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Summary: Casey Jones is back!
Review: Casey Jones is back and kicking butt! I laughed, cried, and chewed my nails! I really didn't see how Munger could possibly top Legwork, but she did. If you are looking for a great mystery written with humor and great characters, you have found the right book. It is a book that I'll reread many times. Casey Jones rocks!
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Summary: Casey is at it again!
Review: Casey takes on the case of a death row inmate whom she feels is innocent. The underlying tension of Casey's past lingers throughout the series. Casey vs. Bureaucrats-they never had it so bad.
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Summary: Casey is at it again!
Review: Casey takes on the case of a death row inmate whom she feels is innocent. The underlying tension of Casey's past lingers throughout the series. Casey vs. Bureaucrats-they never had it so bad.
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Summary: Trouble ahead, trouble behind
Review: Fans of female PIs, rejoice! Katy Munger's Casey Jones is equal to the very best in the genre: Grafton, Barnes, Paretsky. Out Of Time, the second in the series, is a breezy, fast-paced read with a hard centre. Intriguingly Munger pretty much gives away the identity of the killer about halfway through the book, making the rest of the novel a nail-bitingly suspensful duel between Jones and her prey. Also unusually, she throws in a dozen pages at the end detailing exactly what happened to everyone after the killer's nabbed. Casey Jones herself is the most endearing investigator since Carlotta Carlyle debuted. There's plenty of wit and wisecracks, but Munger always keeps it under control; the plot never descends into farce the way it does in, say, Janet Evanovich's books. And my God, can this woman WRITE! A few words, half a sentence, and she's conjured up a minor character, and made them more memorable than anything Patricia Cornwell's done in the last decade. Buy it, and you'll be, like me, lining up to buy the rest of the Casey Jones series.
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Summary: A Wonderful Small Book- Like a perfect Diamond
Review: I enjoyed this book so much, I ran out to buy the rest, but the bookstore was already closed! I was actually looking for something to hold me over until Janet Evanovich's latest book, Seven Up came out, and found K. Munger! Characterization, humor, plotting, all go go go! If any of you readers know of any other authors who write as well email me please. writeschk@houston.rr.com
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Summary: A Wonderful Small Book- Like a perfect Diamond
Review: I enjoyed this book so much, I ran out to buy the rest, but the bookstore was already closed! I was actually looking for something to hold me over until Janet Evanovich's latest book, Seven Up came out, and found K. Munger! Characterization, humor, plotting, all go go go! If any of you readers know of any other authors who write as well email me please. writeschk@houston.rr.com
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Summary: Smart asses of the world -- unite!
Review: If you like your humor with an edge and think that too many mysteries these days are fuddy-duddy and boring, then give my book a try. It can give you a fresh look at the South the way it really is (forget all that corn-pone crap) and you'll get a mystery and some laughs along with it. Try this book if you like your women strong and sassy and appreciate wry social commentary. Skip it if sarcasm turns you off or if you're offended by jokes about sex and the very occasional dirty word (there are no graphic scenes about sex or violence, however). As always, I'd welcome your comments via e-mail when you're done reading "Out Of Time". If you hurry, you can even influence my next Casey Jones, due out in the summer of 1999. Also, I have an upcoming 60-Second Mystery on the avonbooks.com website, so check it out if you want more Casey. Enjoy! -- Katy Munger
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Summary: Want More Casey Jones Adventures
Review: Katy Munger is truly talented and a new discovery of mine. Both Legwork and Out of Time were books that I was unable to put down. The main character, Casey Jones, is someone to relate to and to cheer on. She's persistant and savvy and makes me laugh. She has guts and if she epitomizes the True Southern woman, I sure wouldn't mind knowing her. The story flows well, keeps your constant attention and makes you want more. I am especially appreciative of the final chapter where events following the solution to the mystery are explained in matter of fact manner by Casey. I want more Casey Jones...and SOON!!
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Summary: I'm Hooked!
Review: Katy Munger was recommended to me because I love Janet Evanovich's books. Not as over-the-top as Evanovich, this book had its share of wit but combined it with a tight mystery plot and a horde of fascinating secondary characters. A writing workshop lecturer once told me: every character in your book thinks they're the star of it. Well, every character in this book COULD be the star of their own story because they're so wonderfully crafted and intriguing.Even if the ending stretched out overlong, I didn't mind because it gave us the conclusions for each character's story, and by that time I'd come to care about what happened to them. Casey Jones is a fascinating character, a little too much on the yang side at the beginning but who softens up during the course, a woman who makes mistakes but learns from them; smart and sexy, confident and not twenty-one. We care what happens to her. We care about the case she's working on and the people she's working for. And it's all set right around my house! I was THRILLED to see landmarks of North Carolina's Research Triangle throughout the book, adding layers of our area's peculiar flavor to an already eccentric viewpoint. So I'm here on Amazon to snarf up some more Casey Jones books. You go, Katy Munger! One question to you and Evanovich: how can your heroines eat so much and not gain weight???
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Summary: Great Read!
Review: Ms. Munger takes a hard look at us Southern folks and we all come up laughing. This is no moss-covered tale - she's right on the money about city politics. She has interestingly let Casey Jones change a bit from when we met her in Legwork - those kind of changes we all make and that a lesser author seems not to note. I'm a big fan of Ms. Munger's work. Grab this one!
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