If you've ever suffered the indignity of working in a retail job, you can probably relate to poor Helen's plight. In addition, there's a bevy of zany characters throughout the story to keep it moving, from the parrot-toting Peggy to purple-clad Margery. I'm looking forward to good things in the rest of the Dead-end Job series.
Books in the Dead-end Job series listed in order:
Monday, June 16, 2008
Review: Shop till You Drop by Elaine Viets
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Review: Sit, Stay, Slay (Kendra Ballantyne, Petsitter Mysteries) by Linda O. Johnston
by Linda O. Johnston
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Kendra Ballantyne has been suspended from practicing law. She knows she's been set up but she can't prove it. As a favor to a friend, she winds up pet sitting and really enjoys it. She takes on more clients and everything is going great until she walks in to find one of those clients dead and that she's the top suspect. With the help of sexy PI Jeff Hubbard, she'll attempt to figure out who is killing off her clients.
This is the first book in the Petsitter Mysteries by Linda O. Johnston. Overall, it's an exciting, fast-paced cozy mystery with some romance thrown in to make it even more interesting. Kendra is a young, energetic and mostly likable character. Although, occasionally her attitude toward Jeff is a bit annoying. I have already picked up the second book in this series and have high hopes for it.
