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Louisiana Longshot
- A Miss Fortune Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Series: Miss Fortune Mysteries, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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- noddy
- 20-09-2020
Great move along story
I enjoyed the pace. The reader turned out to be a nice fit to the character she was supposed to be. Relatively unpredictable story line full of interesting characters that avoided the wretched female place. I always like a story I’m following on audio to not be too challenging or i miss vital sections owing to distractions but i prefer the whole thing to not be a bunch of boring cliches and so this s tory satisfied admirably. Entertaining
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-06-2020
Very enjoyable!
I really loved this story. It was well written and Cassandra read it very well.
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- Gabriela Sirl
- 07-03-2020
loved it
couldn't stop listening. laughed so much. thoroughly enjoyed it. looking forward to the other stories
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- Fiona Maxwell
- 08-04-2017
Great friendship story
This is about the 4th time listening to this story and I loved it again. Each time it gets better. I crack myself laughing at Walter's comments about running from the alligators and the garbage bag incident. This story has great female friendships and strong female characters. The narrator does a great job with all the characters making it easy to distinguish between characters talking.
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- lola
- 04-12-2016
Good fun
Storyline makes me want to head South! Good characters and storyline. A laugh out loud story.
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- Catherine
- 09-02-2018
Disappointed but trying next in series
Mostly fun. Neither as silly and light-hearted as some cozies, nor dark. Miss Fortune is the least interesting character, but because the little old ladies are such fun, I’m going to to check further books in the series.
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- Pamela
- 08-06-2016
Clever, funny and fun
Finding Miss Fortune was a happy accident. While a fan of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum, I gave up on Evanovich's audio books because the reader is so awful (and so NOT New Jersey). Jana DeLeon's Miss Fortune is equally silly, but the character line-up of Fortune, Ida Belle, Gertie, Carter LeBlanc and the rest are so appealing that you find yourself willingly going along for the ride with their hairbrained antics. The narrator (voice actor) Cassandra Campbell does a great job of capturing each character uniquely in all the southern glory. The books are not 'deep' and Fortune, however much she may be conflicted about being an assassin is no "troubled soul." She is more of the "woman with a gun" model who's ready to lock and load and take on any challenge. In a bizarre kind of way, given that few of us are trained in armed combat, sharp-shooting or other deadly arts, Fortune is very endearing and a little inspiring. I love that her two best friends are octogenarians. Gertie is forever the comic relief (sometimes to overkill), but the real trump card for me is Ida Belle. The characterizations, between the text and skill of the narrator, quickly engage your imagination and empathy and are hugely enjoyable. Read them in order as the story progresses. They are terrific long car-ride or computer (or walk the dog) books. I'm a fan of the Miss Fortune series, but could not make the leap to DeLeon's Mud Bug series which had too much romance and silly, not enough character development.
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- Marion
- 09-07-2016
Had potential...
I almost returned but kept hoping it would develop into something more substantive. The action increased but the basic plot drifted into the subplot and abruptly ended. The narrator read the dialogue with exaggerated sarcasm as if every few lines should have been in "finger quotes." Ok for listening while folding laundry or doing dishes. Nothing more. Will not be following Miss Fortune's escapades in crime-solving.
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- green ice cream garden
- 22-08-2016
Not great lit but at $4.95 no loss
For a $4.95 investment, this book was good entertainment and I'm willing to move on in the series.
20 people found this helpful
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- Dawn
- 21-06-2016
I loved it
Jana DeLeon has written quite the original story. She has created one of the strongest female protagonists I've encountered in books. I cannot say too much about her as I don't want to spoil the story. Cassandra Campbell does a wonderful job of distinguishing one character from another. Her voice is beautiful and brings the story to life. I highly recommend this book.
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- Kenneth Cotton
- 18-06-2016
Wonderful story full of humor and mystery
Fans of Stephanie Plum's characters would probably feel right at home with this female CIA assassin in hiding and all her quirky neighbors. Great narration really brought the characters and story to life.
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- Elaine Dahlgren
- 12-06-2016
Louisiana Longshot
It was hilarious! It was suspenseful! It keeps reader interested. Looking forward to reading another of the author's books.
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- Suzanne
- 21-02-2016
Listened while driving on a trip
What fun! This book made driving much less tedious. And at times I was laughing out loud by myself in the car. I love Janet Evanovich. How am I just now finding out about Jana DeLeon? Thank you Audible.com.
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- Townsend
- 14-07-2016
Funny, if you treat it as farce
I have to start with the narration: Cassandra Campbell has never been anywhere near Louisiana bayou country. In the first place, “Louisiana” is pronounced with only four syllables: loo-zee-anna. Nobody, I mean nobody in bayou country sounds like any of these people. They don’t have stereotypical southern accents (if anyone anywhere does). And you don’t pronounce the “c” in LeBlanc (like a Mont Blanc pen). And that’s just for starters. Why can’t ANYBODY take the trouble to look up the pronunciation of Atchafalaya? Sheesh, can’t these people at least listen to a tape or something before they try to represent an ethnic group? At least listen to Will Paton narrate the Dave Robicheaux books. Louisiana accents are as varied as New York City accents, so most of us are going to quibble with any not exactly like what we grew up with, but Paton gets it close enough, soft enough to be generally pleasing and worth emulating. I don’t expect a “foreign” character to get it right, but she would at least hear people pronouncing their own names correctly.
