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In Deep Shitake
Take one devastatingly handsome movie star.
Add one outrageously sexy female private eye with a penchant for food-word obscenities.
Mix in a dose of mistaken identity and a handful of Russian mobsters...And they're all In Deep Shitake.
Add one outrageously sexy female private eye with a penchant for food-word obscenities.
Mix in a dose of mistaken identity and a handful of Russian mobsters...And they're all In Deep Shitake.
Kindle Edition, 251 pages
Published
April 17th 2012
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Aug 05, 2012
Smith
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
A 13 year old or a developmentally delayed adult with a knock knock joke sense of humor
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The best thing about this book was the cool twist the author did on the swearing; using food instead of swear words. Not all were as blatantly obvious as the shitake mushroom and most were funny. Good writing style and clever witicisms. I got to wondering though, in our current era of constant visual stimulation it seems as if the modern author writes as if their story will be turned into a screenplay. Simply add a few, "fade in; transition to outside building; cue sound effects" etc. and voila,...more
Sweet Pickles this was a good book!
Mo is a private investigator but mostly she just poses as the 'honey pot' for husbands suspected of cheating. One day she gets an assignment to break into a car and gets stuck in a most vulnerable position. (this is the first scene of the book and it was really funny - I read it twice) The owner of the car, Ross Grant, (a actor from a popular movie who's been out of work for a while) finds her and they somehow get tangled up in a blackmail plot involving the Ru...more
Mo is a private investigator but mostly she just poses as the 'honey pot' for husbands suspected of cheating. One day she gets an assignment to break into a car and gets stuck in a most vulnerable position. (this is the first scene of the book and it was really funny - I read it twice) The owner of the car, Ross Grant, (a actor from a popular movie who's been out of work for a while) finds her and they somehow get tangled up in a blackmail plot involving the Ru...more
I don't know how anyone can give this book anything less than 4 and realistically 5 stars on a review. It's got everything from Russian mafia, weird-crazy girlfriends and a journalist driven by vengeance. Even though it's a suspense story, it's crazy-hilarious. What I liked about it the most? It was different. A heroine called Imogene Tuttle (Mo for short) who has to control her bad habit for swearing and so uses names of vegetables to replace the cuss words you know she's aching to let loose. I...more
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This book has a lot going for it -- a light, breezy style, likeable characters, a funny quirk with the main character, Mo, having decided to replace all cuss words with food terms. That's what drew me to the book -- I love anything to do with food in literature. The plot also races along, with lots of physical and verbal humor, sort of like Three Stooges meets the old Airplane movies with Lloyd Bridges.
Unfortunately the book is also riddled with typos and other errors, like "to" where "too" shou...more
Unfortunately the book is also riddled with typos and other errors, like "to" where "too" shou...more
This story is probably best described as action/comedy with some romance sprinkled in. Yes, it does have a love scene or two, and sexual tension, but it isn't the focus of the story. For me, this is a bonus as I haven't quite found straight up "romance" stories up my alley. Throughout this book, I couldn't help but imagine Ross as John Hamm with Clove Owen's personality, and totally envisioned Mo as Lana in the cartoon Archer. Each character is well fleshed-out and has their own flaws, which is...more
This book is not for everyone, it is offbeat and quirky. Most of the characters are stereotypes but it is amusing as hell. Mo Tuttle is a private investigator in Savannah Georgia. Her boss told her she could no longer curse, so she uses food words as a substitute. Hot,sexy movie actor Ross is trying to shed his super spy image, in Savannah to obtain financial backing for a film project he wants to develop, when suddenly he learns someone is using the character he portrayed to blackmail a Russian...more
Jul 20, 2012
Lori McD
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4 of 5 stars
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3.5-4 stars
I really, really liked this book - LOL! And that surprises me, 'cuz it was a freebie from Ebooks... you never quite know what you're gonna get with a freebie.
