Blondes Have More Felons

I've had this book for years and I've re-read it a few times, but not since I started tracking my reading.

A big part of this book is precisely what you'd imagine it is from the title and the cover: there's a lot of humour, there's a little bit of stereo-typical blonde stuff, there's a strong over-tone of chick-lit and an alpha-male former-SEAL P.I. providing the romance (just a bit of it).

What you don't get from the title and cover is the much stronger, meatier plot line than the average cozy mystery normally provides. This isn't a typical murder mystery plot - people are killed but figuring out who killed them isn't the focus. There's an ever-so-slight hint of Erin Brockovich here, except it's a pharmaceutical company and bad insulin show more that's the centre of major legal action that nobody but her client wants her involved in. The author was (is?) a practicing attorney so the details are strong, accurate but easy to read and they added additional interest for me as I read.

I'd have loved reading about more of December Vaughn's legal adventures, but sadly this is the only book the author wrote about her. I almost gave it 4.5 stars, but I think there might be a couple of small continuity/editing errors and sometimes the jokes fall flat. The first couple of chapters start off a bit rough too, so I'll stick with 4 stars, but I'd recommend this to anyone who likes mysteries or chick-lit and would enjoy the much stronger plot. show less

Very much fun. December's a lawyer starting her own practice in Florida. Her first big client has a lawsuit against a drug company whose defective insulin killed his wife. No sooner did she meet with him than she starts getting phone calls from lawyers on both sides pressuring her to pass on the case, and then odd and threatening things start happening. Is it related to the case? Is it the crazy woman who's mad because PI Jake has been hanging around? Is it one of the dozens of clients who came in for pro-bono day? I'm hoping this is the first of a long series. The cast of characters is fabulous: December's best friend & office manager, a retirement-community romeo, her SAHM/poker champion neighbor, her mystery-writer uncle, and of show more course ex-SEAL PI Jake. show less