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"Fans of Janet Evanovich will be glad to see that you don't always have to go to the burgh for mirthful murder and mayhem."
- Booklist
How does a blonde spell "Farm"?
E-I-E-I-O
Tressa Jayne Turner has had it up to here with the dumb-blonde jokes and a childhood nickname that's harder to get rid of than her favorite pair of cowboy boots. Thanks to one Rick Townsend, Iowa Department of Natural Resources officer, local hottie, and general pain in Tressa's behind, everyone knows her as "Calamity Jayne". Just because she may be a little accident prone and trouble seems to sometimes find her, Tressa can't get anyone in her small town to take her seriously. That is, until Tressa finds a seriously dead body and an opportunity to get "Ranger Rick" and a skeptical citizenry to see that she's no longer that skinny kid with scraped knees. How? By resurrecting her job as a reporter for the hometown paper and solving a murder no one else believes happened... no one, that is, except the killer. Now Tressa is one not-so-dumb blonde who's out to gain a little hometown respect—or die trying.
Calamity Jayne Mysteries
Calamity Jayne
Calamity Jayne and the Fowl Play at the Fair
Calamity Jayne and the Haunted Homecoming
Calamity Jayne and the Campus Caper
Calamity Jayne in the Wild, Wild West
Calamity Jayne and the Hijinks on the High Seas
Calamity Jayne and the Trouble with Tandems
Calamity Jayne and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Lawn Gnome
Six Geese A ‘Slaying (a holiday short story)
What critics are saying about the Calamity Jayne mysteries
" Filled with dumb-blonde jokes, nonstop action and rapid-fire banter, this is a perfect read for chick-lit fans who enjoy a dash of mystery."
- Publishers' Weekly
"Fun and lighthearted with an interesting mystery, a light touch of romance and some fascinating characters."
- RT Book Reviews
"Throw in two parts Nancy Drew, one part Lucille Ball, add a dash of Stephanie Plum, shake it all up and you’ve got a one-of-a-kind amateur sleuth with a penchant for junk food and hot-pink snakeskin cowgirl boots. A word to the wise if you’re prone to laughing out loud when reading funny books, try not to read Calamity Jayne when you’re sandwiched between two sleeping passengers on an airplane…sometimes we learn these things the hard way."
- Chick Lit Cafe
"Bacus provides lots of small-town fun with this lovable, fair-haired klutz and lively story, liberally salted with dumb-blond jokes."
- Booklist *starred review*
Calamity Jayne Calamity Jayne book #1 Calamity Jayne Mysteries edition by Kathleen Bacus Gemma Halliday Romance eBooks
I'm forcing myself to finish it. The 1st half is boring and way over the top with Jayne's comments. I've read all the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich and this character and writing can not hold a candle to them. The Jayne character and her personality is more like a ditsy high school kid who hasn't matured yet. I found Jayne's constant criticism of herself irritating. A couple small laughs but all in all I could not recommend this book.Product details
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Calamity Jayne Calamity Jayne book #1 Calamity Jayne Mysteries edition by Kathleen Bacus Gemma Halliday Romance eBooks Reviews
Tressa Jayne Turner has spent her entire twenty-two years living up to everyone's expectations - and she has the blonde hair and blonde jokes down pat to prove it. That's no thanks to her older brother's best friend, Rick Townsend, who together since Tressa's early childhood have tormented and teased her unmercifully, and bestowed upon her the nickname by which Grandville, Iowa knows her best - Calamity Jayne.
But Tressa wants to change their perceptions, to break free of the ditzy and clumsy blonde moniker. However, Calamity Jayne is known so well that when she literally stumbles upon a dead body - and said dead body subsequently disappears - the police and all of her family automatically disregard her find as the result of an overactive imagination.
Everyone, that is, except her equally bumbling and outspoken grandma who surprisingly understands her. Soon Tressa discovers why and learns her smart-mouthed, fertility god statue collector of a grandmother had her own nickname growing up, and it fits her perfectly - Hellion Hannah.
