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Wicked Business: V. 2
Janet Evanovich
Paperback
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Synopsis
Lizzy Tucker's once normal life as a pastry chef in Salem, Massachusetts, turns upside down as she battles both sinister forces and an inconvenient attraction to her unnaturally talented but off-limits partner, Diesel. When Harvard University English professor and dyed-in-the wool romantic Gilbert Reedy is mysteriously murdered and thrown off his fourth-floor balcony, Lizzy and Diesel take up his twenty-year quest for the Luxuria Stone, an ancient relic believed by some to be infused with the power of lust. Following clues contained in a cryptic nineteenth-century book of sonnets, Lizzy and Diesel tear through Boston catacombs, government buildings, and multimillion-dollar residences. On their way they'll leave behind a trail of robbed graves, public disturbances, and general mayhem. Diesel's black sheep cousin, Gerwulf Grimoire, also wants the Stone. His motives are far from pure, and what he plans on doing with the treasure, no one knows . . . but Lizzy Tucker fears she's in his crosshairs. Never far and always watching, Grimoire has a growing, vested interest in the cupcake-baker-turned-finder-of-lost-things. As does another dangerous and dark opponent in the hunt--a devotee of lawlessness and chaos, known only as Anarchy. Treasures will be sought, and the power of lust will be unmistakable as Lizzy and Diesel attempt to stay ahead of Anarchy, Grimoire, and his medieval minion, Hatchet, in this ancient game of twisted riddles and high-stakes hide-and-seek.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780755384938
- Category:
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 2012-06-19
- Series:
- Lizzy and Diesel Ser.
- Publisher:
- HEADLINE REVIEW
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 320
- Pagination:
- 320 pages
- Dimensions (mm):
- 233x152x23mm
- Weight:
- 420g
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Four Stars
quite a fun read
18/03/2013
Wicked Business is the second book in the Lizzy and Diesel series by Janet Evanovich. Having secured the Gluttony stone, Lizzy is soon enlisted by Diesel to help him find the Lust stone. It seems that Harvard Professor Gilbert Reedy has been murdered, in a decidedly Wulf-like manner, for his recently-purchased book of Lovet Sonnets, which are apparently instrumental to finding the Lust stone. In between baking cupcakes and apple-cinnamon doughnuts at Clara Dazzles bakery, Lizzy and Diesel follow a series of embedded clues in the form of quotes and secret messages, to find said Lust (or is it True Love?) stone and its associated tablet. They find themselves competing with Wulf and his minion, Hatchet, as well as a scary female calling herself Anarchy, whilst being ably (or perhaps not so ably) assisted by Glos spells, Claras advice and Ninas magic powders. Risking imprisonment, Lizzy finds herself stealing a Van Gogh, raiding a tomb, posing as a waiter, robbing a museum and removing a historic brass plaque, as well as babysitting the Sandman and spending quite a bit of time in tunnels with rats. Lizzy also saves a life and is herself saved from certain death. Whilst the monkey, Carl, is still present, he is less obnoxious than he has been and actually occasionally helpful. More of Cat 7143 would be good. It will be interesting to see if/when Evanovich writes more of this series. Quite a fun read.
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