Calamity Jayne (Calamity Jayne book #1) - Kathleen Bacus

Calamity Jayne (Calamity Jayne book #1)

By Kathleen Bacus

  • Release Date: 2014-01-23
  • Genre: Women Sleuths
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 75 Ratings

Description

How does a blonde spell "Farm"?
E-I-E-I-O

Tressa Jayne Turner has had it up to here with the dumb-blonde jokes and a childhood nickname that's harder to get rid of than her favorite pair of cowboy boots. Thanks to one Rick Townsend, Iowa Department of Natural Resources officer, local hottie, and general pain in Tressa's behind, everyone knows her as "Calamity Jayne". Just because she may be a little accident prone and trouble seems to sometimes find her, Tressa can't get anyone in her small town to take her seriously. That is, until Tressa finds a seriously dead body and an opportunity to get "Ranger Rick" and a skeptical citizenry to see that she's no longer that skinny kid with scraped knees. How? By resurrecting her job as a reporter for the hometown paper and solving a murder no one else believes happened... no one, that is, except the killer. Now Tressa is one not-so-dumb blonde who's out to gain a little hometown respect—or die trying.

Calamity Jayne Mysteries:
Calamity Jayne
Calamity Jayne and the Fowl Play at the Fair
Calamity Jayne and the Haunted Homecoming
Calamity Jayne and the Campus Caper
Calamity Jayne in the Wild, Wild West
Calamity Jayne and the Hijinks on the High Seas
Calamity Jayne and the Trouble with Tandems
Calamity Jayne and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Lawn Gnome
Six Geese A ‘Slaying (a holiday short story)

Reviews

  • Calamity Jayne

    5
    By Ms. Redducks
    I laughed out loud several times! This is a really well written book with all my favorite characters, a ditsy blonde heroine, gutsy geriatrics and a heroic hunk. Loved it!
  • Calamity Jayne is a hoot

    5
    By Sharon K Sherman
    Non-stop witticism combined with insatiable curiosity puts Tressa Jayne in the wrong place at the right time. Using her verbal skills, she works her way through the mystery of dead bodies, with a little help from her friends.
  • Great read

    5
    By WeMomma
    I think I smiled 98% of the time. Great read with romance and mystery. I really liked all the caterers. Definitely reading the next.