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Further adventures of Eva Wylie, first featured in "Bucket Nut", which won the Crime Writers' Silver Dagger Award. Eva is a female wrestler with criminal tendencies and a wicked tongue. She's a contender for the Women's Heavyweight Wrestling Championship, but, as always, she's short of cash.
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Format:Paperback
This book was so entertaining, by the time I got to the end, I wanted to start it all over again. The characters are extremely well-drawn, and although it takes a few pages to get used to the colloquial style and personality quirks of the main protagonist (heavyweight wrestler and security guard, Eva Wylie), by the end of the book she feels like an old friend.
Packed with humour and crazy situations in the seemier side of London this book keeps up the pace right to the end, and then it's over too quick! Luckily the characters are used again by Cody in a series of books featuring the smart street-savvy cop, Anna Lee and at least two others with straight-talking Eva.
Buy it, you won't regret it!
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Mysteries look different to a professional wrestler!
3 April 1998
Format:Paperback
The usually simple formula of a detective story has been hopelessly convoluted by dirty reality, and Eva Wylie's slightly twisted perception of it. I've
never met a protagonist so ugly, tough, and stubborn,
and she's female!
never met a protagonist so ugly, tough, and stubborn,
and she's female!
Eva's arms look a lot better than
her face; the wrestling fans don't call her Bucket Nut (Bucket
Head) for nothing. But underneath her hard-as-nails
exterior, she's way more vulnerable than she wants
to be. Eva ends up using her muscle and street know-how
to try to even up the score in one of the oldest
battles known to the city scene. Prostitutes in the
area are getting brutally killed, and one of them
happens to be the sister of her old sidekick, Crystal.
Crystal wants justice for her sister, and she doesn't
hesitate to manipulate Eva into helping out. Eva
just wants peace - a few good workouts, a wild
fight in the ring now and then, and hanging out
with her junkyard dogs. But Crystal has the tenacity
of a Monkey Wrench, and won't let her be until she
feels her sister is avenged.
It's a non-stop ride
through the seamiest streets of London, with the
most unusual, nasty, oddly laughable and ultimately
admirable heroine I've
ever read. Go, Bucket Nut!!
I was heartbroken to learn there are only 3 books in this series
3 Dec 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Although this book took a bit of getting into -- it's a very strong story told by a very strong main character in a "noir" style of speaking -- once I got into it, I loved it. I thought, "I'll have to read the rest of the series" (this is the second) and learned that there are only three in all. Author, please explain?
The main character, Eva, is a female wrestler in London. She's tough -- very tough -- and very independent. She has attitude and problems with authority. And underneath it all, she's a kind person, despite what she says about herself being so tough and not caring about others.
Eva gets involved with a bunch of streetwalkers. One of them has been beaten to death, and the victim's sister is an old acquaintance of Eva (Eva claims not to be friends with her). Eva agrees to teach them self-defense and more and more gets pulled into their lives.
This book doesn't really focus on "who done it" -- and the ending isn't neat and tidy, like most mysteries. But it's great writing with a strong central female character who is likable despite her extreme roughness and quick temper.
I look forward to reading the other two in the series and wish the author would revive this character.
The main character, Eva, is a female wrestler in London. She's tough -- very tough -- and very independent. She has attitude and problems with authority. And underneath it all, she's a kind person, despite what she says about herself being so tough and not caring about others.
Eva gets involved with a bunch of streetwalkers. One of them has been beaten to death, and the victim's sister is an old acquaintance of Eva (Eva claims not to be friends with her). Eva agrees to teach them self-defense and more and more gets pulled into their lives.
This book doesn't really focus on "who done it" -- and the ending isn't neat and tidy, like most mysteries. But it's great writing with a strong central female character who is likable despite her extreme roughness and quick temper.
I look forward to reading the other two in the series and wish the author would revive this character.
delightful contender!
1 Aug 2005
Format:Hardcover
Just came across this and I'm going to read the next one in the series immediately! The other reviews explain this unique female lead and her environment. I like the book because it is quirky, consistent, a bit of an inspiration, and slyly humorous. Eva Wylie is a contender!
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