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Summary: Hot Enough to Kill
Review: An appropriate title for this book. Paula Boyd makes her debut with funny, down-to-earth characters. As for Jolene, rarely does she make a trip home to Kickapoo, Texas, without some catastrophic event taking place. In this case, it happens to be that the local mayor has been murdered and her mother is on the suspect list. To top it off, Jolene is the center of much gossip at the local Dairy Queen. The personality of the protagonist reminds me a lot of Stephanie Plum of the Janet Evanovich novels, just without the gun. Sharp, witty, and frustrated with her mother, Jolene swarms through each day trying to keep her mother out of trouble and out of jail. Definitely a must read if you are looking for a quick and easy read that doesn't require a lot of sleuthing or thought.
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Summary: Hot Enough to Kill
Review: An appropriate title for this book. Paula Boyd makes her debut with funny, down-to-earth characters. As for Jolene, rarely does she make a trip home to Kickapoo, Texas, without some catastrophic event taking place. In this case, it happens to be that the local mayor has been murdered and her mother is on the suspect list. To top it off, Jolene is the center of much gossip at the local Dairy Queen. The personality of the protagonist reminds me a lot of Stephanie Plum of the Janet Evanovich novels, just without the gun. Sharp, witty, and frustrated with her mother, Jolene swarms through each day trying to keep her mother out of trouble and out of jail. Definitely a must read if you are looking for a quick and easy read that doesn't require a lot of sleuthing or thought.
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Summary: Author Bio
Review: Hope you have as much fun reading this irreverent action-packed whodunit as I did writing it!BRIEF BIOGRAPHY As one might guess, I grew up in a small town in Texas. But that doesn't mean Kickapoo is my old hometown, nor is Redwater Falls the fictional equivalent of Wichita Falls. No indeed. Both Holliday and Wichita Falls are fine and wondrous places full of really great people-lots of them my relatives. Consequently, no one should assume that any of the stuff I write about mirrors reality in any way. Nope, I made it all up. Really. Officially... Paula Boyd has written for local and regional publications. Her novels have been winners in contests sponsored by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Southwest Writers Conference and Authorlink. In addition, Boyd recently received the RMFW Jasmine Award. As President-elect of Women Writing the West, Boyd has edited and produced the nationally-distributed WWW flagship catalog of members' books, the quarterly newsletter, and represents the organization at events across the country, including a recent taping by CSPAN2 broadcast nationally on their BookTV series. Boyd is also a member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and Mystery Writers of America.
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Summary: WARNING: TOO FUNNY!
Review: I have only one thing to say--Do NOT read this book while eating or drinking. The laughs come when you're not expecting them and they come big. This is just a fun fun read. I'm already having Jolene withdrawal! Can't wait for the next one in the series!
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Summary: If you like to laugh, this book is for you!
Review: I really enjoyed this entertaining, well-written mystery! It's woven together with strong threads of continuous suspense, witty dialogue and small-town warmth. Try it, you'll like it!
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Summary: Sassy protagonist takes mystery in a new direction
Review: If mystery books were chewing gum, Hot Enough To Kill would be Dentyne. The plot is a romp but even if there were none, there're Texas characters enough to entertain cover to cover. Don Peterson
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Summary: Like Evanovich?
Review: If you enjoy Janet Evanovich or Kris Neri, you are going to have so much fun with Paula Boyd's Jolene Jackson mysteries. Jolene is such a realistic character and her mother is simply a stitch. There is just a little sizzle left in Jo's 25-year-past relationship with the sheriff.
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Summary: A light Read
Review: In this mystery you will meet a mother/daughter sleuthing team. Forty-six year old Jolene Jackson is a strong female sleuth and her seventy-two year old mother Lucille has a sharp eye and a sharper tongue, Jolene likes to cut to the chase, but Lucille has her own trick up her sleeve - or rather her purse (she likes to hit people with it). This fast paced mystery romps across my favorite landscape of North Central Texas. When the book starts out Jolene is getting into town (Kickapoo, TX) to get her mother Lucille out of jail for supposedly killing her boyfriend the mayor, Big John Bennett. The Dairy Queen is the local hangout and where Lucille was arrested. So when she's let go Lucille returns to the DQ as if nothing happened. Later when Sheriff Jerry Don (Jolene's high school sweetheart) is at Lucille's home asking questions, Lucille gets up from the table where they are seated to get a glass of tea, as she does a bullet comes through the window, goes through Lucille's arm and hits Jerry Don in the chest. Who was the bullet meant for? Lucille or Jerry Don? As Jolene and Officer Leroy discuss the shooting outside Lucille's home someone throws a brick at them, with Leroy getting the worst of it. Jolene starts sleuthing to find out who is trying to harm them and while all this is going on she is trying to figure out if and whether at all she fits into Jerry Don's life. Hot Enough to Kill has some comedic characters you'll just love. The author writes with a humor you can't resist. I can't remember the last time that I read a book as light and refreshing as this. You will love the ending because you are not expecting the surprise! Pam Stone
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Summary: A light Read
Review: In this mystery you will meet a mother/daughter sleuthing team. Forty-six year old Jolene Jackson is a strong female sleuth and her seventy-two year old mother Lucille has a sharp eye and a sharper tongue, Jolene likes to cut to the chase, but Lucille has her own trick up her sleeve - or rather her purse (she likes to hit people with it). This fast paced mystery romps across my favorite landscape of North Central Texas. When the book starts out Jolene is getting into town (Kickapoo, TX) to get her mother Lucille out of jail for supposedly killing her boyfriend the mayor, Big John Bennett. The Dairy Queen is the local hangout and where Lucille was arrested. So when she's let go Lucille returns to the DQ as if nothing happened. Later when Sheriff Jerry Don (Jolene's high school sweetheart) is at Lucille's home asking questions, Lucille gets up from the table where they are seated to get a glass of tea, as she does a bullet comes through the window, goes through Lucille's arm and hits Jerry Don in the chest. Who was the bullet meant for? Lucille or Jerry Don? As Jolene and Officer Leroy discuss the shooting outside Lucille's home someone throws a brick at them, with Leroy getting the worst of it. Jolene starts sleuthing to find out who is trying to harm them and while all this is going on she is trying to figure out if and whether at all she fits into Jerry Don's life. Hot Enough to Kill has some comedic characters you'll just love. The author writes with a humor you can't resist. I can't remember the last time that I read a book as light and refreshing as this. You will love the ending because you are not expecting the surprise! Pam Stone
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Summary: A sharply drawn, cleverly plotted, terrific mystery.
Review: Jolene Jackson has a sharp eye and a sharper tongue. She likes to cut to the chase, but has her own bag of tricks in a harrowing search for a determined killer. Hot Enough To Kill is an irreverent, fast-paced, page-turning mystery that romps across the sizzling landscape of North Central Texas. and crackles through the egg shells of a mother-daughter relationship, leaping head-first into the issue of co-mingling at the local Dairy Queen. Hot Enough To Kill is a terrific mystery, sharply drawn, cleverly plotted, dynamically presented, and pure sleuthing entertainment from first page to last.
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