- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Headline (3 Jan 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755302648
- ISBN-13: 978-0755302642
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.6 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 731,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The irresistible hairdressing reporter is back with a new mystery, new dangers and new highlights. In this latest dose of an addictive crime caper series, Bubbles Yablonsky, with the dubious help of her loony mother and precocious teenage daughter, is on the trail of a frightening villain in her search for the biggest scoop of her life.
About the Author
Sarah Strohmeyer grew up in Bethlehem, PA, and is a former newspaper reporter. She lives outside Montpelier, VT, with her husband and two children.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Another fast paced thriller in the Bubbles Yablonsky series sees our favourite part time hairdresser and part time reporter at her best. As per usual she's fighting crime while contending with her mental mother, teenage daughter and part time boyfriend etc etc - the plot's too complicated to explain but if you liked the earlier books you'll like this one! The only thing I'm not too keen on is Steve Stilleto looking like Mel Gibson, eeyuk. Couldn't he be kind of repackaged as Johnny Depp? Just a thought.
Format:Paperback
this is the fourth bubbles book and bubbles gets involved in clearing a convicted felon's name. also she manages to get a job finally at the newspaper and get her man, yes bubbles fans she finally gets stilletto under the sheets. sometimes tries to be too funny but just falls flat.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
This was the best yet in the series
24 Feb 2006
Format:Hardcover
BUBBLES A BROAD by Sarah Strohmeyer
February 24, 2006
Amazon rating ****
BUBBLES A BROAD I felt was much better than the previous installments of the novels about Bubbles Yablonsky. Bubbles is a hairdresser by trade, but she's just graduated from TWO GUYS Community College (in Lehigh, Pennsylvania) with a degree in (I think) journalism. She's trying to land a job with the local paper when she finds an opportunity to "interview" Carol Weaver, a woman that was in jail for the murder of her husband the wealthy and powerful Hal Weaver. Carol had just sprung herself out of jail and was now on the lam. This was really big news, so of course Bubbles was quite excited to have this opportunity, as Carol had shown up on Bubbles' doorsteps, asking for help. After Carol leaves, Bubbles goes to bed, only to be awakened at four in the morning by the sounds of someone in her house, and she later escapes narrowly with her life when that someone shoots at her bed. Granted, it was only with a BB gun, but the fact is, someone wanted to hurt Bubbles but for what reason, no one knew - yet.
With the help of Detective Mickey Sinkler, Bubbles' friend from the police force (Mickey has a huge crush on Bubbles) and Bubbles' current love interest Steve Stiletto, an award wining AP photographer (and very good looking to boot), Bubbles solves the mystery of who really killed Hal Weaver, a wealthy millionaire who had been having an affair with at least one woman before his murder. He's also made a number of enemies during his time. Was Carol the jealous wife who killed her husband in a jealous rage? Or was there someone else involved that had a vendetta against Hal?
Bubbles has troubles of her own when a former client of hers, Lorena Ludwig, crosses paths with Bubbles when they are both asked to cover a meeting with the Historical Society. (Lorena is a recent graduate of TWO GUYS Community College, in photography) Unfortunately, Lorena was not a happy former client, her life ruined after a botched job before her wedding, and throughout the novel, Lorena is found trying to exact revenge on Bubbles in a number of imaginative ways.
In the mean time, the romance between Bubbles and Stiletto are heating up, especially when Bubbles is asked to move in with him while her home is being investigated as a crime scene. Bubbles' mother Lulu Yablonsky is also in the picture, along with her sidekick Genevieve, both women crazy as ever. There are a lot of off the wall characters as well as an interesting mystery to solve. I didn't figure out who the murderer was until toward the end of the book, although Bubbles did come across some well thought-out theories on some possible suspects. I've two more books in this series to read, and hope to get to them in the next few months. They are fast beach reads for when one wants to read a no-brainer and be entertained.
February 24, 2006
Amazon rating ****
BUBBLES A BROAD I felt was much better than the previous installments of the novels about Bubbles Yablonsky. Bubbles is a hairdresser by trade, but she's just graduated from TWO GUYS Community College (in Lehigh, Pennsylvania) with a degree in (I think) journalism. She's trying to land a job with the local paper when she finds an opportunity to "interview" Carol Weaver, a woman that was in jail for the murder of her husband the wealthy and powerful Hal Weaver. Carol had just sprung herself out of jail and was now on the lam. This was really big news, so of course Bubbles was quite excited to have this opportunity, as Carol had shown up on Bubbles' doorsteps, asking for help. After Carol leaves, Bubbles goes to bed, only to be awakened at four in the morning by the sounds of someone in her house, and she later escapes narrowly with her life when that someone shoots at her bed. Granted, it was only with a BB gun, but the fact is, someone wanted to hurt Bubbles but for what reason, no one knew - yet.
With the help of Detective Mickey Sinkler, Bubbles' friend from the police force (Mickey has a huge crush on Bubbles) and Bubbles' current love interest Steve Stiletto, an award wining AP photographer (and very good looking to boot), Bubbles solves the mystery of who really killed Hal Weaver, a wealthy millionaire who had been having an affair with at least one woman before his murder. He's also made a number of enemies during his time. Was Carol the jealous wife who killed her husband in a jealous rage? Or was there someone else involved that had a vendetta against Hal?
