A Novel with Thoughts and Ponderings

KNOCK OFF

Author: Rhonda Pollero ISBN: 0758215576 3/2007 CONTEMPORARY/MYSTERY Publisher: KENSINGTON

Knock Off by Rhonda Pollero

Meet Finley Anderson Tanner. F.A.T. to her enemies. Underachiever extraordinaire. This West Palm Beach paralegal hates the gym, still rents her condo, and loves two-hour lunches with her friends. But what really gets Finley’s blood pumping is the thrill of the hunt—shopping for deeply discounted designer goods she can wear at her upscale law firm. Hey, if she holds that Chanel bag just right, no one will ever notice the weird smear on the pale pink lambskin.

Too bad work isn’t all about fashion. Especially when a grieving widow is sitting in your office, convinced that her husband’s accidental death was really murder. Okay, so she’s sincere…but crazy. She’s also a close personal friend of the boss, and the boss wants Finley to personally oversee the investigation. Good-bye outlet malls; hello pain-in-my-Asprey.

Investigating murder isn’t really Finley’s bag. (That would be Prada, 75% off.) But the deeper Finley digs, the stranger things get. There are an awful lot of “accidental” deaths out there. This discount shopper knows slightly irregular when she sees it, and this case is clearly not right. Kind of like sexy Liam McGarrity. Everything about the hot, hunky P.I. assigned to the investigation screams, “Get out while you still have your underwear!” When he’s not working the case, he’s working on Finley. Who knew crime could be this much fun?

Now, for a girl whose biggest ambition was take-out Moo Shu at exactly 5:01, life is taking some exciting, unpredictable, and decidedly dangerous turns. But someone doesn’t like Finley’s new work ethic. And if this paralegal wants to bring home the real goods, she’ll have to keep from becoming a killer’s total knock off…

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

This book is laugh-out-loud funny. It is a lighthearted read that had me turning the pages until it was finished. I had never read Pollero, but I do believe I like this "F.A.T." mystery where the heroine is such a real life woman who just happens to stumble upon a mystery while investigating a murder, with the best part being the great scenery of a man!

I believe the heroine, Finley Anderson Taylor—F.A.T. to her enemies—is the epitome of what a true woman is, regardless of designer duds, excellent friends, and a hot man who just happens to be a P.I.. Pollero throws this entire combination together in a novel that is such an astounding change to the common monotony of life. I laughed until I cried and could actually see myself in the heroine, albeit maybe in a different life.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for an author who they haven't read yet and just might be starting a new series.

Kym Oetting

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