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Bad To The Bone Mm

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This is the forth book in the Casey Jones series and it starts out with Casey meeting with her ex husband Jeff. He is the reason she served jail time because she took the fall for him on a previous drug bust. In this book Casey has funny things to say and one of my personal favorites was when Bill Butler said to her, "Casey you are just like a train wreck." Her response back is why do you think they call me Casey Jones. This was a very clever part in the book too.

Right after Jeff leaves the office this older blonde woman walks into Casey's office telling her that her ex husband has beaten her up and taken their little girl. She wants Casey to find her for her. Casey feels sorry for this woman who calls herself Tawny, but when she does some investigating and also finds the little girl she begins to wonder if Tawny is really who she says she is.

Casey is drawn into a murder case where Tawny's ex husband is accused of killing the lover of Tawny. When Casey is paid with a bad check from Tawny she starts to believe that maybe the ex husband is being set up and with Casey on the case, you know things are going to start happening. Very nice ending with all the ends tied up neatly.

I will say I didn't like this one as much as the third in the series, but I do like the Casey Jones character and I will continue to read the next books that come out. I do know that number 5 is available and Ms. Munger is in the process of writing number 6 which will probably be out in 2005.

This is the 4th book in the series.Casey is determined to get the woman who has done everyone wrong. And when she's determined watch out, you wouldn't want to mess with her. Excellent book!!!

I like Casey because she's resembles a real person....you can just see her as your wacky cousin or hard-hearted sister (if your sister dresses like a hooker and likes younger men, that is!) I think Casey could whip Stephanie Plumm...after all, Casey *is* a Southern girl!!! This is my favorite book in the series. It's fast-paced, non-stop action. I highly recommend every one of her books!

.... Stephanie Plum's book was a slight disappointment this year, so it's WONDERFUL to make a new discovery (for me) and find Casey Jones!

Where Stephanie Plum is still bumbling her way through after how many years on the job?, Casey is a smark cookie (or Krispy Kreme donut) who has the chutzpah to face her troubled past as it intersects her latest manhunt.

Ex-husbands, current boyfriends who are riding out funks, and downright no-holds-barred evil murderers who kidnap kids make for just part of the varied cast that Munger paints so well. I love her character descriptions and sense of place (though true enough, South of the Border isn't portrayed nearly as wierdly as it should have been).

I'm looking forward to this weekend to read the next book in the series!

I don't know what's in the water in Seattle, but I thought this book was excellent. I like my mysteries with a little meat on them and Casey Jones is certainly a meaty character--and all woman, to boot. She's independent and sassy and doesn't listen to people who think she should cross her legs and act like a lady. The only thing I enjoyed more than Bad to the Bone is Better Off Dead. This is an excellent series, and I eagerly await the next installment. Go get 'em, Casey!!!

I don't think the person below who hated the book even read it because her/his comments make no sense. I have no idea what they are talking about. This is in no way an obscene book, at least not by the standards of anyone under 60! I read it cover to cover and was not only never offended, i was very entertained! It is very funny, very tightly-paced and plays fair to the reader -- lots of clues and lots of tension to keep you turning the pages. The mystery component of the story is as good as any I've ever read. And Casey has that heart of gold a true hardboiled protagonist needs -- her sense of justice and moral code is very strong. As for the quality of the writing: Ms. Munger's work is definitely way above the quality of almost all other contemporary mystery authors I have read.

But, no, you will not like her work if Miss Marple is your only idea of a strong female protag. Fortunately, most people are a little more open-minded.

This is, I think, Katy Munger's best book. The plot, for a start, is an absolute corker: when she's used by a client, blonde bitca Tawny Bledsoe, to frame an innocent man for murder, Casey Jones swears revenge. The only problem is, things from the past -- her no-good ex-husband, her sometime lover Bill Butler, and her own trailer-trash upbringing -- keep getting in the way. The writing is superb. There's all the fast-moving action, local colour, wit and sass we've come to expect from Munger, but there's also a greater psychological depth to the novel as Casey tries to come to grips with her own past. If you're a fan of female PIs -- hell, if you're a mystery fan at all -- you are going to love this book. Just don't try reading it in bed -- you'll be up all night because it's quite a pageturner.

Isn't there enough vulgarity in the world already? Bring back Dorothy L. Sayers and Ellis Peters, etc. More vulgar, obscene, dreck like this, the world does not need.

Spend your money on writers who rely on wit and writing skill, instead of raunch and shock value, to hold a reader's attention.

Katy Munger's Casey Jones mysteries are great, apart from the appeal of a great mystery story the added humor is a terrific bonus. It takes a lot to make me laugh and I found myself laughing out loud, even the author's blurb at the end of the book has some humor thrown in. Do not miss this mystery series.

Some excellent off-color humor. Wonderful female fight scenes. Sex of all kinds. A great female villain. I couldn't put it quite up there with Evanovich and Grafton because there are a few weak lines and cliches "This unleashed a new episode of fury - the display was awesome" and in the scene whete she tricks a murderer into confessing the long speeches were unlikely.