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A Bad Day for Pretty (Bad Day #2)

by Sophie Littlefield (Goodreads Author)

3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 · rating details · 430 ratings · 82 reviews

A New York Times Notable Book!

Stella Hardesty, avenger of wronged women, is getting cozy with Sheriff "Goat" Jones whena tornado blows none other than Goat’s scheming ex-wife, Brandy, through the front door. Adding to the chaos,the tornado destroys the snack shack at the demolition derby track, pulling up the concrete foundation and unearthingawoman's body.The main suspect...more

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Published June 8th 2010 by Minotaur Books

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Jun 23, 2012 Keri rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-read, sophie-littlefield, chic-lit-suspense

Stella has finally got her Goat right where she wants him, him cooking her dinner and looking fine with his tall, bald self. Just as she thinks that getting waxed, plucked, shaved and all dolled up, plus stuffing her woman's body into a Spanx thong is going to finally pay off. Until a knock at the door reveals a bedraggled beauty and she seems to be Goat's wife...well ex-wife...well at least she would be if she would sign the divorce papers. Stella reals from the fact that she almost got down wi...more Stella has finally got her Goat right where she wants him, him cooking her dinner and looking fine with his tall, bald self. Just as she thinks that getting waxed, plucked, shaved and all dolled up, plus stuffing her woman's body into a Spanx thong is going to finally pay off. Until a knock at the door reveals a bedraggled beauty and she seems to be Goat's wife...well ex-wife...well at least she would be if she would sign the divorce papers. Stella reals from the fact that she almost got down with a married man...well not divorced anyway. She drives away determined to get him out of her heart.

Stella needs a distraction...fast. Her "parolees" have been pretty quite with the rumor going around that Stella is quite the "man" killer and will kick your ass six ways to Sunday if she has to hunt you down. Stella herself perpertrates that rumor all in the name of good business. :-) When she gets a call from one of destraught ladies in peril about one of former parolees who has been picked up by Goat. Come to find out he may be involved in a dead body that has been found on the fairgrounds that he maintains.

Stella goes to work at what she does best, solving crimes Stella's way. That way doesn't always involve the right side of the law, so she and Goat play a dance of sorts where she does her best to get all the information out of him without given up any of her own. But Goat, as stupid as he his about women sometimes, he is never stupid when it comes to upholding the law. He has Stella's number, but how much rope is he going to give her before he pulls her up. That is one of the fun aspects of the series, we don't know how much Goat knows about what Stella does and neither does she. One frustrating fun thing about the series is Stella and Goat's almost romance, but when you think something is going to happen, they always get interrupted and that is a huge frustration for a hard core romance reader. But I love the series so much I will deal. But the big kiss better come soon. Or I am going to go find my own Goat and kiss him my dang self. ;-)

Chrissy, Stella's side kick has a lot of presence in this book and at times she almost tries to take over the book. She was funny and full of common sense smarts. The book has s chiclit feel to it, but the mystery is fun and the woman on woman snarkiness is even funnier. I can't wait to get the next one in the series. (less)

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Jun 16, 2010 Cheryl rated it 4 of 5 stars

Everyone’s favorite vigilante…Stella is back!

There is never a dull moment when Stella is involved. She and Sheriff Goat Jones are finally getting to spend some quality time together. Unfortunately, this was wishful thinking on Stella and Goat’s part. Goat receives a visitor in the form of his ex-wife, Brandy.

As if things couldn’t get any crazier, Donna Donovan calls Stella. She needs her help. Donna’s husband, Ned has just been named the number one suspect in a murder case. Neb works at a const...more

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Apr 03, 2012 Erin rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

I liked the premise of the book more than I liked the execution of it. The idea that a middle aged woman is fighting back against men that abuse their wives is an idea that seemed interesting. However, I found much of this novel to include characters and details that just didn't matter. It is almost like the author wanted to describe every stereotypical, rural, small town, Southern character that she possibly could. Some of my dislike could be generated because I read the second book in the seri...more

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Apr 18, 2011 Ubalstecha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-reads, female-mystery-thrillers

Stella Hardesty is back. She is still running her sewing machine shop. She is still engaged in a mating dance with handsome Sheriff "Goat" Jones. And she is still hunting down abusive husbands and making them see the error of their ways.

