Jennifer Crusie
Hardcover | Pages: 421 pages Rating: 3.94 | 18669 Users | 1675 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Agnes and the Hitman |
| ISBN: | 0312363044 (ISBN13: 9780312363048) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.crusiemayer.com/agnes/book.htm |
| Characters: | Agnes Crandall, Shane Smith (Fortunato), Joey Torcelli, Lisa Livia Fortunato, Carpenter, Taylor Beaufort, Brenda Fortunato Dupres, Maria Fortunato, Palmer Keyes, Garth Thibault |
| Setting: | Wilkes, South Carolina(United States) |
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Take one food writer named Cranky Agnes, add a hitman named Shane, mix them together with a Southern mob wedding, a missing necklace, two annoyed flamingos, and a dog named Rhett and you've got a recipe for a sexy, hilarious novel about the disastrous side of true love…Agnes Crandall's life goes awry when a dognapper invades her kitchen one night, seriously hampering her attempts to put on a wedding that she's staked her entire net worth on. Then a hero climbs through her bedroom window. His name is Shane, no last name, just Shane, and he has his own problems: he's got a big hit scheduled, a rival trying to take him out, and an ex-mobster uncle asking him to protect some little kid named Agnes. When he finds out that Agnes isn't so little, his uncle has forgotten to mention a missing five million bucks he might have lost in Agnes's house, and his last hit was a miss, Shane's life isn't looking so good, either. Then a bunch of lowlifes come looking for the money, a string of hit men show up for Agnes, and some wedding guests gather with intent to throw more than rice. Agnes and Shane have their hands full with greed, florists, treachery, flamingos, mayhem, mothers of the bride, and--most dangerous of all--each other. Agnes and the Hitman is the perfect combination of sugar and spice, sweet and salty--a novel of delicious proportions.
Present Of Books Agnes and the Hitman
| Title | : | Agnes and the Hitman |
| Author | : | Jennifer Crusie |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 421 pages |
| Published | : | August 21st 2007 by St. Martin's Press |
| Categories | : | Romance. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Mystery. Contemporary Romance. Fiction. Contemporary. Humor |
Rating Of Books Agnes and the Hitman
Ratings: 3.94 From 18669 Users | 1675 ReviewsDiscuss Of Books Agnes and the Hitman
Narrator: Sandra BurrLength: 12 hours and 9 minutesPublished by Brilliance Audio, August 2007We all know a narrator can make or break an audiobook. What I didnt know was that studio effects can do it too. Narrator Sandra Burr does a decent job with the characters here. I can tell who is who and that is always a bonus when a book contains too many zany characters. Burrs narration of Agnes is a little too upbeat at times (Agnes is supposed to be cranky) but for the most part she is pretty spot on.Exciting, fun, weird and unexpectedly gripping, Agnes and the Hitman is very impressive and reminiscent of One for the Money in its style and wit.
2 ½ stars. Some readers may find this fun, but it wasnt my kind of humor. It had a slapstick quality.Brenda does many awful things to Agnes and others throughout the book. Other bad guys are also doing bad things. But nothing is provable so no cop does anything (or they dont look for evidence). The purpose is to give Agnes setbacks and problems to solve. Her responses and reactions are the best part of the story. Agnes is free with her anger. She hits and threatens with frying pans and meat
This is a fast-paced romantic comedy with a protagonist that's funny and refreshing in her own special, anger-filled way. If you like physical comedy in books, romance with vivid sexual descriptions (I mean like really vivid), and murder whodunit mysteries with a dash of rich bitch and a dollop of Italian gangsters thrown in, then this book is for you.Not that it matters, but I personally didn't care for the explicit lust because I'm a fuddy-duddy who prefers much more subtlety, old-fashioned
This book is bonkers and I LOVE IT. Have I said that about a Crusie book before? I feel like I have. More than once. Its true each time. And what Bob Mayer brings to the table hitmen and CIA contractors just puts more hearts in my eyes. Love, crime, and mayhem, sign me up every time. Especially when Im laughing out loud the whole ride.
The dialogue is trite. The sex is bland. The characters are cardboard cutouts. The plot is inane and unbelievable. It seems that the author(s) cant figure out what kind of book this is. Is it a comic crime caper? A mystery? A romance? A mafia thriller? A cooking cozy? Bodies pile up left and right, plot lines disintegrate or appear from thin air. Even the editing is bad the electricity goes out, thanks to a bad guy who did something to the power, but early the next morning Agnes is in the
Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/2.5 StarsJennifer Crusie is an author that one of the nicest people I work with is constantly recommending to me. Allow me to do what I do and use some gifs to explain the difference in our personality types. If we were Disney princesses, she would be . . . . And I would be . . . . I just assumed my reaction to her go-to-gal would be . . . . But then she finally wore me down and I gave Bet Me a chance and it was pretty alright so
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