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I think between the humor, violence, humor again, romance, friendships, minor characters, and even the dog, between it all i fell in love with this book. When a fiery food writer meets a hitman with a heart of gold, all bets are off in thiswildly entertaining seattle times novel from bestselling authors jennifer crusie and bob mayer. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read agnes and the hitman. Agnes has to cater a wedding by the weekend or lose her home and her business. Excellent writing and i could barely tell who wrote what so it felt like a seamless read. Agnes, a food writer, meets a hitman in unusual circumstances while she is preparing to cater a wedding, and her life gets very complicated. 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 youve got a rec sometimes love just wont go away. And then shane, the hitman, appears through her bedroom window and agnes realises her old problems were nothing compared to whats about to come. Agnes is a chef, hotheaded and fed up with being treated like a fool by the men she knows. Bob mayer rescued during a breakin by an unlikely hit man who has been directed by the mob to protect her, food writer cranky agnes finds her situation further complicated by a missing cache of money that. There are many twists and turns and quite a few surprises. Agnes crandalls life goes awry when a dognapper invades her kitchen one night. After an armed thug tries to kidnap agness dog, who appeared in the local paper wearing a gaudy necklace that agnes believes incorrectly to be junk, a fortunato family friend and mobster asks hit man shane to keep an eye on agnes. Narrator sandra burr does a decent job with the characters here.

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 youve got a recipe for a sexy, hilarious novel about the disastrous side of true love. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Having written about a book about sisterhood and magic with the krissie and eileen, i wrote a book about cooking and mobsters with bob. But to me it sounded like the narrator was going for a marilyn monroeesque voice for agnes that, in my opinion, did not fit with the descriptions, dialogue or character. She is a cool, rational character who doesnt express her emotions. Agnes and the hitman by jennifer crusie, bob mayer, and. Agnes and the hitman jennifer crusie, author, bob mayer, author. Agnes and the hitman by jennifer crusie, bob mayer. Agnes and the hitman download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Then a man climbs through her bedroom window to save her. This is the best place to find out about published works by jennifer crusie, the new york times, usa today, and publishers weekly bestselling author of twenty novels, one book of literary criticism, miscellaneous articles, essays, novellas, and short stories, and the editor of three essay anthologies.

Goodreads members who liked confessions of an economic. Agnes, given the moniker of cranky agnes, is more feisty than cranky and she is funny and despite her issues, someone you want to be like. In the meantime, agnes needs protection and her uncle knows just who to hire. Even though the previous crusiemayer book, dont look down, wasnt my cup of tea, im going to keep my eye on this pair, for, other than a bumpy start, i couldnt find anything wrong with agnes and the hitman.

Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Buy agnes and the hitman reprint by crusie, jennifer isbn. The cranky agnes character could be a lot of fun for a narrator to read and this could have been one of those books that enhances the writing with a great narration. Agnes and the hitman quotes showing of 36 you have to open up to the world and learn optimism. If youve seen those movies, youll have some idea of what agnes and the hitman is like.

Agnes and the hitman agnes crandalls problems are roiling to a boil. This book is a deliciously chaotic but fun crime caper and really shows off jennifer crusies humour and how well she and bob mayer work together. I didnt enjoy dont look down but agnes and the hitman was a real treat. First, a dognapper invades her kitchen, seriously hampering her attempts to put on a. Agnes is engaged to taylor, a chef and coauthor of her book cranky agnes mob food.

First, a dognapper invades her kitchen, seriously hampering her attempts to put on a wedding that shes staked her. Agnes and the hitman by jennifer crusie and bob mayer of. Its got cooking, mob bosses, government hitmen, sex. Agnes and the hitman is the perfect combination of sugar and spice, sweet and saltya novel of delicious proportions. Agnes and the hitman by jennifer crusie librarything. I dont always picture how books would look on screen, but this one i. Agnes and the hitman is the third jennifer crusie novel i read though its cowritten with bob mayer, after i loved bet me and enjoyed charlie all night.

Agnes and the hitman book north vancouver district. Agnes and the hitman is a romantic crime comedy about agness crandall, the creator of the cranky agnes column, who spends most of her time cooking and writing her food column. A novel ebook written by jennifer crusie, bob mayer. Agnes and the hitman by jennifer crusie and bob mayer. If you liked agnes and the hitman, you might like this other titles. I think this book is much better than bird on a wire was, but its as close as i can come to describing the tone. Rescued during a breakin by a hit man sent by the mob to protect her, food writer agnes crandall finds her situation further complicated by a missing cache of money that becomes a key factor in.

What i didnt know was that studio effects can do it too. Agnes and shane have their hands full with greed, florists, treachery, flamingos, mayhem, mothers of the bride, and most dangerous of all each other. Long time gone a tragic history comes back to haunt many of the characters. Popular romance writer crusie and action adventure thriller author mayer come together providing a unique style with appeal for a wide audience. Your first book, dont look down never got off the ground for me, and crusies other recent collaborative release, the. Exciting, fun, weird and unexpectedly gripping, agnes and the hitman is very impressive and reminiscent of one for the money in its style and wit. She also has a column about cooking titled cranky agnes. First, a dognapper invades her kitchen, seriously hampering her attempts to put on a wedding that shes staked her entire net worth on.

Agnes and the hitman by jennifer crusie and bob mayer reads like a southern novel with a hint of the sopranos. This duo has written a very funny and witty book about agnes s trials and tribulations that are all made better by food and a hitman. Shane no last name may be agnes s hero, but hes also a professional hitman. Agnes and the hitman is the perfect combination of sugar and spice, sweet and salty a novel of delicious proportions. Oh, and the person who asked him to protect her is a former mob boss. Agnes and the hitman by bob mayer, jennifer crusie published by st. In the process, there are a few dead bodies, a traitorous fiance, and the gorgeous hunk come to her aid. Find books like confessions of an economic hit man from the worlds largest community of readers. Take one food writer named cranky agnes, add a hitman named shane, mix them together with a southern mob wedding. Totally back on form, this felt more like welcome to temptation and faking it.

Listen to agnes and the hitman by bob mayer, jennifer. Click download or read online button to get agnes and the hitman book now. Remember those oldish goldie hawn movies, like bird on a wire. Agnes, a columnist for a paper in south carolina just recently bought a house from her best friends mother aka exmob wife, brenda fortunato. 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 youve got a recipe for a sexy, hilarious novel about the disastrous side of true love. Agnes and the hitman audiobook by jennifer crusie, bob. It tells the story of agnes, a food columnist, and shane, the government hitman who is there to protect her. Agnes and the hitman jennifer crusie, bob mayer, sandra burr on. It made me laugh multiple times, and that alone makes this book.

Contentment with the past, happiness with the present, and hope for the future. Find books like agnes and the hitman from the worlds largest community of readers. Goodreads members who liked agnes and the hitman also liked. Books similar to confessions of an economic hit man. Agnes and the hitman was the best of three, even if it was completely different. Buy a cheap copy of agnes and the hitman book by jennifer crusie. Agnes and shane have their hands full with greed, florists, treachery, flamingos, mayhem, mothers of the bride, andmost dangerous of alleach other. When agnes is attacked after moving into her dream house in the small southern town of keyes, s. I have to admit that i was afraid to read your new jennifer crusie and bob mayer collaboration, agnes and the hitman.