So when Stella gets a call from an old client because her husband is now the number one subject in a cold case murder investigation, she rides to the rescue, pledging to help out. This brings her in conflict with Goat who wants her to stay away from the investiga...more

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Jun 29, 2010 Rhianna rated it 4 of 5 stars

A Good Day For Reading

Stella Hardesty knows a thing or two about bad relationships. Her marriage ended when she'd been knocked down one too many times by her husband. Now she gets paid to remind abusive men of their manners. It ain't legal and it certainly could get her into trouble with the new man in her life, Sheriff "Goat" Jones. Just when the two are finally taking a stab at a date his ex-wife, Brandy, drops in like a tornado. Of course, a real tornado tears through town right about then to...more A Good Day For Reading

Stella Hardesty knows a thing or two about bad relationships. Her marriage ended when she'd been knocked down one too many times by her husband. Now she gets paid to remind abusive men of their manners. It ain't legal and it certainly could get her into trouble with the new man in her life, Sheriff "Goat" Jones. Just when the two are finally taking a stab at a date his ex-wife, Brandy, drops in like a tornado. Of course, a real tornado tears through town right about then too, tearing up town and dredging up the remains of a lady from the foundation of a local snack shack.

All of the evidence points at Neb Donovan but his wife is willing to pay Stella to prove he wasn't involved. Now Stella has to find the real killer while avoiding getting tangled up in Goat's investigation, all the while trying to keep her wits dealing with his crazy ex. But Stella's no push-over and it'll take a lot more than scheming Brandy and mysterious prowlers to keep her from getting her man.

I'm not much for crime novels but hear me out... I L-O-V-E a tough woman who takes charge. I wasn't too sure I would like this story, the plot itself was a little uninteresting to me but I was sold on Stella. Sure enough she met all my expectations and more. I especially loved that she wasn't the young, leather-clad bombshell type I find in my usual reading. I like that type just fine but it was refreshing to see an older woman with some life experience under her belt. I also loved her sidekick Chrissy who reminded me a bit of myself. Littlefield knows how to write women with a realism (even if a little exagerated) that makes them likable and relatable.

The story's plot was a little less than exciting but executed in a way that kept it from being boring. Good dialog helped some scenes that would have been limp noodles. If you're looking for a dark read this is definitely not it. While the crime itself is a violent one the unraveling is fairly light, with only sprinkle of fighting.

On the whole I enjoyed A Bad Day For Pretty though I wish I'd read the previous book first so I wouldn't have been a little lost at times. I don't know that I'd read another Stella Hardesty book but Littlefield will be releasing a young adult novel in my preferred genre soon. She is definitely an author to watch if you like strong Southern women and great humorous dialog.(less)

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Nov 28, 2010 Maria rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, mystery, romance, series

Stella is up and out of the hospital. She is recovering from her adventures in A Bad Day for Sorry: A Crime Novel. Full steam ahead, is her motto, and nothing will keep her from her side business of teaching manners, to abusive husbands and boyfriends... not her attraction to the local sheriff, her injuries, a tornado, or even his ex-wife. The tornado's destruction revealed a dead body... one that had been buried in concrete. Stella has been asked to look into it, to find the real killer before...more

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Mar 31, 2011 Spuddie rated it 5 of 5 stars

#2 Stella Hardesty mystery set in rural Missouri. Stella is still recovering from the events at the end of book one, so her 'activities' (persuading the county's abusive men to be a little friendlier to their wives) have been curtailed. Until a tornado plows through Prosper, bringing back a lot of bad memories for Stella--her uncle was killed in a tornado when she was a little girl and she's always gotten a little panicky in bad weather since then.

This one rips the snack shack at the local fair...more

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Apr 06, 2012 Regina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorite-authors, favorite-series, series-to-continue, thriller, mystery, audio-also-listened-to, listened-to-audio-only, only-listeneed-to, funny-stuff

I love these books! When I read this author’s, Sophie Littlefield, Aftertime series I was blown away and thought this author gets people and their motivations and writes about them so well. I could not imagine she would top the Aftertime series, but …. I think the Sorry/Stella series is my favorite of Sophie Littlefield’s.

