Review: Some likes, some dislikes
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2012
This was a very nice read, and a very nice distraction for a weekend with nothing much else to do.Lucy, telling her story in the first person, seems to have found her niche in a father-and-son detective agency after being laid off from the local library. Coupled with a killer body (and probably the stereotypical glasses), a poker face, and the ability to take any story and run with it, Lucy finds herself more and more enmeshed in the workings of the agency. Not just as the secretary she was hired to be. Sting the guy sitting next you in the bar with a little leg and cleavage? Lucy can handle it.Until one night, the sting goes a little too far when the guy in question slips a mickey into her drink and takes her home. Unable to defend herself, unable to do anything, she wakes up with a gun in her hand, the target dead and finds herself a suspect in his murder.SPOILER ALERT******And here's where the story falls apart for me.. as smart a Lucy is, and as smart as her employers are, why did know one take this woman to the hospital so she would have corroborating evidence that she'd been drugged?********'Nuff said. If you can get over that hurdle, the characters are charming, well-drawn, and likeable. Including parents who try to feed their youngsters when they don't know what else to do with them.I only gave this a three because of the lack of realism, but since this is more of a romance novel with some action thrown in, I can't complain.I received a courtesy copy of this book for review.