Name: Celeste Richardson's review of Louisiana Longshot by Jana DeLeon
Item: Louisiana Longshot
Rating: 4
Author: Celeste Richardson

Jana DeLeon

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon brings you the Miss Fortune series. It was a hell of a long shot.... CIA assassin Fortune Redding is about to undertake her most difficult mission ever-in Sinful, Louisiana. With a leak at the CIA and a price placed 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. 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. Unfortunately, she hasn't even unpacked a suitcase before her newly inherited dog digs up a human bone in her backyard. 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. To top things off, the handsome local deputy is asking her too many questions. If she's not careful, this investigation might blow her cover and get her killed. Armed with her considerable skills and a group of elderly ladies the locals dub The Geritol Mafia, Fortune has no choice but to solve the murder before it's too late. Louisiana Longshot is a humorous mystery set in the bayous of southern Louisiana. It has a cozy mystery feel and features a strong woman sleuth in a fish-out-of-water storyline. Louisiana Longshot is the first book in the Miss Fortune series and appeals to readers of the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. Louisiana Longshot is a free ebook at Google Play. "Southern wit at its best!" - NYT Bestselling author Gemma Halliday "Sinfully funny!" - NYT Bestselling author CC Hunter/Christie Craig “DeLeon is excellent at weaving comedy, suspense and spicy romance into one compelling story.” – RT Book Reviews “I don’t know where she comes up with this funny stuff, but I can’t wait to read the next book…” – Night Owl Reviews “Jana DeLeon has a breezy style with enough of a comic touch to leave you smiling.” – The Romance Reader “Son of a gun, we’re having fun in the bayou!” – Fresh Fiction “The quirky characters keep the action moving…” – Barbara Vey, Publisher’s Weekly Blogger To learn more about Jana and her books visit her at: http://janadeleon.com http://facebook.com/janadeleonauthor @JanaDeLeon

Louisiana Longshot

Marii

Celeste Richardson

Louisiana Longshot is not a book that would usually be on my radar. But when your mother and grandmother insist on you reading something, you don’t say no. I’m very glad I acquiesced, because this first entry into the Miss Fortune Mystery series was absolutely hilarious. It’s been a while since I laughed this much over a book.
“Forrest Gump had gotten it all wrong. Life wasn’t a box of chocolates. It was a box of ex-lax, and I felt like I’d consumed the entire thing.”
Fortune is a CIA operative who has been burned. Until things cool off, and she no longer has a massive bounty on her head, her boss is sending her to a little backwater town called Sinful in Louisiana. She’ll be posing as the estranged grand niece of a recently deceased citizen of the town. Her new identity is Sandy-Sue, a librarian and former beauty queen. Fortune is understandably appalled by the plan, seeing as she has zero experience with small towns or beauty pageants, but she doesn’t really have a choice in the matter. Soon after she arrives in town she finds herself in cahoots with the Sinful Ladies Society, a group of spinsters and widows who run the town and are nicknamed the Geritol Mafia. Fortune’s new friendship with these ladies lands her in the middle of a murder investigation. Hijinks ensue. 
“With friends like that, you could conquer small countries.”
This book is both a caricature of and an homage to the state I love so much. The setting is just as much a character in Louisiana Longshot as Fortune and Gertie and Ida Bell. And all three of those ladies have huge personalities. There’s something about any book set in Louisiana that makes me happy, but I especially love books that actually show you that you’re in Louisiana instead of just telling you that you are. I could hear and smell and see every scene in Deleon’s book. And that made me very happy.
“I think sometimes it takes a life-changing event to make us really see the way we’re living based on the choices we’ve made.”
I’m not a big fan of comedic fiction, but reading it every once in a while is a breath of fresh air. That’s what this book was. Refreshingly funny. I’m not going to binge all 16 books in the series like my Memaw is currently doing, but I can see myself revisiting Fortune and Sinful and the Geritol Mafia on occasions when my life could use a bit of levity. Louisiana Longshot is a fun, light, breezy ode to the home I love, and I’m glad I listened to the urgings of my elders and gave it a read.

Sabetha Danes

Overall great introduction to the world and the characters. 

The small town cast was hilarious and quirky, so many great side characters to work with, I can tell this is going to be a fun series. 

The CIA bits were at times under researched but didn't pull me out of the story. 

The mystery was well crafted and I loved the twist at the end. Make for a deeper dive into the back stories of the cast. 

You'll love this book if you love cozies that are hilarious, and sleuths that have military training.

Charley Greywolf

It was good fortune to stumble upon this cosy miss fortune mystery. I loved the CIA agent and her band of old ladies in their high adventure mystery solving escapades. I will be treating myself to more tales from fortune and sinful. 

I loved I could hear the southern drawl in my head as I read the characters dialogue.

Sarah Willhite

This was so good and enjoyable. The mystery was thought out well. The ending could have been a bit better but I still enjoyed this book a lot. I will definitely be reading the second book soon. I loved Fortune's bond with Ida Belle and especially her bond with Gertie. I really enjoyed this and I hope to pick up the second one soon.

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