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Bucket Nut (Eva Wylie #1)
by
Liza Cody
In this hard-hitting, colorful new novel, award-winning author Liza Cody launches a new series and introduces a marvelous new heroine: Eva Wylie, a female wrestler who, when she's not working the sleazy wrestling circuit, is a security guard who cuts a sizzling swath through London low-life, unecumbered by scruples.
Mass Market Paperback
Published
1995
by Warner Books
(first published 1993)
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I got really cross reading this book.
Really cross.
With myself.
It was first published in 1992 and I've only just got round to reading it - what a waste of a lot of years.
Worse still, the review I saw of it at the Drowning Machine was posted about a year ago - no excuses then (but thanks, Naomi, for the tip).
The tale is of a lady wrestler, Eva Wylie. She's had a tough life and she's a tough lady.
We meet her as she deals with her wimp of an opponent, once again playing out the villain in the pantom...more
Really cross.
With myself.
It was first published in 1992 and I've only just got round to reading it - what a waste of a lot of years.
Worse still, the review I saw of it at the Drowning Machine was posted about a year ago - no excuses then (but thanks, Naomi, for the tip).
The tale is of a lady wrestler, Eva Wylie. She's had a tough life and she's a tough lady.
We meet her as she deals with her wimp of an opponent, once again playing out the villain in the pantom...more
I picked this one up on the recommendation from my friend Louise. I was kind of expecting something wonky, along the lines of Janet Evanovich or some-such. Boy, was I wrong! This was actually a rather gritty book. And I'm not sure why it is classified as a mystery. There was no real whodunnit going on, and what I would consider the main question in the book was in no way resolved by the end. Indeed, the main conflict of the book never felt resolved to my satisfaction either. At the same time, th...more
I laughed from start to finish. Wonderfully realized character. More rude English words than I know. Makes me wish my daughter were still married to her English husband, so I could ask him what they meant. He would know.
A female wrestler, serious about being the best wrestler/performer she can be, goes from one crisis to another, thanks to a blend of craftiness and simplicity, cynicism and soft-heartedness. The juxtapositions ring true, and make Eva funny but not comical. I never felt I was laug...more
A female wrestler, serious about being the best wrestler/performer she can be, goes from one crisis to another, thanks to a blend of craftiness and simplicity, cynicism and soft-heartedness. The juxtapositions ring true, and make Eva funny but not comical. I never felt I was laug...more
A fun, light read although it took me a little while to get the hang of the London slang. Now I will have to look around for another by this author, which I hope I can find since the books were written in the 1990s her works may no longer be in print.
Dec 07, 2010
Kirsty Darbyshire
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(Holiday reading so my comments are a bit minimal)
Eva Wylie's is one of the star characters of crime fiction. A real original creation and an excellent book.
British woman wrestler from wrong side of the tracks...funny, unusual main character, and well written. Can't wait to read the next book in the series.
I may have read this before, but it was fun. Bit difficult if you're not familiar with London slang, but I do like Cody.
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