Welcome to The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.
This is a really fun meme!
The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find a sentence or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.
Then go over to Freda’s Voice and leave your link so we can visit your 56!
My 56 for this week is from
Checkered Crime
A Laurel London Mystery
by Tonya Kappes
Genre: Cozy Mystery
My 56 from the eBook.
“It was on my phone that you threw out the window on…on an app.”
“That old thing had the ability to put apps on it?” he questioned.
This is so me. It took me forever to give up my flip phone. LOL
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Read on if you want to know more.
Synopsis
Laurel London is one tough cookie. Orphaned and with one heckuva checkered past, she’s grown street smart and no one is going to tell her different, even if it means getting tangled up with the wrong side of the law. After terrorizing Walnut Grove, Kentucky all her adolescent life, she’s back and she’s ready to go on the up and up. Make something of herself. Prove the citizens of Walnut Grove wrong and make them admit she’s somebody.
But when mobster Trigger Finger Tony Cardozza jumps in the back of Laurel London’s car mistaking it for a taxi, she’s up to her ears in no good.
Recently fired and checkbook in the red, when Trigger offers to pay Laurel large wads of cash to drive him where he needs to go and keep her mouth shut, she’s all in. That is, until FBI agent Jax Jackson jumps in the back of Laurel London’s car threatening to take her to jail for her past crimes if she doesn’t cooperate with the FBI by going undercover to help bring down the mob.
Laurel finds herself battling the past and good vs evil and she’s not sure which is more deadly.
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I love Tonya’s Ghostly Southern Mystery series so I had to try this one. Having fun so far.
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Until the next time…
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lol… love the extract. Is it funny throughout?
There’s a lot of humor. I always enjoy her characters and their dialogue.
Sounds like a fun one!
Stormi
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It is so far, Stormi. Have you read any of her books yet?
I love Tonya’s books! This one was really good. I would love for your readers to check out my BB and 56… http://tinyurl.com/LisaKsBookReviewEAPD-LB
Another Tonya fan! She writes such fun stories.
This sounds like a lot of fun. This week I have The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig. Happy reading!
All of her books are fun so I had a good chance I’d enjoy this one too:)
Sounds like a good one to me. Happy reading. Have a great day.
Going good so far:)
What a delightful concept and excerpts. I love that cover, too. Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog. Enjoy!
I love her characters. They always read genuine and make me laugh.
I’m pretty sure I still have a couple of flip phones somewhere that I never threw away. Sounds like an interesting cozy read. Happy Friday!
LOL I was so fond of that phone.
This one sounds interesting.
It’s a lot of fun so far!
I love the premise of this series.
You can’t go wrong with Tonya’s books:)
LOL Got me cracking up! Sounds good! Happy weekend!
Yeah. She’s as bad as me about phones. LOL
I’ve only read a couple of her shorts before in various anthologies. I think this needs to change!
I hope you read some of her full length books. They read really fast and are a lot of fun!
So funny to see an outhouse filled with firearms! I can relate to the cell phone and who would think I would be texting now! Enjoy the book!
YOu caught those guns, eh! Yeah, we sure have come a long way! I still miss my flip phone though. LOL
I have this one and it sounds so good. Now I just have to make time to read it 🙂
I have a huge stack of review books but I’ll be finishing this one now, before starting on them. Hooked!
Sounds like a fun and exciting mystery! Might have to add to my want to reads on goodreads 🙂
It’s a fun summer read and I always enjoy her characters:)
The cover is certainly interesting, lol. Enjoy!
It cracked me up!
Sounds like a fun read! By the way – I’ve never HAD a flip phone. Still want one….. My phone is so cracked (in more than one way), but I really don’t care. As long as my laptop (my preciousssss) is in tact, the electronic world is fine by me!
Yeah, my phone is messed up and all I can use it for right now is as a phone. LOL No email, games, or any apps are working. Gotta get a new one. My laptop is my precious too! And it doesn’t look like Golem. LOL
Great cover. I love the outhouse and the yellow car makes me think of the car we owned when I was growing up.
sherry @ fundinmental Friday Memes
I don’t remember a yellow car? I do remember a station wagon, but not what color. Was that it?
This sounds so fun! I love the blurb and the 56. I was slow to the whole smart phone thing too so I feel her (and your!) pain!
Doesn’t it! All of her books are a blast. Almost finished with it and will be sharing my review later this month. Yep. I have to get another new phone. Probably need your help to figure it out. LOL
Checkered Crime sounds good just based on that little dialogue alone, Laura! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Have a wonderful week ahead and happy reading.
It’s a lot of fun. All of her books are!
I can’t say that I’ve ever seen a cover quite like that before! 🙂
LOL Sure does make ya curious, doesn’t it!
wow the cover is for sure intriguing! She seems up to no good at all, lol
Makes you wonder what she’s doing with all of those guns! LOL
Very funny excerpts. Thanks for sharing, and for the visit.
I laughed quite a bit with this one. All of her books do that to me!