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This time it’s personal (for the characters) in the latest from my most favoritest series

Fortune Funhouse by Jana DeLeon

March 23, 2021 by pixifer Leave a Comment

Fortune Funhouse is the 19th book in the Miss Fortune series by Jana DeLeon. Fortune Redding is a former CIA operative, now living in the bayou town of Sinful, Louisiana. Her best friends are two Vietnam veterans named Gertie and Ida Belle. Together, they are Swamp Team Three, and they investigate crimes ranging from murder to exploding stills. Fortune is dating Deputy Carter of the Sinful Police. Gertie is looking for a hot date when she isn’t knitting, feeding her pet alligator named Godzilla, or accidentally […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Jana Deleon

pixifer's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Jana Deleon ·
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Two new books in my favorite series

Bullets and Beads by Jana DeLeon

Gators and Garters by Jana DeLeon

September 22, 2020 by pixifer Leave a Comment

In case I haven’t mentioned it before, I absolutely love the Miss Fortune series by Jana DeLeon. It’s even crazier and sillier than the Stephanie Plum series.  In the first book, Louisiana Longshot, CIA agent Fortune Redding is sent undercover to the small town of Sinful, Louisiana. Fortune killed the brother of a very powerful terrorist, who has now taken out a hit on her. Her boss has discovered that the terrorist has a man on the inside at the CIA, so he hides Fortune […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Fiction, Jana Deleon, mystery

pixifer's CBR12 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Fiction, Jana Deleon, mystery ·
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A cute premise but ultimately a forgettable book

Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

May 31, 2020 by pixifer Leave a Comment

I love the Miss Fortune series by Jana Deleon. Seriously. Love, love, love it. I’ve recommended it to so many people. A few weeks ago, I got a notice from amazon that the latest book has come out. I quickly got tired of waiting for my library to purchase a copy, so I picked up Trouble in Mudbug, the first in the Ghost-in-Law series by Jana Deleon, in hopes that it would tide me over.  Botanist Maryse Robicheaux spends her days in the bayou hunting […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, cozy mystery, Fiction, Jana Deleon, murder, mystery, Romance

pixifer's CBR12 Review No:32 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, cozy mystery, Fiction, Jana Deleon, murder, mystery, Romance ·
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