Okay, now that I’ve gotten that out of my system: treat this as a fantasy set in some mythical location that just happens to have the same name as our beloved state, and then it becomes truly silly mind candy – not very nutritious but hey, dessert isn’t supposed to be. Worth the listen just for the wonderful neighbor, Gerty, with whom I immediately fell in love. And having been raised Southern Baptist in South Louisiana, I laughed out loud at the mere mention of Sinful Baptist Church with its group of Sinful Ladies. The ladies are what makes the book such a joy. And this is a book about strong, funny women. The men are strictly background noise.
The main character is, well, not even vaguely believable. A CIA assassin who’s squeamish about sleeping in a dead woman’s bed and can’t keep her mouth shut to maintain a cover identity two hours into town? And puh-leeeze, you might find a town called Sinful somewhere out west, but NEVER in Louisiana – the culture is much too religious to play games with something like that. Much more likely to have a saint’s name. Alright, author Jana DeLeon is from the western side of South Louisiana, not quite as Catholic as you get closer to Texas. Let it go; it’s like the accents - if you treat this as pure farce, it doesn’t matter.
So why did I get such a kick out of this piece of fluff? Because what Jana DeLeon got right is the quirky sense of humor of the Cajun culture, which they have generously shared so that it is pervasive throughout the state (at least the southern half). Never give a straight answer if you can think of a sarcastic one. Never tell the straight truth if you can think of a more interesting “story”. This is not called lying; everyone recognizes it for what it is and plays along. “Is that illegal here?” “Only on Tuesdays. Unless there’s a full moon.”
And then there are the “pudding wars” – oh, yes, I have lived multiple versions of this game. In most places it was called “beat the Baptists”. If you don’t already know what that means, listen to the book and prepare to laugh. I you do know, you’ll laugh out loud at the version played in Sinful. DeLeon reeled me in completely when she got to the description of the ramshackle “camp” on Number Two. Yes, this is called “fun” in the Sportsman’s Paradise. No spoilers, but let’s just say that the bayous, waterways, buildings, and (oh my, yes) the bar “out in the parish” (as opposed to in town) are wonderfully accurate.
I’m not rating this on literary merit but on how much fun I had listening to it. To be honest, I listened while sick in bed, in no mood to be “challenged” in any way. I will definitely listen to the next book in the series; hope it continues to delight. Four stars for story, a grudging two for narration because I have heard worse.
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- booklover
- 25-02-2016
Quite Enjoyable
very enjoyable...good plot...great characters that you will enjoy getting to know...surprises at the end...not stereotypical
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- Fleetwoodboy
- 12-05-2016
don't mess with the wrinklies they're certainly not old in the head
Strong funny story from start to finish . Plenty of action and nice little story twists. The dialogue was hilarious at times and interesting enough for me to listen to the whole book in a day. Good enough for me to read more in this series . Well recommended by me as its worth its 5*rating .
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- Mrs j.a.Neal
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- Jessica Wolfe
- 18-12-2018
An Entertaining and Unusual Detective Story
I was looking for something light and amusing to counteract my bleak commute and this was perfect. The narration is great and the story is both entertaining and well crafted. Romance takes a definite back seat, though there is a handsome deputy in the background. This is more in of an outrageous escapades story than a romance. There are some nice twists and surprises and the characters are well crafted. I inhaled all of the books available in this series in about two weeks and pretty much enjoyed them all, but this first book is one of the strongest.
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- Jam
- 23-08-2018
Fun Bayou Detective Mystery
Exciting. Perfect narrator. Laugh out loud. Great characters. Atmospheric setting. Just bought the next book in the series.....
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- Julie
- 12-04-2018
Definitely not a one shot wonder of a book!!!
I first read this on the kindle and JUST had to own the audio book too. I have listened to the story serval times now and have even gone on to purchase other audio books in the series.
This is a brilliant start to the series of Miss Fortune books. They are stand alone stories and the murder/crime is solved at the end of each book, however there are a lot of returning characters and I personal think it is best to read them in order so START WITH THIS ONE, you wont be disappointed if you like funny crime cappers.
Fortune is in hiding from a bad guy and the only why to stay alive is to go under cover in a town called Sinful, as an ex beauty queen turned librarian, the only problem is the name Fortune stands for 'soldier of fortune' and she has no idea how to be a girly girl. After breaking the law and getting caught by the deputy before she has even crossed over the town lines, Fortune thinks this could be her toughest mission ever and that is before she finds the dead body in her back yard.
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- Brook10033
- 15-01-2018
great mystery
Great story, it has everything. Well defined characters, good descriptions, humour and interesting weather. Small towns never sounded so exciting before.
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- Allan
- 10-04-2017
Absolutely great book bought it by mistake but love that
I clicked on the wrong book when I purchased this but as I had it I listen to it and it is absolutely great to listen to thoroughly recommend it and will be buying the next one in the series as soon as I finish this review
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- JulieB
- 04-01-2021
Refreshing and very enjoyable
I usually choose gritty crime thrillers but every now and then I’m tempted by a lighter read and this one doesn’t disappoint. It’s set in Louisiana, which swayed it for me as I welcome any opportunity to be transported back to a very enjoyable holiday in New Orleans! Miss Fortune comes across as a fun gal and the senior ladies are a force to be reckoned with., there’s no cringey love interest but the potential is there for something to develop, although I already trust Jana DeLeon to handle this in an enjoyable way. The narration is excellent and I very much look forward to the next in the series.
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- Joga
- 22-07-2020
The best book I have read in a long while
The main character is not the most believable part of the story, but that is quite fine. As the whole is perfectly endearing. Wicked humor and whispers of quietly emotional past. Couldn´t ask for more.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-08-2019
Not the best plot
Kept me entertained in an American cop show type of way. I am hoping the characters will evolve in future novels. it would be a shame to have our heroin jump to new circumstance next time. in fact this would make a great Detective TV show!
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