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| Title | : | Spying in High Heels (High Heels #1) |
| Author | : | Gemma Halliday |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 250 pages |
| Published | : | October 25th 2010 by Gemma Halliday (first published January 1st 2006) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance. Cozy Mystery. Fiction. Humor. Contemporary |
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ebook | Pages: 250 pages Rating: 3.68 | 15222 Users | 1306 Reviews
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L.A. shoe designer, Maddie Springer, lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles upon the work of a brutal killer, her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. And things only get worse when her boyfriend disappears - along with $20 million in embezzled funds - and her every move is suddenly under scrutiny by the LAPD's sexiest cop. With the help of her post-menopausal bridezilla of a mother, a 300 pound psychic and one seriously oversexed best friend, Maddie finds herself stepping out of her stilettos and onto the trail of a murderer. But can she catch a killer before the killer catches up to her...List Books Toward Spying in High Heels (High Heels #1)
| Original Title: | Spying in High Heels |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.gemmahalliday.com/books_adult/Spying.html |
| Series: | High Heels #1 |
| Characters: | Maddie Springer, Detective Jack Ramirez |
| Literary Awards: | RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Nominee for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements & First Book (2007), Booksellers' Best Award Nominee (0), Anne Bonney Readers Choice Award Nominee (0), OKRWA National Readers Choice Award for Mainstream (2006), Daphne du Maurier Award |
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Ratings: 3.68 From 15222 Users | 1306 ReviewsWeigh Up Regarding Books Spying in High Heels (High Heels #1)
Although the heroine was at times very annoying and a complete ditz (gee, I'm getting shot at while pretending to be a hooker at a sleezy motel where to went to confront a murderer. But by all means let's see how much more danger I can get myself in to rather than just facing having to pee on a stick!), I still found myself enjoying this book. It was equal parts exasperating and hilarious. And after finishing it, I find myself strangely wanting to pick up the next book in the series just to seeBetter than I thought it would be. The only thing I found is that being written in first person, the entire book is in valley girl speak, and the fashion angst (duh read the title) got to be a bit much. "This book is so not cranky old man." But in the author's defense I don't think that I would fall in her target demographic. Despite being permanently caught in a 90201 wannabe status, Maddie, the protagonist, does have a vein of morality and is a very smart young woman. Not normally my type
DNFI made it halfway through and couldn't take any more. What was entertaining behavior from the teenage heroine of Deadly Cool was unbearably annoying in the adult heroine of this novel.Also, if you've read Deadly Cool (which I have, and which is the reason I picked this one up) the story is almost exactly the same -- I had a little mental checklist going:* vacuous but charming heroine who has a hard time facing reality and a fondness for junk food matched only by her disinterest in exercise*
Loved this as much ad her YA series! Going to definitely read the next one! (It's a good mix of silly fun and mystery)Pros (Sorry being lazy today).~ Humour - Halliday's works always have a lot of humour and that's what wins me over all the time, and why I had to read this whole thing in one short last night and not sleep until 3am (I started late lol). ~ Romance - I usually really despise a romance focussed plot and hence I will only read romance only every once in a while for a change, but
Find this review, plus more, on my blog: Booklikes OR Blogger Basic InfoFormat: KindlePages/Length: n/aGenre: Cozy Mystery Reason For Reading: ChallengeAt A GlanceLove Triangle/Insta Love/Obsession?: Slight Triangle. Cliff Hanger: NoTriggers: n/aRating: 3.5 starsScore SheetAll out of tenCover: 5Plot: 7Characters: 7World Building: 6Flow: 7Series Congruity: n/a Writing: 7Ending: 7Total: 7In DepthBest Part: Hooker talk!Worst Part: Pointless actives Thoughts Had: Nice startConclusionContinuing the
Maddie is running late - on more than one count! But as she arrives at her boyfriends place of work (late for lunch) she sees him with someone else and he cancels lunch. Then her boyfriend goes missing, money has gone missing and Maddie is up to her eyeballs in problems (not least running perpetually late for anything to do with her mother's wedding!)
What made me pick up this book?First of all, the title Spying in High Heels sounds cool and different, like a female version of James Bond, spying and hunting down criminals, Charlies Angels type. Secondly, the tagline resonates of a promising plot High Crime meets High Fashion, something that reminded me of Sidney Sheldon books (I so loved them). Finally, the genre did it for me Mystery Fictions, how I love reading them!And am so glad I decided to give it a read.cause it was the very first
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