But the quirky title got me. I have a friend who swears creatively, trying not to use the more common (and vulgar) words. So the title totally reminded me of something my friend would come up with. Turns out Mo (Imogene Tuttle - what a name!) works for a P.I. office and has had client complaints about her swearing; so Mo, a forme...more
I really, really liked this book - LOL! And that surprises me, 'cuz it was a freebie from Ebooks... you never quite know what you're gonna get with a freebie.
But the quirky title got me. I have a friend who swears creatively, trying not to use the more common (and vulgar) words. So the title totally reminded me of something my friend would come up with. Turns out Mo (Imogene Tuttle - what a name!) works for a P.I. office and has had client complaints about her swearing; so Mo, a forme...more
I really enjoyed this story. The main character (Mo, short for Imogene) works for a private investigator and gets tied up in a mystery with an actor who is in town looking for financing for his upcoming film. Mo is a bit of a hot head and though she and Ross Grant are attracted to each other, their tempers and pride keep them snipping at eachother. Due to the inevitable misunderstandings, Mo and Ross are thrown together into a mystery involving the Russian Mob. A cute story and a good read.
Mo is...more
Mo is...more
I just finished
and I actually liked it a LOT more than I thought I would. It was like a different take on a Stephanie Plum novel. I love how the author changed the curse words and after reading this I know I would like to touch some asparagus on a hunk.. and no I am not talking the frontal sort. You have to read it to find out! I liked the plot and loved the landlord and liked that the author kept me guessing through the whole book. Many times with a mystery you know who done what. I love the...more
and I actually liked it a LOT more than I thought I would. It was like a different take on a Stephanie Plum novel. I love how the author changed the curse words and after reading this I know I would like to touch some asparagus on a hunk.. and no I am not talking the frontal sort. You have to read it to find out! I liked the plot and loved the landlord and liked that the author kept me guessing through the whole book. Many times with a mystery you know who done what. I love the...more
Okay, I'll admit it. In Deep Shitake was funnier than I expected it to be. The characters were rather out there, but not so much that they're supremely unlikable.
The romance was cute. Did it seem more physical than emotional? A little bit, but then considering the time frame, a realistic amount of love seemed to blossom.
The mystery aspect was a bit convoluted... and predictable, at the same time. And then, at the end there, it seemed to go, "Ah, just kidding! We sure did commit these crimes, but...more
The romance was cute. Did it seem more physical than emotional? A little bit, but then considering the time frame, a realistic amount of love seemed to blossom.
The mystery aspect was a bit convoluted... and predictable, at the same time. And then, at the end there, it seemed to go, "Ah, just kidding! We sure did commit these crimes, but...more
Mo is a private investigator unknowingly sent on a job that isnt really for her office. While trying to squeeze her way through a car's sun roof in order to do the job she meets the owner of said car, movie star Ross Grant. He goes to her boss and she fires her (or pretend fires her) and tells her she needs to figure out why the assistant told her to go on this job and what else is going on. This leads to russian gangsters, clingy model girlfriends, comic book conventions, silly costumes and of...more
Somewhat amusing light read, but most of the peripheral characters I which I assume were meant to be comical were more annoying than funny. While I've no doubt that there are some stupid people, they seemed to all be in this one book...the cops, the crooks, the tourists, and all service industry workers apparently can't think their way out of a paper bag or understand any but the most commonly used words in the English language. The main characters were likable and had good chemistry, but the l...more
I had such high hopes for this book--it started out really funny and promising (even though I hated the heroine's name--"Mo"???) but then it was just tedious. I plodded through the story and then it all miraculously wrapped up in a couple short chapters, with some pretty important details left unexplained. Also, this book is in SERIOUS need of an editor--preferably one who knows the difference between they're and their (actual quote: "I can't feel my fingers. Their going to fall off." Sheesh.) T...more
If there was a choice of no stars, this would get it. This is a "Janet Evanovich" wannabe that I got for free on BookBub. I'm not rethinking joining BookBub. The mystery itself was okay, but the protagonist meets a hot guy and the gratuitous sex scenes start, and frankly it all gets really, totally unbelievable. Like when they are kidnapped and locked in a Mob warehouse with a parade float and they hide inside the float and the Mob guys don't find them and then uhoh, another gratuitous sex scene...more
I liked this a lot. Mo Tuttle is a PI who gets caught trying to break into a Mercedes in an embarrassing fashion. The car belongs to Ross Grant, an actor shackled by his big role as a spy in a movie favorite. Think James Bond but not quite as cool.
