Carly Wagner, Congresswoman from Texas, is a feisty former
Miss Texas with a sharp wit and a savvy intelligence to
match her good looks and stunning figure. And she honestly
cares about her constituents back home. But Carly finds her
political career in jeopardy when she arrives at her office
early one morning to discover her party's second most
powerful man dead in her desk chair with her letter opener
in one hand and his severed "member" in the other. It's
true the old guy had a problem keeping his zipper up, and
it's obvious that whoever hated him enough to murder him,
also hates Carly enough to frame her for the dirty deed.
Now the media circus is set to pitch its tent for a long
engagement with Carly as the main event.
When the Capitol police seem intent on Carly being the
prime suspect, and it doesn't look like her political party
is going to support her as she thinks it should, Carly
knows she's going to have to solve the crime herself. Enter
Mr. Jones, a hunky detective of sorts who has more high-
tech gadgets than 007 and a hard body to match. Carly does
not want this elusive man's protection, especially when
neither of them knows who hired him, but he shadows her
every move. It doesn't take long for Carly to realize that
she needs Mr. Jones more than she should, after all he's so
deliciously sexy and smart...and younger than her. Of course,
this dynamic duo eventually unearths the murderer. Then,
with his job over, Mr. Jones disappears into the night.
Hopefully, Carly won't ever need him again, but then...
Power, politics, murder, sex -- what more could you ask for?
Jo-Ann Power provides it all in this cleverly
conceived mystery with hilarious narrative, witty repartee
and a promise of more to come from the fabulous pairing of
Carly and Mr. Jones. Carly's musings and reflections are
sassy and humorous, and she kept me chuckling as I quickly
turned the pages. Her Texas roots are always showing, and
she's dang proud of it. I can't wait for the next mystery
in this series!
Texas Congresswoman Carly Wagner won her first election
delivering one-liners about her opponent that made people
chuckle so hard they voted her into his seat. She won not
only because she could out-talk her rival, but also
because she wasn't shy about employing her sexy contralto,
her big, baby browns and the long legs that once got her
the crown of Miss Texas. But her political career is
threatened when she walks into her office one morning and
finds her party's second most powerful man sitting
lifeless in her office chair.
Carly tries to solve the crime herself, but suddenly a
knight in shining armor appears. He calls himself Mr.
Jones, has toys like Mr. Bond, and looks like Matthew
McConaughey. She doesn't know who hired him, and at first
she wants nothing to do with him. Then she wants to do
everything with him.
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