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Amnesiacs, Psychologists and Reporters Meet in Fiction
flirtyBooks reviewed: Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella, What Looks Like Crazy by Charlotte Hughes, A Little Trouble With the Facts by Nina Siegal
New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella returns in a story of an amnesiac in "Remember Me?"
The last Lexi Smart knew, she was a poor office worker with a lousy boyfriend, a small apartment, who couldnát hail a cab in the rain. The next thing she knows, she's waking up, not from falling on the steps, but from a car accident - three years later!
Somehow she's ended up with a multi-millionaire husband, a lot skinner, new hair and teeth, and is now the boss of her entire department! It seems like a dream come true but she's quickly finding out it isn't - her friends all hate her and her husband isn't exactly attentive. And that's when a cute architect named Jon shows up with a secret all his own. And Lexi must figure out not only who she was, but who she wants to be.
A fun and unforgettable story, Lexi is a great addition to the Kinsella heroines.
"Remember Me?" is published by Dial Press. It is $25 and 389 pages long.
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A psychologist finds her life is one mishap after another in "What Looks Like Crazy" by Charlotte Hughes.
Kate Holly is going through a divorce from her love, Jay, because she fears his dangerous job as a firefighter will end in his death - and her heartbreak. But Kateás job is proving to be pretty dangerous too - as every mentally ill person in town seems to find their way to her practice - from the former soldier with identity issues to the diabetic patient who is always threatening to blow the place up at the least problem. Not to mention the fact that she has a secretary who likes to use odd marketing techniques to bring in new clients, eccentric artists mother and aunt whose latest sculpture is causing problems in Kateás neighborhood, and an ex-boyfriend who happens to be a psychologist and also wants a little too much detail on what she's wearing.
Kate's wacky life is fun and the mystery is a bit light, but fans of Janet Evanovich will enjoy the similar humor.
"What Looks Like Crazy" is published by Penguin. It is $7.99 and 261 pages long.
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A disgraced society columnist turned obituary reporter gets another chance at the limelight in "A Little Trouble With the Facts" by Nina Siegal.
When Valerie Vale first came to New York, she was country bumpkin with the unlikely moniker of Sunburst Rhapsody Miller. After a humiliating encounter with a notorious playboy on her first assignment, Sunburst underwent a Holly Golighty like transformation into Valerie Vale, a harsh gossip columnist who could get into any áitá party. But when an 'incident' occurred with the same playboy that tarnished not only Valerie's name, but the newspaper's as well, she found herself shuffled off to the obits.
It is in writing about the death of a graffiti artist that Valerie gets a call from a source claiming that the artist's death was not suicide, but murder. The chance to be a real reporter and her love of old gumshoe movies prods Valerie to begin an invesigation into the art world that is just a bit more cutthroat than she thought.
A glimpse into the world of newspapers, high society, and investigation, Siegal blends women's fiction with a bit of mystery.
"A Little Trouble With The Facts" is published by HarperCollins. It is $13.95 and 285 pages long.
The last Lexi Smart knew, she was a poor office worker with a lousy boyfriend, a small apartment, who couldnát hail a cab in the rain. The next thing she knows, she's waking up, not from falling on the steps, but from a car accident - three years later!
Somehow she's ended up with a multi-millionaire husband, a lot skinner, new hair and teeth, and is now the boss of her entire department! It seems like a dream come true but she's quickly finding out it isn't - her friends all hate her and her husband isn't exactly attentive. And that's when a cute architect named Jon shows up with a secret all his own. And Lexi must figure out not only who she was, but who she wants to be.
A fun and unforgettable story, Lexi is a great addition to the Kinsella heroines.
"Remember Me?" is published by Dial Press. It is $25 and 389 pages long.
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A psychologist finds her life is one mishap after another in "What Looks Like Crazy" by Charlotte Hughes.
Kate Holly is going through a divorce from her love, Jay, because she fears his dangerous job as a firefighter will end in his death - and her heartbreak. But Kateás job is proving to be pretty dangerous too - as every mentally ill person in town seems to find their way to her practice - from the former soldier with identity issues to the diabetic patient who is always threatening to blow the place up at the least problem. Not to mention the fact that she has a secretary who likes to use odd marketing techniques to bring in new clients, eccentric artists mother and aunt whose latest sculpture is causing problems in Kateás neighborhood, and an ex-boyfriend who happens to be a psychologist and also wants a little too much detail on what she's wearing.
Kate's wacky life is fun and the mystery is a bit light, but fans of Janet Evanovich will enjoy the similar humor.
"What Looks Like Crazy" is published by Penguin. It is $7.99 and 261 pages long.
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A disgraced society columnist turned obituary reporter gets another chance at the limelight in "A Little Trouble With the Facts" by Nina Siegal.
When Valerie Vale first came to New York, she was country bumpkin with the unlikely moniker of Sunburst Rhapsody Miller. After a humiliating encounter with a notorious playboy on her first assignment, Sunburst underwent a Holly Golighty like transformation into Valerie Vale, a harsh gossip columnist who could get into any áitá party. But when an 'incident' occurred with the same playboy that tarnished not only Valerie's name, but the newspaper's as well, she found herself shuffled off to the obits.
It is in writing about the death of a graffiti artist that Valerie gets a call from a source claiming that the artist's death was not suicide, but murder. The chance to be a real reporter and her love of old gumshoe movies prods Valerie to begin an invesigation into the art world that is just a bit more cutthroat than she thought.
A glimpse into the world of newspapers, high society, and investigation, Siegal blends women's fiction with a bit of mystery.
"A Little Trouble With The Facts" is published by HarperCollins. It is $13.95 and 285 pages long.
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