A British silver fox has moved into the Belle Court Retirement Center, and octogenarian amateur sleuth Viv Kennedy is crushing on him hard. Unfortunately, he appears singularly unimpressed with Viv’s overnight adoption of every British phrase she knows (and a few she’s, admittedly, unclear on.) Maybe if she and Salem Grimes can solve the murder of the hotshot TV reporter Peter Browning, she can … can catch his eye.
The fact that Peter’s death has not been ruled a murder is a minor consideration.
Salem is certainly willing to help Viv land Nigel the Brit. After all, it will make her best friend happy. It will also make her husband happy — Tony is under the impression that if Viv finds a man and settles down, Salem will stop chasing bad guys down dark alleys with her.
But Salem doesn’t know if that will make her happy. She knows she isn’t really a private detective. Shoot, she isn’t even any good at the chasing bad guys down dark alleys part. But after a lifetime of floundering, she’s finally found something that makes her feel like she’s contributing to the world.
As Salem and Viv do their durndest to tighten a noose around a killer who may or may not exist, along with working “crikey” into every conceivable conversation, Salem finds herself wondering where her gifts are and what God’s plan for her life could possibly be.
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Stump’s Story – My gosh, what a tearjerker! How many more horrible things could happen to Stump? As sad as this story is, it was hard to put down, impossible. Ms. Harris did a wonderful job telling this dog’s story, with its losses and its luck.
Middle Finger Of Fate, #1 – Hilarious! OMGosh, it’s the first chapter and I’m already LOL. A well written, funny, touching suspense with a twisting, well thought out plot and intriguing characters you just can’t help but like. There’s reminders of Plum, her grannie and Ranger. If you love Evanovich, you will love Ms. Harris.
Knickers in a Twist, #4 – Intriguing! I missed #2 and #3 of the series, but it didn’t matter. This well written, suspenseful book, along with it’s well thought out plot and interesting characters keep me glued to the book until I was finished. The characters are steadily developing as the stories continue. There’s a lot happening in the main characters lives and the stories about them keeping getting better. After reading Middle Finger Of Fate, I contacted the author to review her books.
Another fabulous, hysterically funny book! No pun intended but I’m addicted to this series. Thank you, Kim Hunt Harris!
Kim Hunt Harris develops the best characters–I just cannot stop laughing at them! Kim manages to keep true to each characters style, and her depictions in this book are hysterical. You”l want to read the books in order. As characters are introduced, it helps to get to know them to understand the following books. Hard to believe the characters aren’t real: I think I want to have Thanksgiving at Kim’s house, because I have a feeling her relatives may be lurking in the pages of her books! Dont know how she will top this one……
This was my first read in this series and it can be read as stand alone perfectly fine. But everyone who knows me, knows that I normally read series in order and I definitely will go back and read the previous installments.
I realized that there was some serious background story development during the previous installments. At first I thought it was a little strange that an 80+ woman seems to be the only and best friend of a 30ish woman. But once I found out that both were recovering alcoholics that met at AA meetings it made a lot more sense.
It was a fast paced and interesting mystery with great characters. I was so engaged that the pages seem to turn by themselves.
I can’t wait to see how it all started out.
Laugh Out Loud Funny!
As always, this author puts the fun in dysfunctional!
The humor and sarcasm tickles me to the bone. The mystery is always well planned. The characters are real and deep. I plan on reading everything this author puts out there. I have recommended this series to several friends.
Knickers in a Twist is book 4 in this exceptional series. Each book can be enjoyed as a standalone BUT there is Important Backstory that develops with each book forward. Kim Hunt Harris weaves a cozy storyline around some very hard topics. This cozy series is packed with action, silliness, thought provoking subject matter and abit of heart wrenching. You will pause for laughter, to clear away tears-happy and sad, and to complete a thouHght process. That said, You will keep reading till the end. Salem Grimes, age 28 yrs, lives at Trailertopia with Stump, her small doggie companion. She lives on a ‘no disposable income’ budget. Loves husband, Tony, but separate living arrangments. Viv Kennedy, age 80+ yrs, lives at exclusive Bella Courts Retirement community. Her budget is completely disposable. And she has outlasted 5? husbands. These BTFs share AA meetings, church, trying to do the right thing and Investigating. They have a 100 percent solve rate, so far. Missing persons, robberies, murder…the more they’re involved the more dangerous it becomes. Good thing Windy is available for help. And poor Detective Bobby Sloan. I received this book as an ARC and am voluntarily leaving this review. READ THIS ENTIRE SERIES !!!