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Mojo Sheepshanks wakes up to find her dead ex-husband next to her in bed in her apartment above Bert's Bad-Ass Biker Saloon, the latest strange moment in a curious life. Mojo grew up on the run with Lillian, her babysitter, after her parents were gunned down in their trailer. She has two so-called sisters, Greer, a former teen hooker who is now a prominent doctor's trophy wife who hires her to check up on her husband, and Jolie, an African American forensic scientist. And Mojo's undercover-cop boyfriend looks like a bad-boy biker. Miller is fabulous at capturing relationships on the page, not only the fire between Mojo and Tucker but also the caring between the three women who became sisters through Lillian's love. Readers will by entranced by Mojo, a quirky detective who sees dead people and is ready to hang out her shingle as a PI. The star of Miller's series debut possesses the appeal of both Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum and Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse rolled up in one. Diana Tixier Herald
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Mojo's got an uncanny knack for winning at slots, but her home sweet home is Bad-Ass Bert's Biker Saloon. She'd love to go undercover with an irresistibly hot cop, but he's got baggage as big as his biceps. Mojo survived a mysterious childhood tragedy, but she's never quite figured out who she really is or how to get on with her life. Now the wisecracking Mojo is seeing ghosts—the ectoplasmic kind— and turning up baffling clues to her real identity. And she'll need all her savvy and strange new talent to keep someone from burying her—and the truth—for keeps.
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I laughed, I cried, I loved it!, Oct 24 2006
By Truthful book lover - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Deadly Gamble (Paperback)
I read this book and just could not put it down. At times I laughed at the antics of mojo and her ghostly vistors. Othertimes I cried. In between the ghostly visits is a compelling mystery story that keeps you guessing till the end. Many twists and turns keep the story going and kept me wanting to turn the pages.Although there is kind of a love story woven into this mystery I felt that it was more a case of intense 'like'. I think there are more books planned so I hope the love story part will be developed over the next books.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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4 stars, Nov 3 2006
By AK "Bro" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Deadly Gamble (Paperback)
Mojo Sheepshanks lives a fairly low-key life, at least presently, until the morning she wakes up with her ex-husband in bed with her. He's a ghost there to get things settled with her so he can leave the train station and make it to Heaven. He's even brought a present, the ghost of the cat her half-brother killed when she was four. Ghosts are the least pressing of her concerns, however. More than one person would like to turn her into a ghost, including the aforementioned brother who killed her parents years ago. Moreover, her ex-boyfriend is back in her life, but at least Tucker is alive. He may be a liar, but he is alive. Mojo may not stay that way if things continue on their present course, but if she can solve the mystery, she might have a better life than ever before.**** Ms. Miller has been away from the paranormal genre too long, and it's a grand thing that she has returned. Mojo is a quirky heroine whose insights into life are off-beat enough to ring true. The plot moves rapidly from one incident to the next. Danger has never been so much fun. ****
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A zany paranormal romantic suspense, Nov 5 2006
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Deadly Gamble (Paperback)
When Mary Joseph "Mojo" Mayhugh was five years old, she witnessed a brutal attack on her parents that left her orphaned. With Mojo's half brother, Geoff, convicted of the crimes, family neighbor Lillian kidnapped the child and raised her as her own. However, a couple of decades later, Lillian lives in Sunset Villa nursing home, where she seems to be wasting away, while Mojo resides above Bad-Ass Bert's Biker Saloon in Cave Creek, Arizona, not remembering anything before the abduction.She is now twenty eight years old and her love life is either too hot or too cold and her employment record stinks. Now her late former husband Nick decides to haunt her and she is seeing ghosts; though some are still alive as her maternal Uncle Clive Larimer claims chance enabled him to find her after twenty three years and someone is stalking her. She is attracted to undercover cop Tucker Darroch, which irritates Nick. Finally, Lillian's stepdaughter Greer hires Mojo to learn if her husband is cheating. Mojo believes she has found her calling as she ponders what Nick and the other ghosts, her politician uncle, and convict Geoff want of her, what to do about her past as a Mayhugh and her future perhaps with Tucker, and finally what about that allegedly cheating spouse; all that while someone wants the truth to remain buried.
DEADLY GAMBLE is a fun zany contemporary tale that has elements from several sub-genres that mix delightfully well together into a wonderful cohesive novel. Mojo keeps the story line focused as she finds her past and present crashing on her head making her future not look too bright while the support cast enhances understanding of the pressures that converge on the beleaguered, bewildered and benign heroine. The story line is action-packed, filled with Lind Lael Miller's trademark amusing asides and barbs. Fans of paranormal romantic suspense will want to read Ms. Miller's marvelous madcap mayhem.
Harriet Klausner
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