Throughout Tressa's subsequent quest to prove she's not the idiot all believe her to be, she uses her self-deprecating humor to cover fear when her life is threatened, manages to hold the hunky Rick at bay (she's not about to become another notch on HIS bedpost and risk continued humiliation when he notices her chocolate-induced love handles), and finds herself using the services of one geriatric, gun-toting, Green Hornet wanna-be against her will. Plus it wouldn't hurt if it all culminates in earning back a coveted job as an investigative reporter for the Grandville Gazette.
That's all I'm gonna tell you, folks, except to say that from the first pages of "Calamity Jayne", I was rolling with laughter. Each time I laughed out loud, my son wanted me to read the passage to him - and that was quite often at times.
My only real criticism would be that throughout the entire series of the electronic version of all six books, there were alot of grammatical and formatting errors that grabbed my attention and could have used another set of eyes for edits. For that I would have ranked this three stars. However, they didn't bother me enough to make me cease reading. Even though I also knew from the very beginning in each story who the likely bad character was, it was great light-hearted reading fare and kept me entertained.
And isn't entertainment a good reason to read?
Minor Spoilers *a couple things that happen, but not the ending
This book felt like it tried really hard to be a southern Stephanie. And it failed miserably. I thought Calamity came across as just plain whiny and irritating.
I gave the book 3 stars because I finished it, however, I would never read another thing by this author. I felt they tried to make Rick mysterious, but he just came off as well, some guy that had a good job (not that he was ever at it) and looked good, but was basically mean to Tressa? I don't know they kept calling her all sorts of stuff. CJ, Calamity, blah blah.
So this guy that has always been a jerk to her, and she too him they are really crazy for each other. It came across more just as crazy. There was NO CHEMISTRY between them. Instead of blowing up cars like Stephanie, they shoot her horse. They have Hellion Hannah as the grandma instead of Grandma Mazur. The lead is nicknamed "Ranger".
I did not find this book funny, I thought it tried to be funny, but in recounting "Calamity's" escapades, it just sounded like she was a brat. I got the impression even her family did not like her, and I did not blame them.
Overall while I read it, I kept hoping it would get better and it did not. If you have not read the Stephanie books it might be ok for you. I am glad this was a free book.
I should have listened to the other 1 star reviewers! The main character is very unlikeable & way too goofy. It's a ripoff of Janet Evanovich & Stephanie Plum only Tressa, the main character, is just too stupid. I was going to stop reading it early into the book but started flipping through the chapters hoping something would pop out that was interesting. No such luck! Don't waste your time on this one.
Tressa 'Calamity Jayne' Turner had been the butt of the joke for quite some time. Being a blonde, she was continuously treated like a dumb ditsy blonde, and with that, came all the dumb ditsy blonde jokes. Tressa has an ongoing rivalry with her brothers best friend, 'Ranger' Rick Townsend. Tressa has been working 2 jobs, and after a particularly long week, got in her car to head home after her second job. At least she thought it was her car. The lights on her dashboard are flickering, and she manages to get a flat tire. When she opens the trunk, she discovers the body of a local attorney. Not thinking clearly, she closes the trunk and takes off running. Ranger Rick finds her running down the road and takes her back to her car. Only to discover that it really isn't her car. And the body is missing. The sheriff wants to charge her with auto theft, but she and Ranger Rick manage to convince the sheriff that it was an honest mistake. The sheriff's office dismisses anything she tried to tell them about the dead body she had found. So Calamity Jayne takes it upon herself to investigate whodunnit. She keeps stumbling across dead bodies, and she becomes a target of harassment. Eventually, the mystery is solved, but the book leaves a few loose ends. Hopefully they will be addressed in the next of the series. Overall, it was a good light-hearted read.
I'm forcing myself to finish it. The 1st half is boring and way over the top with Jayne's comments. I've read all the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich and this character and writing can not hold a candle to them. The Jayne character and her personality is more like a ditsy high school kid who hasn't matured yet. I found Jayne's constant criticism of herself irritating. A couple small laughs but all in all I could not recommend this book.
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