![]() ![]() ![]() If she's not careful, this investigation may blow her cover and get her killed.Īrmed with her considerable skills and a group of old ladies referred to by locals as The Geritol Mafia, Fortune has no choice but to solve the murder before it's too late. To top things off, the handsome local deputy is asking her too many questions. Thrust into the middle of a bayou murder mystery, Fortune teams up with a couple of seemingly-sweet old ladies whose looks completely belie their hold on the little town. Unfortunately, she hasn't even unpacked a suitcase before her newly-inherited dog digs up a human bone in her backyard. Posing as a former beauty queen turned librarian in a small, bayou town seems worse than death to Fortune, but she's determined to fly below the radar until her boss finds the leak and puts the arms dealer out of play. With a leak at the CIA and a price on her head by one of the world's largest arms dealers, Fortune has to go off grid, but she never expected to be this far out of her element. ![]() Her family owned a camp located on a bayou just off the Gulf of Mexico that you could only get there by boat. Her hometown is Carlyss, but you probably won't find it on a map. LOUISIANA LONGSHOT (LicInv-Fortune Redding-Louisiana. It really is a well-done introduction to a series which should be fun to continue. ![]() The characters are wonderful, the humor is perfect, not slapstick and the twists are plentiful and well-executed. DeLeon cleverly avoids a number of stereotypes. CIA Assassin Fortune Redding is about to undertake her most difficult mission ever - in Sinful, Louisiana. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon was raised in southwest Louisiana among the bayous and gators. 'Louisiana Longshot' is a delightful book. ![]()
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