Stella, the main character in this series, is a 50 year old widow who likes drinking Jack Daniels before she goes to bed and owns a sewing notions shop in a small rural Missour...more I love these books! When I read this author’s, Sophie Littlefield, Aftertime series I was blown away and thought this author gets people and their motivations and writes about them so well. I could not imagine she would top the Aftertime series, but …. I think the Sorry/Stella series is my favorite of Sophie Littlefield’s.

Stella, the main character in this series, is a 50 year old widow who likes drinking Jack Daniels before she goes to bed and owns a sewing notions shop in a small rural Missouri town. Stella also runs a side business that scares off abusive men and protects their victims. In Stella’s earlier life she was an abused wife, overweight and insecure. She has redefined her body and her life. She still sees herself as overweight and questions her appeal – but the local Sheriff certainly does not. Have you ever seen someone else you think is more attractive than yourself and it makes you feel less than deserving of affection or attention? What about when you are in a down point in your life (maybe like Stella you have scars on your face from various knife cuts ……no?) and you come across people you think top you in certain aspects of your life? Well Stella has these encounters in Bad Day for Pretty. These interactions are beautifully written and the manner in which Stella changes her actions based on her insecurities and then her later revelations into her own personal value are so well done I think Ms. Littlefield must have studied psychology.

So the Sorry/Stella series has interesting side characters that are interesting, quirky and real. I feel awkward saying this but I have to, this series reminds me of the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich if Ms. Evanovich had written three dimensional characters living in a richly defined world and a storyline that has progression and character development. I had fun with the Stephanie Plum series, it is fun and sexy fluff but quickly (okay, not so quickly, I read over 15 books in that series if I include the in between books) got frustrated with the lack of character development and the fact that if I blew on the characters they would fall over due to their lack of dimensionality. Ms. Littlefield does not make that mistake. Her characters are rich in personality and background and not predictable but they are consistent with who they are. They have real life consequences. For example, if someone is shot or cut up in a fight there is a recovery period that last months. And the same thing does not keep happening to the characters over and over again. This is an action series but with emotional depth.

In case I am portraying this book as all raw and rough, it isn’t. This book is fun to experience and just laugh out loud funny. In book #1, Bad Day for Sorry, Stella is helping out a sort of hapless and helpless victim of an abusive relationship. Now in book #2, Bad Day for Pretty, that former victim - -Chrissy – has become Stella’s partner in crime. She has evolved, Chrissy is more confident and clearly smart. Together they solve crime, help local residents who do not have access to help otherwise, and take care of Chrissy’s young toddler – oh and get involved in sexual and romantic dalliances. There is no explicit sex in this book, but the characters do become involved in sexual and romantic relationships.

I cannot say enough about this book. I waited too long to start this series. A book about a 50 year old widow living in rural Missouri just did not appeal to me but I misread what this series was about. I waited too long. If you enjoy stories about real people, who have real life entanglements and responsibilities and you enjoy reading books about people’s lives outsides of the upper crust and urban areas then you will like this book. Ms. Littlefield gets what people are like when you take the pretty stuff away. She writes about insecurities, dependencies and responsibilities that are just so real but she still does it in an entertaining way. Small town rural life is captured so perfectly in this book, having grown up in a small rural Midwest town similar to the one Stella lives in I could relate to the fear of tornadoes and the power they have over the spring and summer. I could relate to the less shiny side of life that seems to exist outside of suburbia. And I gotta say this, Ms. Littlefield captures the love a mother has for her children so well. She did this so on target in the Aftertime series and she does it again in the Sorry series. Kids are not just a throw in this book (or in Aftertime) they actually shape the characters and the storyline.

I listened to the narration of this book. The narrator does a decent job. My only complaint is that she is a very slow reader. I listened to the audio on 1.5X speed and it was perfect at that speed.

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Jul 04, 2010 Michael rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: advanced-copy-review, amature-detective, mystery, private-investigator, read-in-2010, reader-s-club-review-request, reviewed, series

Stella Hardesty was formerly abused by her husband. After years of abuse, she killed her husband, Ollie, with a wrench, then decided to help other women get out of abusive situations.