Bubbles has troubles of her own when a former client of hers, Lorena Ludwig, crosses paths with Bubbles when they are both asked to cover a meeting with the Historical Society. (Lorena is a recent graduate of TWO GUYS Community College, in photography) Unfortunately, Lorena was not a happy former client, her life ruined after a botched job before her wedding, and throughout the novel, Lorena is found trying to exact revenge on Bubbles in a number of imaginative ways.
In the mean time, the romance between Bubbles and Stiletto are heating up, especially when Bubbles is asked to move in with him while her home is being investigated as a crime scene. Bubbles' mother Lulu Yablonsky is also in the picture, along with her sidekick Genevieve, both women crazy as ever. There are a lot of off the wall characters as well as an interesting mystery to solve. I didn't figure out who the murderer was until toward the end of the book, although Bubbles did come across some well thought-out theories on some possible suspects. I've two more books in this series to read, and hope to get to them in the next few months. They are fast beach reads for when one wants to read a no-brainer and be entertained.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Strohmeyer's many Bubbleheads will cheer this one
25 July 2004
Format:Hardcover
Carol Weaver escapes from prison, where she was serving time for killing her husband, and runs straight to her former manicurist, Bubbles Yablonsky, for help. Thus the scene is set for the plotting and pacing of this wacky fourth novel in Sarah Strohmeyer's amusing series. But, strange as it may seem, Bubbles is not such a bizarre choice. Since our heroine is trying to earn a permanent slot writing for the News-Times, and has been doing some feature stories on the mysterious death of another Lehigh Steel Company executive, her determination to learn the truth could actually work in Carol's favor.
And, sure enough, the former beauty salon operator begins to search for clues that will help clear the former corporate wife. She could even bring to justice those responsible for other big business shenanigans that may even include murder, along with the customary cover-ups.
The story line is a bit complicated and would require many more compound and run-on sentences to summarize. But never mind. "Story" is not why we read Chick Lit. We read it to be transported out of our own everyday problems and into the dramas of someone else's life. And, with Bubbles around, drama abounds. Each of the many characters, well drawn and quirky, has a storyline that will somehow tie into the whole.
In addition, if you are from the East Coast, each character will remind you of someone you know as you nod your head and smile in recognition. I especially like Lulu Yablonsky, Bubbles's mother, who doles out pearls of wisdom. Lulu's take on Female Economics 101: "...men have needs which women manipulate in exchange for goods and services."
Pennsylvania's answer to Legally Blonde narrates as if she were telling this story to her best friend during a long weekend. Strohmeyer deftly captures the vernacular of the Lehigh Valley's blue-collar middle-class without resorting to vulgar expressions and never allows her players to slip out of character. And, of course, she leaves nothing out as she breaks her vow of chastity with Steve Stilleto, the hunk of her dreams. It gets pretty chaotic and a little Abbott and Costello-ish at times, but through it all Bubbles prevails and eventually sorts everything out.
To get the full impact of Bubbles's adventures, you may want to begin with BUBBLES UNBOUND, followed by BUBBLES IN TROUBLE, and then BUBBLES ABLAZE. Her style is more Donna Andrews (MURDER WITH PEACOCKS) than Janet Evanovich, but Strohmeyer has already gathered quite a following of "Bubbleheads" and is sure to keep her fans cheering through many future adventures.
--- Reviewed by Maggie Harding
And, sure enough, the former beauty salon operator begins to search for clues that will help clear the former corporate wife. She could even bring to justice those responsible for other big business shenanigans that may even include murder, along with the customary cover-ups.
The story line is a bit complicated and would require many more compound and run-on sentences to summarize. But never mind. "Story" is not why we read Chick Lit. We read it to be transported out of our own everyday problems and into the dramas of someone else's life. And, with Bubbles around, drama abounds. Each of the many characters, well drawn and quirky, has a storyline that will somehow tie into the whole.
In addition, if you are from the East Coast, each character will remind you of someone you know as you nod your head and smile in recognition. I especially like Lulu Yablonsky, Bubbles's mother, who doles out pearls of wisdom. Lulu's take on Female Economics 101: "...men have needs which women manipulate in exchange for goods and services."
Pennsylvania's answer to Legally Blonde narrates as if she were telling this story to her best friend during a long weekend. Strohmeyer deftly captures the vernacular of the Lehigh Valley's blue-collar middle-class without resorting to vulgar expressions and never allows her players to slip out of character. And, of course, she leaves nothing out as she breaks her vow of chastity with Steve Stilleto, the hunk of her dreams. It gets pretty chaotic and a little Abbott and Costello-ish at times, but through it all Bubbles prevails and eventually sorts everything out.
To get the full impact of Bubbles's adventures, you may want to begin with BUBBLES UNBOUND, followed by BUBBLES IN TROUBLE, and then BUBBLES ABLAZE. Her style is more Donna Andrews (MURDER WITH PEACOCKS) than Janet Evanovich, but Strohmeyer has already gathered quite a following of "Bubbleheads" and is sure to keep her fans cheering through many future adventures.
--- Reviewed by Maggie Harding
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Great book, great free T-shirt offer!
3 Jun 2004
Format:Hardcover
Okay, so I liked the book so much I wrote it! Just saying hello and inviting you to stop by our website, http://www.sarahstrohmeyer.com to check out our FREE BUBBLES OR BUST! T-shirt offer. We Bubblesheads have a blast all year long and even more fun on the road. Dress up as Bubbles, show up at a signing (maybe one's near you...see our EVENTS page) and get more free stuff! Serious literature, this ain't. Great story, lots of laughs and hot romance it is. Enjoy! Sarah
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