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Sticks and Stones (Cat DeLuca Mysteries #2)
by
K.J. Larsen
What does a woman do when she discovers her husband is an incurable cheater?If she’s Cat DeLuca she launches the Pants On Fire Detective Agency. Now Cat does what two years of unholy matrimony taught her. She catches cheaters.When a client (Cleo Jones) shoots her cheating husband’s bum full of buckshot, he disappears, taking her money, dog, and sister with him. Private Inv...more
Paperback, 250 pages
Published
February 7th 2012
by Poisoned Pen Press
(first published August 2nd 2011)
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Like Stephanie Plum on steroids. Catarina “Cat” DeLuca is on a wild and funny ride from the opening sentence. After a short lived marriage to a serial cheater Cat establishes Pants On Fire Detective Agency where she specializes in getting the goods on wayward spouses. Or, as her momma puts it, she’s a “hoochie stalker”. And she is good at it. She scales balconies, and teeters out side hotel windows to capture the Kodak Moment.
In Sticks and Stones, the follow up to Liar, Liar: A Cat DeLuca Myste...more
In Sticks and Stones, the follow up to Liar, Liar: A Cat DeLuca Myste...more
This is light cozy, which reminds me of the Evanovich series - Italian family, canoli, dogs, hunky men, and a spunky heroine. Cat deLuca is the owner of Pants on Fire, a detective agency focused on catching cheating husband (she starts the business catching her own husband!!!).
When a client (Cat´s assistant Cleo Jones) shoots her cheating husband’s backside with buckshot, he disappears, taking her money, dog, and sister with him. Cat agrees to find Walter and in return makes Cleo promise not to...more
When a client (Cat´s assistant Cleo Jones) shoots her cheating husband’s backside with buckshot, he disappears, taking her money, dog, and sister with him. Cat agrees to find Walter and in return makes Cleo promise not to...more
Cat DeLuca is a private detective who runs the Pants on Fire Detective Agency. Her mission: to catch cheating husbands. Sticks and Stones is the second book in this series, following on from Liar Liar- which I have not read but did not really seem to make a difference to the reading experience- in the typical style of Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum humour/ crime series.
Cat’s job requires her to ‘stalk’ men and take happy snaps of them in compromising positions and then to break the news to their al...more
Cat’s job requires her to ‘stalk’ men and take happy snaps of them in compromising positions and then to break the news to their al...more
I had a great time reading about cat. Love her detective business name. Pants on Fire . Its a detective story,comedy and romance and family. It reminds me a little of stephanie plum stories.
Cat has a business out of Catch Liars and cheats. Her family is full of police and not all honest. Her boyfriend is FBI agent. Her family does not like FBI. She has friends who were spies and one helps protect her. Her assistant is crazy gun toting who is up for murdering her husband. Noone but Cat believes h...more
Cat has a business out of Catch Liars and cheats. Her family is full of police and not all honest. Her boyfriend is FBI agent. Her family does not like FBI. She has friends who were spies and one helps protect her. Her assistant is crazy gun toting who is up for murdering her husband. Noone but Cat believes h...more
When I saw the publisher’s description of Sticks & Stones, it sounded reminiscent of Janet Evanovich’s and Lisa Lutz’s novels. Sticks & Stones is the second book in the Cat DeLuca mystery series by K.J. Larsen. It works fine as a stand-alone novel, so no worries on not having read the first book.
To give you an idea of the writing quality, Book #1 in the series, Liar, Liar, was named one of 2010’s best mysteries by Library Journal. K.J. Larsen is actually the pseudonym for three sisters...more
To give you an idea of the writing quality, Book #1 in the series, Liar, Liar, was named one of 2010’s best mysteries by Library Journal. K.J. Larsen is actually the pseudonym for three sisters...more
Cat DeLuca, Proprietor of the Pants On Fire Detective Agency is hot on the trail of the latest wife cheater, when her assistant/client, Cleo Jones shoots her husband with buckshot in the rump. Cat races to return the husband's dog and money but instead finds his dead body!
In this second book of the 'A Cat DeLuca Mystery' series, the pace is quick and the action flows while Cat pulls out all stops to save Cleo from being arrested for murder. Secrets abound, Childhood friends, gambling, Chicago de...more
In this second book of the 'A Cat DeLuca Mystery' series, the pace is quick and the action flows while Cat pulls out all stops to save Cleo from being arrested for murder. Secrets abound, Childhood friends, gambling, Chicago de...more
This is the second book in the Cat DeLuca Mystery series by K.J.Larsen. It is not necessary to have read the first to enjoy this one. The book is rather a zany ride that has been compared to Janet Evanovich's series however in many ways this book is better. The Stefanie Plum series has become nothing less than reworked babble whereas Cat DeLuca is fresh and interesting.
Cat DeLuca has a huge Italian family filled with police officers which comes in very handy. She has two very fascinating and hel...more
Cat DeLuca has a huge Italian family filled with police officers which comes in very handy. She has two very fascinating and hel...more
First of all, I think it's interesting that K.J.Larsen is not one person, but three sisters. It's great they work together well enough to write such an entertaining series, of which Sticks & Stones is the second. I'm looking forward already to the next.
