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Review by B.J. Bramblett for Fictionaddiction.net
Title: Just Add Water by Jinx Schwartz
Total Word Count: 481
Amazon Ranking: Five Stars
Excerpt: Our morning, before my champagne inspired and somewhat specious pronouncement about using a boat as a mantrap, started out crappy.
"Men 'n' dawgs," I told Jan as we sat in my living room earlier that day.
My friend dabbed a tear and snuffed, "they sure are, Hetta."
"Jan, I didn't say men are dogs. I said men and dogs. In my opinion men aren't worth a damn until they're fifty. And dogs 'til they're five."
Jan bobbed her head and said with a pout, "Nice dogs are easy to find. Not like men."
"So true," I agreed. "Of course some say that men and buses come along every fifteen minutes, but I say most aren't headed in the right direction. That Richard of yours? He sure ain't no first class ride, so to speak, but never fear, because, "I cranked up the CD player and sang along with Martha Wash as she belted out, 'its raining men, hallelujah!"
For effect, I added a few Holy Roller moves to my routine and finished by tossing a chenille throw over my shoulder a 'la James Brown. It was a spectacularly uplifting performance, should you ask me.
Review: Can't get a man? Just add water. Hang on tight for a rollicking adventure with Hetta Coffey, a globetrotting civil engineer with an attitude. After a lifelong swath of failed romances, Hetta prefers living with her dog and commiserating her single status with best friend, Jan. But old habits die-hard and one morning while brunching with Jan at the waterfront, Hetta's attention is snagged by a parade of passing yachts and their hunky male skippers. She decides that if she had a boat, she could get a man.
Despite her naiveté of all things nautical, Hetta buys her dream boat and sets about learning to sail. A series of events, including a shadowy stalker and an inconvenient body threatens to imperil her new lifestyle. As her past comes back to haunt her, Hetta must use all of her gritty resources to foil an attempt on her life to figure out who is determined to kill her and why.
Bookworm Briefing: Author, Jinx Schwartz will need to change her name to Lucky when readers discover "Just Add Water." Schwartz has not only hit a home run; her first book is out of the ballpark. Schwartz is a twinkling, bright star on the mystery genre horizon with her witty and sometimes irreverent heroine, Hetta Coffey. Book One of the Hetta Coffey series, "Just Add Water," is a refreshing antidote to the seriousness of the mystery genre without sacrificing a well-constructed plot, enjoyable story, and colorful characters. Readers will fly through the pages in anticipation of what Hetta will do, and say next. Schwartz ties up all the loose ends at the conclusion of the book, leaving this reader eagerly anticipating Book Two of the Hetta Coffey series.
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