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Pauline's Perils of Perplexity
Librarian note: alternate-cover edition of B008VYA4TE.
When Pauline’s employer realizes that there may have been an embezzler in their midst, Pauline a recent college ’84 Criminal Justice grad dreams of solving her first mystery. Mr. Mead, Pauline’s boss at the local San Xavier Post Office teams Pauline up with Matthew Grayson, a building inspector and former San Francisco police detective, 13 years her senior. Perplexed and bewildered Pauline Schmidt hopes that her new assignment will lead to a dream job on her local San Xavier police force and maybe a romance with Matt along the way.
While handsome Matt pretends to be Pauline’s new love interest, Matt tows Pauline around the Arizona city, where they discover a dead body! Now they are involved in a murder investigation! Perilous perplexities of humorous proportions and laughable hijinks follow the duo around the city at every turn.
Will Pauline learn to accept her life, if it doesn’t always work out as planned, or will she snag her coveted job on the police force? Will Matt become Pauline’s first real boyfriend or will Pauline realize she doesn’t need to be his arm candy? And of course will Matt and Pauline solve San Xavier’s newest mystery? Join the duo for their search for answers to life’s perplexing issues while they confront their anxieties, hopes, and plans for the future in LS Wagen’s, Pauline’s Perils of Perplexity.
When Pauline’s employer realizes that there may have been an embezzler in their midst, Pauline a recent college ’84 Criminal Justice grad dreams of solving her first mystery. Mr. Mead, Pauline’s boss at the local San Xavier Post Office teams Pauline up with Matthew Grayson, a building inspector and former San Francisco police detective, 13 years her senior. Perplexed and bewildered Pauline Schmidt hopes that her new assignment will lead to a dream job on her local San Xavier police force and maybe a romance with Matt along the way.
While handsome Matt pretends to be Pauline’s new love interest, Matt tows Pauline around the Arizona city, where they discover a dead body! Now they are involved in a murder investigation! Perilous perplexities of humorous proportions and laughable hijinks follow the duo around the city at every turn.
Will Pauline learn to accept her life, if it doesn’t always work out as planned, or will she snag her coveted job on the police force? Will Matt become Pauline’s first real boyfriend or will Pauline realize she doesn’t need to be his arm candy? And of course will Matt and Pauline solve San Xavier’s newest mystery? Join the duo for their search for answers to life’s perplexing issues while they confront their anxieties, hopes, and plans for the future in LS Wagen’s, Pauline’s Perils of Perplexity.
88 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 10, 2012
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About the author
L.S. Wagen
3 books5 followersLS Wagen, an Arizona State University graduate with a degree in Human Resource Management, is a Certified Professional Resume Writer through The Professional Association of Resume Writers & Career Coaches. She has also worked in many other fields as well including technical training writing, editing, business writing, and recruiting. LS Wagen also writes fiction, and poetry. She is a practicing Roman Catholic, and also writes about faith issues. She has a passion for helping new resume writers of every age reach their career goals, and has written a beginning resume writer handbook.
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August 13, 2015
Meet Pauline .... she's 24, a recent graduate of Arizona State University. She's bright, bubbly, and just waiting for her chance to be Chief of Police .. somewhere. Having no experience in that area, however, she has chosen to work for the Post Office, even though she really hates the blue uniform.
This is a fun romp, especially when there is a theft at the Post Office and her boss hires a former police detective to work undercover along with Pauline. To her, this is like a new job interview and she might get a new boyfriend at the same time.
I chuckled a lot through this book. Pauline is such a kook but in a very endearing way. She's got a wicked sense of humor that is infectious if nothing else.
The book was enjoyable, refreshing, especially as this is not my normal kind of read. An excellent read for a young person.
Many thanks to the author who supplied this book in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
3.5 stars Much better than a 3, but a little less than 4
This is a fun romp, especially when there is a theft at the Post Office and her boss hires a former police detective to work undercover along with Pauline. To her, this is like a new job interview and she might get a new boyfriend at the same time.
I chuckled a lot through this book. Pauline is such a kook but in a very endearing way. She's got a wicked sense of humor that is infectious if nothing else.
The book was enjoyable, refreshing, especially as this is not my normal kind of read. An excellent read for a young person.
Many thanks to the author who supplied this book in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
3.5 stars Much better than a 3, but a little less than 4
July 18, 2015
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Here is a synopsis.
In Wagen’s debut New Adult romantic mystery, a recent college graduate goes undercover to help a federal building inspector track allegations of misconduct among city employees.
It’s 1985 in San Xavier, Arizona, and Pauline Schmidt’s first full-time job isn’t quite what she’d hoped. Working as a teller at the local post office provides a steady paycheck, but none of the adventures the 22-year-old—who wants to become a police detective or crime analyst—prefers. So when she overhears a conversation between her boss and visiting building inspector Matt Grayson about shoddy materials being used in the construction of post offices, including her own, Pauline offers to go undercover as a temporary typist in San Xavier’s building inspection division. The new position gives Pauline the chance to search through city files and dig up gossip about Bill Graham, a former building inspector suspected of taking kickbacks. As part of the undercover assignment, Matt poses as Pauline’s boyfriend.
Through daily meetings, they keep each other up-to-date on the latest details of the case. Pauline begins to think they might have a future together. But then ...
Pauline’s Perils of Perplexity is a parody of the classic comedy, The Perils of Pauline. Wagen’s book is a comedic tale featuring another Pauline trying to find her way in life while searching for romance.
Here is a synopsis.
In Wagen’s debut New Adult romantic mystery, a recent college graduate goes undercover to help a federal building inspector track allegations of misconduct among city employees.
It’s 1985 in San Xavier, Arizona, and Pauline Schmidt’s first full-time job isn’t quite what she’d hoped. Working as a teller at the local post office provides a steady paycheck, but none of the adventures the 22-year-old—who wants to become a police detective or crime analyst—prefers. So when she overhears a conversation between her boss and visiting building inspector Matt Grayson about shoddy materials being used in the construction of post offices, including her own, Pauline offers to go undercover as a temporary typist in San Xavier’s building inspection division. The new position gives Pauline the chance to search through city files and dig up gossip about Bill Graham, a former building inspector suspected of taking kickbacks. As part of the undercover assignment, Matt poses as Pauline’s boyfriend.
Through daily meetings, they keep each other up-to-date on the latest details of the case. Pauline begins to think they might have a future together. But then ...
Pauline’s Perils of Perplexity is a parody of the classic comedy, The Perils of Pauline. Wagen’s book is a comedic tale featuring another Pauline trying to find her way in life while searching for romance.
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