A Deadly Change of Course-Plan B

Devonie Lace Series #1

by Gina Cresse

After suffering a minor heart attack at the tender age of 35, Devonie Lace decides to get out of the rat-race before she becomes road-kill on the corporate highway. She quits her high-paying, high-stress job, sells her house, and buys a sailboat to live on. She has named her new home Plan B, to symbolize her newly simplified life. To earn a living, Devonie buys and sells trinkets she picks up at probate sales and auctions of unclaimed storage units. But her latest treasure trove happens to include the belongings of an international hired assassin, and this means that Devonie is in big, big trouble. After she discovers the true cause of an airline crash that killed two DEA agents, Devonie finds herself running for her life. It seems her new lifestyle has turned out to be not so relaxing after all.

185 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1988

About the author

Gina Cresse is the author of Colton P.I. - Second Unit, an action-filled detective mystery/thriller inspired by Robert B. Parker's Spencer series. Also, Sinfandel, a light-hearted, fun--and sometimes funny--wine murder-mystery set in California's Central Valley. Gina is also the author of the Devonie Lace Mysteries--a series about a woman who tries to simplify her life by becoming something of a "Storage Wars" star, only she has a knack for buying trouble instead of treasures.

Reviews

[Nancy Rogan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a quick, light read that would be great for vacation reading. The writing style is simplistic and sometimes stilted, but it's quick-paced and the story is intriguing - I read it in a day. Don't expect anything hard-core and don't question an amateur's luck and you won't be disappointed. I love the concept of a "storage wars" type heroine and the story of what she finds. Interestingly, I think these books were started long before the popular tv series about this kind of treasure hunting. This is the first of several and I will continue with them. I have the second one already from the library.