These books are pure escapism! I love DeLeon's writing style and sense of humor. Gertie and Ida Bell. Funny yet suspenseful at times. Love the ending! ( )

I absolutely enjoyed this book. Fortune and the ladies kept me hanging on for what happened next. Humorous and yet on the edge. ( )

This was a FREE ebook through Barnes and Noble for the NOOK. But, I don't own a NOOK anymore. It went kaput. I need to work on reading the books I do own on the NOOK that I can read now only from my NOOK app on my iPhone.

I downloaded this little FREEeBook because of the title and cutsie cover. What a super cute and funny mystery! It got a few chuckles from me. This is the first in a series of 14 stories about Miss Fortune...(misfortune). Finally, a series I wouldn't mind reading over time. The next book is called Lethal Bayou Beauty and is now on my TBR list.

Redding is a tough chick with short blond hair who works for the CIA. But when she botches a drug transaction with one of the toughest drug lords out there, and kills his sister with the point of her stiletto, they want her dead or alive.

Her boss, Morrow, decides to send her away in hiding for a little while in a small podunk town in Sinful, Louisiana, to take the place of his niece, Sandy Sue Morrow, who was a librarian, a knitter and a beauty queen. Redding hates it all, especially the name Sandy Sue. So, she makes up a nickname...Fortune, claiming it a nickname her mother had given her, saying she was going to be worth a fortune when she got older because of her beauty. But, turns out she does have a lot of mishaps in the town of Sinful and the Sinful Ladies Society start to call her Miss Fortune (misfortune).

First, the good-looking Deputy Carter LeBlanc caught her tossing her shoes in the bayou when one heel broke off. Then, he caught her trying to kill an alligator in the middle of the night that she thought was the loud frog's eyes glowing. The human bone was found in her yard, and she was seen eating lunch with the troublesome Sinful ladies, Gertie and Ida Belle. She tried to sneak to Gertie's house by crossing over a fenced yard, which happened to be the deputy's yard and got some fake blonde locks caught in his bushes. When she returned to retrieve them through the bushes, his rottweiller dog had the other end. All in just a couple of days into her stay.

Instead of lying low, she got wrapped up with the old Sinful ladies in trying to solve the murder of Harvey, an abusive millionaire husband to one of the town's ladies. Lots of comical twists and turns, but, darn, no romance between her and the good-looking deputy. ( )

Overall great introduction to the world and the characters.

The small town cast was hilarious and quirky, so many great side characters to work with, I can tell this is going to be a fun series.

The CIA bits were at times under researched but didn't pull me out of the story.

The mystery was well crafted and I loved the twist at the end. Make for a deeper dive into the back stories of the cast.

You'll love this book if you love cozies that are hilarious, and sleuths that have military training. ( )

It's always something...

I loved the way the story flowed, and how seamlessly the storyline came together. Not necessarily non-stop action, but it was a good pace. Great characters; hope to read more stories with Fortune, Ida, and Gertie! ( )