While on a treacherous assignment, Shane receives an urgent
summons from his Uncle Joey to return home. Since he hasn't
heard from his uncle in years, Shane figures something is
seriously wrong. He abruptly leaves his current mission to
protect "Little Agnes," who's had the misfortune of having
a "hit" placed on her.
Little Agnes turns out to be Cranky Agnes, the food
columnist who smashed a frying pan over the head of a man
attempting to kidnap her dog. Agnes, who's planning her
goddaughter's wedding, is having a difficult month. This
wedding will be the joining of an established Southern
family with her goddaughter's Italian mob family. It
promises to be a lively nuptial. To add to the confusion,
the necklace that Agnes' dog was wearing is not costume
jewelry, but a five-million-dollar diamond necklace from an
old robbery years ago.
Agnes' stress level keeps rising as someone is trying to
sabotage the wedding. She has problems with anger
management and no one wants to see Agnes mad, except Shane.
His boredom disappears as he watches the impressive Agnes.
What an efficient and energetic woman, and what hitman
wouldn't admire those talents. Shane's job of keeping Agnes
alive becomes more difficult as they act upon the sparks
flying between them.
The wedding draws near and past robberies and murders
interfere with the present. Now this odd gang of law-
abiding citizens and criminals join forces for their
version of justice; determined that a happy ending will
ensue.
AGNES AND THE HITMAN is wonderful! Jennifer Crusie
and Bob Mayer have developed quite a writing
partnership. The storyline, while wild, grabs you from the
get-go and you spend your time laughing at the great lines
and the phenomenal characters. This writing team is a
perfect match as they combine their talents giving readers
an absolutely fantastic good time.
Take one food writer named Cranky Agnes, add
a hitman named Shane, mix them together with a Southern
mob wedding, a missing necklace, two annoyed flamingos,
and a dog named Rhett and you’ve got a recipe for a sexy,
hilarious novel about the disastrous side of true love…
Agnes Crandall’s life goes awry when a
dognapper invades her kitchen one night, seriously
hampering her attempts to put on a wedding that she’s
staked her entire net worth on. Then a hero climbs through
her bedroom window. His name is Shane, no last name, just
Shane, and he has his own problems: he’s got a big hit
scheduled, a rival trying to take him out, and an ex-
mobster uncle asking him to protect some little kid named
Agnes. When he finds out that Agnes isn’t so little, his
uncle has forgotten to mention a missing five million
bucks he might have lost in Agnes’s house, and his last
hit was a miss, Shane’s life isn’t looking so good,
either. Then a bunch of lowlifes come looking for the
money, a string of hit men show up for Agnes, and some
wedding guests gather with intent to throw more than rice.
Agnes and Shane have their hands full with greed,
florists, treachery, flamingos, mayhem, mothers of the
bride, and — most dangerous of all — each other. Agnes
and the Hitman is the perfect combination of sugar and
spice, sweet and salty — a novel of delicious
proportions.
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