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Better Off Dead (Paperback)
Series: Casey Jones Mystery, 5
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Casey Jones is as tough as they come. She's big, blond and shoots
to kill with the best of them - even if she does lack an official
PI license due to an unfortunate interlude behind bars. It takes a
lot to faze her, but there are still some cases that hit her like a
piledriver to the gut. This is one of them. Helen McInnes, the
victim of a horrible crime, barely escaped with her life.
Traumatized by the experience, she can no longer set foot outside
her home. Further devastated by her attacker's acquittal and the
anonymous threats she begins to receive, Helen turns to Casey for
help reclaiming her life. Leaving Helen with a motley crew of
bodyguards - including Casey's temperamental boyfriend Burly, her
corpulent partner Bobby D., his equally rotund paramour Fanny, and
a nearly comatose dog named Killer - Casey heads back to school.
But she's prowling nearby Duke University with a different sort of
education in mind: one that will help her unmasked fiend too is
been using the campus as his personal hunting ground and enable her
to survive him when she finds it. From Publishers Weekly: Raleigh,
N.C., gumshoe, 160-pound Casey Jones (first introduced in Legwork)
has more than her usual hassles. Her current beau, a cop, is
berating her for agreeing to look for evidence that could overturn
a woman's death sentence. The woman supposedly killed her husband,
another cop. Not only does Casey run smack into several police
departments who won't help her, but someone tries to kill her. And
whenever she seems close to getting a break on the case, she turns
up near a dead body and the police are certain she's involved. All
the while, Casey tries to fortify herself with doughnuts, fried
chicken and just about anything else, at least until she can sort
out her case and her love life. Casey's size and tough manner belie
her Southern roots; in fact, she wants a man to wait on her and woo
her but only on her terms. ("I've kept telling him that he's going
to have to kiss my .45 caliber ass for the next twenty years in
order to atone.") The atmosphere is thick with greasy foods and
pervasive corruption, but Casey makes this is a delightfully funny
read, perfect for a rainy afternoon or long train ride.
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Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Casey Jones Mystery, 5 |
Release date: |
June 2012 |
First published: |
June 2012 |
Authors: |
Katy Munger
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Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
300 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4775-7232-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
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LSN: |
1-4775-7232-5 |
Barcode: |
9781477572320 |
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