As the story opens, she's having dinner with Sheriff "Goat" Jones. The two of them have been building up to a more fulfilling romance and the Sheriff has Stella at his home where he's cooked a special mean. As things are promising to develop, the Sheriff's scheming ex-wife, Brandy, arrives.

Brandy hasn't seen Goat fo...more

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Aug 04, 2011 Pamala rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Just when Stella Hardesty, avenging angel and advocate for downtrodden women, gets Sheriff Goat Jones where she wants him, someone always interrupts them. I'm already deeply in love with Stella and have similar hots for the sheriff, but now it's just gone into plain overdrive. In the third book of the series, When Stella turns down stuck-up Priss Porter's hush money and refuses to submit to blackmail, things get a bit sticky. A great and rollicking read, which includes all those near misses with...more

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Jun 14, 2010 Bookworm rated it 3 of 5 stars

A Bad Day For Pretty is Sophie Littlefield's second book featuring Stella Hardesty, a middle-aged widow who helps women who are suffering from marital abuse. Stella kind of takes the law into her own hands when it comes to abusive husbands. She also owns a sewing machine shop in town.

Stella has feelings for the local sheriff, "Goat" Jones, but as the two are having a romantic dinner, there is a knock on the door and it's no other than Goat's estranged (and trashy), soon to be ex-wife, Brandy. T...more

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Sep 05, 2010 Susan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-missouri

When a tornado hits the little town of Prosper, MO, it upends the snack shop on the fairgrounds, and a buried body is found beneath them. Neb Donovan helped build the snack shop, and is the main suspect in the burial. Stella Hardesty, whose main business is helping abused wives (she was one herself), had helped Neb's wife Donna free him from a fundamentalist cult, and promises that she'll help again. True, Stella'd rather get some abuser to see the light, using a variety of tools, but she can ce...more

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May 25, 2011 Ed rated it 4 of 5 stars

Stella Hardesty of rural Prosper, Missouri, has an unusual trade. She offers her services to give "attitude adjustments" to bastard husbands and boyfriends who like to beat on their female mates. This sounds like a grim affair, but Stella has a lot of humor that goes with her feistiness. Nothing objectionably violent occurs onstage, and Stella as a character grew on me as the story went on. She reminds me of a Stephanie Plum but more level-headed. While investigating a murder case for her client...more

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Jun 14, 2010 Sari rated it 4 of 5 stars

A Bad Day for Pretty is the second novel about Stella Hardesty. Stella is a 50-ish woman living in a small town in Missouri. Stella spent more than twenty years married to a wife abuser - her marriage ended with her husband being on the receiving end of a wrench to the head after he tried to beat her up one too many times. Since everyone in town knew that he spent most of his time doing exactly that, Stella was never prosecuted.

I think the publisher description calls Stella "tough as nails". I'm...more A Bad Day for Pretty is the second novel about Stella Hardesty. Stella is a 50-ish woman living in a small town in Missouri. Stella spent more than twenty years married to a wife abuser - her marriage ended with her husband being on the receiving end of a wrench to the head after he tried to beat her up one too many times. Since everyone in town knew that he spent most of his time doing exactly that, Stella was never prosecuted.

I think the publisher description calls Stella "tough as nails". I'm not sure if that really paints her the right way - she is tough, yes, but I really liked her as a person. It was nice to read about someone who was older than me, for once, and not 15 or even 22 who was gorgeous and had a wonderful life and a perfect, handsome undead boyfriend. (Ok, maybe I read too many vampire books).

Now Stella helps make sure other women aren't being abused. She has a "day job" at her sewing machine repair business that she inherited from her dearly departed husband, but that's not her main focus. Stella wants to make sure that no one else has to live their life the way she did. Stella's ways and means to help abused women aren't always above board or even in the same zip code as legal, so all of this is on the hush-hush, learned about through a grapevine of whispered confidences.

As the story begins, Stella is having a cozy dinner with the local sheriff, "Goat" Jones. Sheriff Goat and Stella have been tiptoeing around each other for a while, and after three years of widowhood, Stella thinks she's about ready to take things a little bit further with Goat. The night isn't starting off well because a huge storm has hit the town, with a tornado expected to touch down any minute. The storm brings Goat a surprise visitor: his wife, whom he neglected to ever mention.

