It’s as soon as once more time for me to proceed my now-very-long-running collection highlighting one of many many Cozy Thriller Collection advisable by web site readers. This month, I’ll be studying the primary entry in Jana DeLeon‘s Miss Fortune Thriller Collection, Louisiana Longshot.
In some ways, that is positively a guide that basically stretches the definition of a Cozy, or perhaps a ‘thriller’ to a sure extent. Definitely the protagonist is nothing like a lot of the sleuths you see in most Cozies. Fortune Redding is a CIA agent who’s concerned in plenty of critical (and violent) espionage actions. Most Cozy detectives have problem with the extra ‘bodily’ a part of the sleuthing commerce, notably confronting the villain. That definitely received’t be the case for Fortune!
That mentioned, on this one occasion she is in a bit over her head. Having lately bungled a job and inadvertently ‘eradicating’ a global arms supplier within the course of, she finds herself with a bounty on her head, and the CIA decides her greatest plan of action is to put low for some time posing as a librarian within the small city of Sinful, Louisiana. Most likely not normal CIA working process, however no matter works I assume!
Sinful, Louisiana, is the place lots of the normal Cozy options do start to look. Fortune really has a canopy story very comparable, to many Cozy sleuths – a distant relative who has come to city to kind out the belongings of her late great-aunt. Naturally, the city is filled with colourful characters, fascinating native surroundings and companies, a geriatric hound canine named Bones… and a human bone that mentioned canine reveals from the river minutes after Fortune arrives on the town. Equally naturally, this modifications Fortune’s itinerary considerably, as abruptly there’s a motive for the native Sinful police to have questions on her id, so she decides she wants to assist them out a bit and get the entire ‘corpse’ factor cleared up as shortly as attainable.
Whereas I can’t advocate this specific entry to those that are in search of a standard Cozy expertise with a knitting-loving baker who’s returning to her residence city to meet her childhood dream of opening a pet provides retailer, there may be nonetheless rather a lot to get pleasure from in Louisiana Longshot. There are many acquainted components nonetheless current. The primary distinction is the sleuth herself, as a lot of the setting in any other case suits nicely inside the Cozy mildew. On one other remaining be aware, I don’t usually talk about value, however on this one case it bears mentioning – the Kindle model of Louisiana Longshot is obtainable free of charge, and so far as I can inform, this isn’t a brief sale however a everlasting pricing. So in the event you’re concerned with a thriller that weaves collectively conventional Cozy components and a decidedly non-traditional sleuth, I’d advocate giving Louisiana Longshot a attempt.
As all the time, if you wish to learn extra of those temporary discussions of a few of the extra well-liked Cozy Thriller Collection that I’ve written previously, you’ll find them on the Most Advisable Cozy Thriller Collection web page.