While there's a decent mystery at the heart of this book, I read the Cat DeLuca Pants on Fire stories for the zany characters and crazy situations. Cat's family are some of the quirkiest people you'll ever meet, and her two hunky boyfriends ma...more
While there's a decent mystery at the heart of this book, I read the Cat DeLuca Pants on Fire stories for the zany characters and crazy situations. Cat's family are some of the quirkiest people you'll ever meet, and her two hunky boyfriends ma...more
I thought the second book in the "Cat DeLuca - Pants on Fire Detective Agency" series was good, but not quite as good as the first. I wasn't quite as drawn into the story. I did like seeing many of the characters from the first book return, including Cat's crazy family members, her somewhat shady friends, and particularly her new love FBI Agent Chance Savino. I did notice several instances where the editor missed small words - "to", "the", etc. - I think that was the result of seeing what you ex...more
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The similarities between K.J Larson's Cat DeLuca Mysteries and Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series are impossible to deny. Though Cat may be a PI instead of a bounty hunter, she has her very own Ranger (Max) and Morelli (Chance), a colleague who wears inordinate amounts of lycra (though Cleo cooks instead of eats), a family of gun toting crazies and a mother who laments her daughter's choice in career and marital status. Cat even has a tendency to destroy cars and her targets are often nude....more
Loved this new adventure. I won both books online, but will be buying the next one. Excellent series, about a Private Investigator who chases down liars and cheaters, her company is called Pants on Fire Detective Agency. She seems to attract trouble, in the form of murder and tall, muscular, good looking men! It's a fun romp when escape is what you're looking for. Highly recommended! And yes, I read both books in one weekend. Sometimes I just need to stop writing and read!
I liked the plot on this one. I did feel like some things were left unexplained though, and it's the curious part of me that really didn't understand what the heck happened with the character killing two people 20 years earlier. I understand the girl victim but what started the whole thing was never really explained.
Other than that it was an entertaining read.
Other than that it was an entertaining read.
OMG!!!! This was soooo good! There's a lot going on. Cat has goofy, crazy circumstances pretty much 24/7. I love the colorful characters and the places they lead her. This will keep your attention and keep you smiling with sudden outburst of giggles and out-and-out belly laughs!
Second entry in the Cat DeLuca series. You really have to read these books! Great characters, hysterical situations, and a really bizarre but devoted family. Available at OCLS in print http://www.ocls.info/shortlink/?XW0PLQBK
This book was a lot like Janet Evonoviche's books. I liked it because it was an easy read, with murder and wit. But nothing too complex about the plot. Probably would have liked it more if I hadn't already ready the Stephanie Plum series, but it's a good in-between until her next one comes out.
3.5 - But I bumped it down to a 3 since the good/bad was frustrating. The beginning was slow, and I thought Cleo was a bit too based on Lula from Stephanie Plum books. There are similarities in the books, with the big crazy family (more similar to Sophie Metropolis) and hunky men running around. But this is a cool element which works in these funny mysteries. I thought the mystery in this was kind of weak and it was frustrating to see it wrapped up in the last couple chapters since I saw it way...more
Although K.J. Larsons sense of humor is still present, the plot is too convaluted in the second book of her Cat DeLuca series. A quick, easy read and a series with potential.
Ok, so Cat is hilarious. I love her sense of humor, the way she handles the sticky situations. This is an excellent read for anyone that likes the comic mysteries.
Mindless beach read, but written smoothly. Action scenes are fast-paced and comic. Neat that three sisters wrote this seamless work.
pale imitation of evanovich/plum series. many, many proofreading errors--missing words, misspelled words, wrong words--made for a distracting read
Another quirky installment of the Cat DeLucka series. I think this series is as funny as Evanovich's Stephanie Plum or Casuey's Bobbye Faye series. A winner!!
Amusing story of a female PI whose specialty is catching cheating husbands - a job that leads to murder in this case
Jul 15, 2012
Chris Bush
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Entertaining , very similar to Evanovich, not quite as laugh out loud.
It was a short book, could have been better
It was a short book, could have been better
Fun, quirky characters, refreshing woman pi who is not an incompetent idiot. Will read more in this series
Quick read that I enjoyed. Although it was not as funny as the first one, there were some great moments in the book. The mystery was more intricate and I really needed Cat to kick Gregor's butt. Maybe in the next book.
The problem with a book this funny is when you start laughing so hard you have a coughing fit... in the middle of the night... you wake up the baby, lol.
I like the Cat DeLuca mysteries. Good job!
Jun 21, 2012
Heidi Rhea
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Very similar to Stephanie Plum! Fun Read!
I can't say enough about Cat DeLuca, she is funny, and smart and quick on the take. She finds herself fighting to free her assistant Cleo who is up on murder charges for offing her sleazy ex-husband. There are too many people who want him dead but only one who did it. Meanwhile Cat is also trying to catch a slippery cheating husband with his pants down. I love this series reminds me so much of Stephanie Plum. I can't wait to see what Cat is up to next!
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Sisters Kari, Julianne, and Kristen write under the pen name, K.J. Larsen.
Writing a novel together was second nature for the three sisters who created their own Nancy Drew mysteries as kids. “We live very different lives,” Kari says. “What brings us together is a voracious love of mystery, a wicked sense of humor, and the thrill of victory.”
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Writing a novel together was second nature for the three sisters who created their own Nancy Drew mysteries as kids. “We live very different lives,” Kari says. “What brings us together is a voracious love of mystery, a wicked sense of humor, and the thrill of victory.”
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Kari Larsen lives at the...more
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