On 2008-10-23 Kel, Charlotte, NC USA wrote: First of all, I want to clear this up right now. This is not Stephanie Plum. The only similarity is the main characters are both female and they have large male friends that watch over them (Ox and Ranger). That is it. Stephanie Plum is a ditsy bailbonds person who has no criminal justice experience and doesn´t even like guns. Jersey is retired military and sleeps next to a glock.
I liked this book. I thought it was funny, suspenseful and I enjoyed the characters. Jersey Barnes is asked by her boyfriend to help an old friend. The ´old friend´ is an ex-girlfriend of Bill´s who wants Jersey to find out if her rich husband is having an affair. Jersey does Bill a favor and finds out the rich guy isn´t having an affair but his co-worker has been murdered. And then his son goes missing. So the rich guy hires Jersey to help find his son. What she discovers is a tight web of extortion, fraud, murder and danger. Jersey´s good friend Ox helps her try and figure out what is going on.
In the middle of this is Jersey´s father, a retired cop and her roommate. He is hilarious. Trying to figure out a way to do away with his car and collect insurance because he can´t get a license anymore.
This book had some bad reviews and I think it´s because people were expecting it to be too much like Stephanie Plum. If you want Stephanie Plum, then read Hot Six or Seven Up. This is a series that stands on it´s own.. And summed up by saying Not Stephanie Plum...but that´s good. Currently Southern Fatality: A Jersey Barnes Mystery (Jersey Barnes Mysteries) has an overall rating of 10 over 10.
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Minotaur Books claimed Jersey Barnes thinks she has retired from a risk-filled career as a private security specialist. A sexy, hard-hitting brunette, she’s ready to enjoy her newfound free time and is looking forward to leaving home without a weapon.But when her boyfriend asks her for a simple favor, she can’t turn him down. What should be a routine surveillance job lands Jersey smack-dab in the middle of a high-stakes cover-up, a double kidnapping, and a scheme that may steal millions of dollars from hard-working Americans.With input from her business partner, Ox (a Lumbee Indian whose savory looks she can’t quite ignore), a comedic group of her aging father’s poker buddies, a computer hacker named Soup, and a faithful dog, Jersey sets out to prevent what might be the cyber crime of the century In Southern Fatality, T. Lynn Ocean serves up an action-packed, sun-soaked adventure set in the historic port city of Wilmington, North Carolina. Advance Praise for Southern Fatality “Ocean puts the D in dangerous.”---John Hart, author of The King of Lies “Southern Fatality reads like a string of firecrackers---one bang after another. The action is nonstop and the tone is smart and sassy. Jersey Barnes is a character with moxie, manners, and mental acuity--a protagonist to root for!---Carolyn Haines, author of Penumbra and Fever Moon
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