Stella has another surprise the next morning: the tornado has ripped out the Snack Shack at the local track and there's a body buried underneath. The caretaker of the track, Neb, is a friend of Stella's, and he's under suspicion for murder. His wife asks Stella to help clear his name.

Stella brings in a former client, Chrissy Shaw, to help her out - both in finding out just what is going on with Goat and clearing Neb of a crime she can't believe he would commit. The story moves along at a great pace and I enjoyed it. My only suggestion to you would be to make sure you read the first novel in the series A Bad Day for Sorry first. I felt like there was a lot of talk about Stella's reputation and how tough she was but there wasn't any of that story line in the second book to really back it up. I felt like I was missing a lot of her character so after I finished this one, I actually went back and read the first one and it made more sense to me, character-wise. It also filled a lot in for Goat and Chrissy, who were both in the first book.

The publisher of this series, Minotaur books sent me A Bad Day for Pretty to review. I agreed to read and review it but I'll tell you, usually if I don't like a book I'm sent, I don't even put a review up. I did like this book and look forward to reading more about Stella, Goat and Chrissy. I would like to read more about Stella's past and how she got to where she is now. I understand that years of abuse would cause a person to snap and just not take it any more, but I would like to see what happened between Stella finally stepping up and stopping that abuse and how Stella got to be helping other women. I think it would be interesting to read how she built herself up from having no self-esteem and not being able to stick up for herself to putting her life on the line for others.(less)

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Oct 09, 2012 Krystal Monique rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-thriller

This is starting to become one of my favorite series. A Bad Day for Pretty picks up where the first book left off. Stella Hardesty has finally managed to heal from all her injuries and has got Goat right where she wants him. But some things are just too good to be true when someone from Goat's past comes in and starts to ruffle some feathers.

I would have given this book 5 stars but it was missing two things for me: 1. I want some Stella & Goat action!!! & 2. I would like to read about S...more

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Jun 28, 2012 Darcy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, audio-book, listened-to-at-work, chick-lit

I was so happy to see Stella getting a chance with Goat, too bad it crapped out. Had I been Stella I would have had the same reaction. I hated how she got pulled into the drama on a different front, but loved how she pulled her oddball group of friends close to her to deal. I really love how the relationship between Stella and Chrissy is evolving. Chrissy is stepping up and helping Stella with her second job and doing things Stella didn't think of. I thought the ending was great and hope that th...more

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May 18, 2011 Katherine rated it 3 of 5 stars

Snappily written but didn't deliver on the promise or the premise of the first book. Having set up this great premise in her first book--Stella is a middle-aged vigilante who teaches abusive men the lessons that they need teaching--the author, for reasons I do not understand, went on to give Stella a plot largely unrelated to her mission in the very next book. The story seems a little forced and not all that distinctive. If Stella weren't so appealing and Littefield's writing so fun, I'd have ra...more

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Dec 05, 2011 Josh rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: own, noir, read_2011

Stella Hardesty is a vigilante like no other. A former victim of domestic abuse who took a stand and is now offering her services to help others fight back. In 'A Bad Bay for Pretty', there is far less emphasis on dishing out dirt to gutless wife-beaters, rather, Stella focuses her attention on proving the innocence of a former client's husband whose the prime suspect in a murder investigation.

Following a dreadful storm which unearths just as much as Stella's early childhood memories as it does...more

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Jun 28, 2010 Michael rated it 2 of 5 stars

Sequel: not as good as the first.

There's a lot more romance in this one. I'd say it veers towards Janet Evanovich, and sometimes even towards Stephenie Meyer.

Also, I appreciate that Littlefield keeps Stella's violent actions offscreen - she talks a lot about having had to hurt people (justifiably), but it never happens in the course of the book, and the descriptions are always vague. But Littlefield spends a lot of time in this book musing on the nature of men and Stella's relationship to them....more

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Aug 26, 2010 Barb rated it 3 of 5 stars

easy read, enjoyed every minute. stella hardesty is a great heroine, sassy, funny, a little red neck (maybe?) with a strong sense of justice, a hankering for the sheriff, a group of crazy family/friends, and a special kit with devices designed to make men tell the truth about their trangressions. will definitely read another, written in the same manner as evanovich, but stephanie plum and stella are not at all the same! but both are much fun!

