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I Shot You Babe (Bombay Assassins #4)
Perennial grad student Veronica Gale gets more than she bargained for when her latest dissertation project puts her in the path of philosopher/assassin/carnival-ride operator Coney Bombay-and an unsolved murder that might just kill her, too.
Mass Market Paperbound, 291 pages
Published
June 30th 2009
by Making It
(first published May 5th 2009)
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What a great voice! I could tell from the first few pages that Leslie Langtry had a very distinctive way of telling a story and one that I would thoroughly enjoy.
I loved that the point of view of the story is told from the male perspective, make that the point of view of a hitman with a guinea pig for a companion. The dry wit and dark humor, combined with the idea of a family who has run an international assassin organization for centuries, makes for a fantastic read.
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I loved that the point of view of the story is told from the male perspective, make that the point of view of a hitman with a guinea pig for a companion. The dry wit and dark humor, combined with the idea of a family who has run an international assassin organization for centuries, makes for a fantastic read.
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Coney Bombay is an assassin with a PhD in philosphy. He travels around as a carney, living in RV. He runs into Ronnie Gale several times and they have a love/hate relationship.
Why I picked it up: The set-up sounded great and I have a soft spot in my heart for assassins because of Hunter's Moon. After reading this book, I would say don't waste your time and read Hunter's Moon instead.
Why I finished it: Stubbornness, and honestly I was a little interested in how Ronnie ...more
Why I picked it up: The set-up sounded great and I have a soft spot in my heart for assassins because of Hunter's Moon. After reading this book, I would say don't waste your time and read Hunter's Moon instead.
Why I finished it: Stubbornness, and honestly I was a little interested in how Ronnie ...more
This is the last (we assume) book in Leslie Langtry's "assassin" series of books, which started with 'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy. I read the first book, skipped the middle two, then read this one without any problem. Coney is the most unique character I've read in a long time. A carney with a PhD who also happens to be an assassin, priceless. He and the plot are completely unbelievable, but so funny I didn't care. Like other readers, I think the ending wasn't well written/planned a...more
3.5 stars. I like Coney/Cy as much as I liked Missi in book 3, and the romance portion with him and Veronica was more integral to the plot. Didn't care for much of the location, and I missed the farsical, caper-style "hits" that were so present in the first two books. Seems like Langtry has wrapped the series, unless something comes back to haunt the Bombays. If she can't re-capture the magic of books 1 and 2, that's probably for the best.
Even though, in my opinion, this amounts to mystery fluff, I still enjoyed it. The humor of the story appealed to me a lot. I mean, where else can you find a knitting, carney/assassin!
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Coney Island "Cy" Bombay is the focus of this wild tale of assassination, love and intrigue. His visit to Mongolia was fascinating but I love his family relationships.
I enjoy this series, but this isn't my favorite book (except I really like the ending). This is the first book I've read were a lot of the story takes place in Mongolia. Coney and Veronica were ok characters, but what kept them apart was stupid (I hate it when they won't communicate because of pride). I did find Coney's choice of pet interesting and different.
Bombay Assassins has an interesting twist on justice. Bk 4 has a male as the assassin.
I've enjoyed this series and I was surprised to see this is the last one.
I've enjoyed this series and I was surprised to see this is the last one.
Not as good as the other Bombay books...but I still liked it. Quick and fun, I'm glad I read the series.
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Dozens of brownie points for originally. In what other series to you have a male hero who knits, defines himself as in a monogamous relationship with a guinea pig, has a PhD, a cover job as a carny, and is an assassin. Wonderfully, wacky, offbeat mystery romance with lots of humor. I so regret that this is the last volume in the Bombay Family Assassins series. What will the world do without the Bombays to take out the truly maniacal evil-doers?
Yeah it may not be this most cerebral mystery romance, but it is laugh out loud funny.
Weird, is all I can say.
Book 'i' in the a-z romance challenge. It was cute. I didn't know that it was part of the series. I'll definitely be reading the other 3.
Good end to the series, but not as funny as the others.
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