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A Bad Day for Scandal

Sophie LittlefieldSeries: Bad Day
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Pages
304
Year
2011
Language
English
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group

About

When Prosper homegirl turned big-city businesswoman, Priss Porter, returns to town with a body in her trunk, she calls Stella Hardesty to dispose of it. Her uppity ways don't convince Stella to take the job, and Priss attempts to blackmail her with a snapshot of Stella doing what she does best: curing woman-beaters by the use of force.

Stella refuses to cooperate and goes home, only to hear later that Priss and her brother, Liman, have gone missing after calling in a disturbance. Stella is implicated when Sheriff "Goat" Jones discovers the scarf she left behind at the house. He warns her to stay local but Stella and her partner, Chrissy Shaw, go looking for Priss in Kansas City, where they discover that she runs an unusual business. When Priss herself-along with two other bodies-turns up in a pond belonging to one of Stella's ex-clients, Stella must investigate a host of suspects, including a crooked but libidinous female judge, a coterie of jealous male escorts, and a Marxist ex-professor.

Written with passion, humor, and guts, this is a mystery to be savored.

Related Subjects

  • Women Sleuths
  • Mystery & Detective
  • Adult Fiction
  • Hard-Boiled

Extended Details

  • SeriesBad Day #3

    Reviews

    "This is the author's third comic novel starring brassy Stella Hardesty....You have to root for a gal who can hunt down murder suspects--and lust after local sheriff Goat Jones--without rumpling her Spanx Hide & Sleek Hi-Rise Panty."
    AARP: The Magazine
    "This caper is more fun than eating cotton candy on a Ferris wheel. Littlefield's zesty dialog and astute observations make this irreverent third series entry (after A Bad Day for Sorry and A Bad Day for Pretty) fly by. The zaniness evokes Janet Evanovich or Harley Jane Kozak; the story itself, Ben Rehder, who writes so well about good old boys behaving badly."
    Library Journal
    "If we all had mothers like Stella, this would be a better world. Fans of quirky mysteries straddling the line between tough and funny need to grab a Littlefield pronto."
    Kirkus Reviews

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    Sophie LittlefieldAuthor

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