KNOCK OFF
RHONDA POLLERO
ISBN# 0-7582-1557-6
March 2007
Kensington Publishing
850 Third Ave, New York NY 10022
Hardcover
$19.95
279 Pages
Mystery
Rating: 4 Cups

Finley Anderson Tanner, FAT to her enemies, wants to drink coffee, shop online, date her sweet but ho-hum boyfriend, and avoid work like the plague; in that order. However, her priorities are about to get switched around and nobody is more shocked than Finley.

Liam McGarrity is an investigator under contract to Finley’s firm and likes to discover new ways to get under her skin.

When Finley is assigned to a case involving a grieving widow who suspects foul play in her husband’s auto accident, nobody thinks it will lead to a murder investigation, least of all Finley. Her favorite thing to sniff out previously has been marked down designer clothing. However, that does not stop her from getting close enough to the truth to land in a lot of trouble. She enlists Liam’s aid and, at first, he does not believe there is a case. However, all too soon he sees signs that Finley is getting close enough that someone wants to scare her off. Can the duo solve the mystery before the suspect gets close enough to knock off Finley?

This book made me laugh, and at the same time had me reading well past my bedtime so I could figure out who did it. I loved Finley because she was so normal and would not give up because she knew deep down that there had been a murder. I also liked how one of her so-called bad habits gave her one of her first clues. Her befuddled attraction to Liam was great and her frustration with his vagueness made me smile. I also felt as if I knew each of the heroine’s girlfriends personally by the end of and book. I loved my first FAT mystery, and hope to see more of Finley A. Tanner very soon.

Jenn
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