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Sep 21, 2010 Jacqueline rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and the second didn't disappoint either. Think Janet Evanovich with a southern flavor. Stella is a good heroine in the fact that she has overcome an abusive relationship with her deceased husband, and that she is a sexy strong woman in her fifties (kudos to this author for having a mature heroine!) There is a lot of humor in these books, the mystery isn't all that hard to figure out, but I like the spotlight on Stella's relationships with the other...more

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Nov 18, 2012 Dawn rated it 2 of 5 stars

I'm not sure why I couldn't really get into this one. It has all the elements that I usually like: a crime, a strong female lead, a few attempts at humor. But it never really grabbed me. I found a lot of it repetitive. I didn't read the first one, but I feel like I have. The repeated use of the phrases "would of," "could of," etc. drove me crazy. Dear Everyone: that's not a thing! Please stop using it immediately.

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Aug 17, 2010 Kitty added it

Stella Hardesty owns a sewing machine shop but has a sideline in convincing wife beaters to change their ways. Now she wants the sheriff as her beau, which could provide a complication or two. Then a tornado roars through town and a body is discovered in the cement foundation at the fairgrounds. The most likely suspect is a friend and she works to clear him.

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Jun 10, 2010 Veronica rated it 4 of 5 stars

Stella looks like and usually acts like your run of the mill grandma. But she has a secret that is protected not just by her, but also by the women she helps. Stella spent years in an abusive marriage and busted out of it in the most literal sense. Now she dedicates her life to busting other women out of abusive relationships.

A Bad Day for Pretty by Sophie Littlefield held my attention like no other mystery novel. Not only did I want to learn the conclusion of the murder mystery, but I also want...more

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Jan 20, 2011 Erin rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-thriller

So I thought I was reading Bad Day for Sorry, which was the first book in this series, but inadvertently I started with the 2nd one in the series.... I thought it was ok, not as entertaining or the fun, light page-turner I had hoped for -- I may go back and read the first one, and after more character development maybe I will be more entertained.....

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Jan 15, 2011 Karen rated it 3 of 5 stars

When you have had your share of deep, dark, meaningful, based on the true story of...... and you want to read a fun, engrossing, make you smile book, pick this up. SMs. Littlefiend is not going to win any literary prizes, but she is going to win legions of fans who like her quirky style, deep south speak and a twist from page to page.

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Jun 17, 2010 Patricia rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really liked this book. I liked the strong women characters that learn to stand up for themselves. It's alway good when they learn from their mistakes, and then change and try not to make the same mistakes again. It also helps them to understand those that are going through the same things they went through. I think this book showed that in so many ways.

I liked the way that the character Stella has grown and the book showed more of her life. I'm looking forward to the next book. I can't wait t...more

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Aug 03, 2011 Jan Aldergate rated it 3 of 5 stars

I really liked the first book in this series. I liked this one too, but felt it was a little weaker than the first one. Seemed to skip around a little bit. But I will still try to read the new one, I like the heroine. About time that women over the age of 50 got to kick some guys butt.

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Jul 13, 2010 Pam rated it 3 of 5 stars

I do not read many crime novels. It just isn't my genre. But I did find this book to be a fun, summer read. The heroine is a white trash widow who helps abused women exact revenge. I enjoyed the humor woven throughout the story and the amusing cast of characters. This is the second in a series, but reading the first book isn't a prerequisite.

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Jul 29, 2011 Catherine Woodman added it

I liked this book, even though it was just an ok plot--the plot engaged me, I want to see more of Stella and Goat--but I felt hampered by not reading the earlier work--there were things that were constantly being alluded to but not explained.

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Sophie's first novel, A BAD DAY FOR SORRY (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Minotaur, 2009) has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, Barry, and Crimespree awards, and won the Anthony Award and the RTBookReviews Reviewers Choice Award for Best First Mystery. Her novel AFTERTIME was a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Horror award.

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