The plot was improbable at times but I liked the characters, there was hot sex and the ending all came together. It was a nice, fun read.
The plot was improbable at times but I liked the characters, there was hot sex and the ending all came together. It was a nice, fun read.
Quite an amusing caper, but spoilt by a couple of things. There was a graphic extended sex scene which jarred with the tone of the rest of the book - it was an unnecessary intrusion and not particularly well written. The other drawback was the lack of decent proofreading - bad spelling, poor grammar and on a couple of occasions the wrong word entirely.
I don't regret reading it, but I won't be looking for any more by this author.
I don't regret reading it, but I won't be looking for any more by this author.
2 1/2 stars.
This was good for a giggle. Maybe I have seen to many movies or read too much but I figured out who Clarence’s “secret girlfriend” was from the start.
In typical book style everything that goes wrong does. Has some suspense but still made me giggle a fair amount. A good free amazon pick. I liked the use of vegetables instead of swear words.
This was good for a giggle. Maybe I have seen to many movies or read too much but I figured out who Clarence’s “secret girlfriend” was from the start.
In typical book style everything that goes wrong does. Has some suspense but still made me giggle a fair amount. A good free amazon pick. I liked the use of vegetables instead of swear words.
An interesting premise, our protagonist, a PI, uses foods to substitute for profanity. He favorite word is "shitake", which is not the only word she misspelled. I counted at least 10 errors not counting that one. At least she was consistent. Despite that the plot was interesting, the action moves right along and it was well written, if not well proofed. A fun read.
This was such a fun and light read. I read it in about a day but it was just so cute. I loved Mo and her vocab and her expressions! Oh my gosh, some were just so funny! and then how Ross reacted to her and the situations they got themselves into. Just a great read..a bit of romance but not too steamy..Cute!
Take one devastatingly handsome movie star.
Add one outrageously sexy female private eye with a penchant for food-word obscenities.
Mix in a dose of mistaken identity and a handful of Russian mobsters...And they're all In Deep Shitake.
ouch terrible kindle formatting, going to need to really enlarge the text to be able to read it!
Kind of torn between 2 and 3 stars for this. I enjoyed the story but the tiny font when I first opened the book was off-putting. There were a couple of grammatical niggles but overall a good read.
Kind of torn between 2 and 3 stars for this. I enjoyed the story but the tiny font when I first opened the book was off-putting. There were a couple of grammatical niggles but overall a good read.
The bad words are covered by names of vegetables, which can be a little humorous, but still are cuss words. There were also some sex scenes that they could have left me out of. I am very uncomfortable with scenes like that. Other than that, the story was good. LS-NoG
The food words instead of swearing wore thin after the first 10 pages. A poor attempt to imitate Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum. Neither humorous, romantic or suspenseful. Don't waste your time.
This attempted to be amusing, but failed. It had plenty of grammatical errors and miss-used words. It seems to have been intended to be a comedy of errors, but it snowballed into a maelstrom of idiocy. Sadly, it had potential. It just needed much more editing and to lose a few useless plot devices.
Only marginally better than fanfic but a fairly good trashy read. Far too many spelling and grammatical errors though, has the author not heard of a proofreader?
Romance, humor, and suspense. If you like Jennifer Cruise or even Janet Evanovich, you will like this. The characters are likable and the ending is not as predictable as you would think. I would read this author again. Enjoyable.
It was cute!! I thought at first the food replacing the curse words would be strange or get old, but now I want to use them! Holy guacamole! Really, a fun read :)
I enjoyed this book. It was fun, with a bit of mystery - a really nice light read. Just what I was looking for in between books. I would definitely read more of her books.
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