The cover of this book made me feel happy inside, as if the driver doesn't have a care in the world and is fun loving. On reading the book it turns out that one indeed can judge a book by its cover.
This book was such a funny enjoyable read which had me giggling a lot.
There is romance and suspense with a very brave lady in the mix too. Its all happening in this quick whittled, dramatic and very entertaining book.
Everyone needs to read this book once it is published, its blooming brilliant xx ( )

This book starts off with the Sheriff Hank Gephart being found shot outside of a nursing home.

In comes Ruby Mortimer-Smyth, a prim and proper English woman transplanted into a small town in Kansas. Hoping to have gone to Paris, France, because that is where she and her husband were supposed to go and live for his job.

Ruby and her stepsister Claire, have always been competitive and no more so in the fact that Ruby was going to get go to Paris and her cousin was not. With the story being set up with the Sheriff being shot on the eve of Y2K, the reader is taken back a bit to the start of the story which sets up the characters in a fun and a funny way had me wanting to read more.

Ruby ingrains herself into life in Kansas the best she can even though most of the time she feels like a fish out of water, but along the way she meets and befriends a few different "characters" . The more she is brought into the lives of these different people, the less English and prissy she becomes. Plus she is also to rethink her life and what she wants out of it and she finds it is not what she has. She is not happy in her marriage and I think that is why she becomes enamored of the good sheriff. So did she really shoot the sheriff?

Told in a humorous and laugh out loud way, this book is so much fun, I loved how Ruby. for me being kind of an uninteresting person to a fun loving very nice but unhappy woman who goes from being selfish to doing an about face and becoming a caring loving woman. I came to like her a lot and the story was fun to read! ( )

Review of “Brake Failure” by Alison Brodie
By Linda Zagon lindasbookobsession.blog/

I have to blame Alison Brodie for having to catch my breath from laughing so hard with her book “Brake Failure”. I really did enjoy this book and found it very entertaining!

The genres of this book are Contemporary Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Romance and Humor. I would also suggest satire.

I find that Alison Brodie’s description of her dysfunctional characters and circumstances are witty, humorous, amusing, and compelling.

The timeline of the story is just before the Millennium, and the Y2K meltdown.
The story starts when the people living in a home for the aged discover an injured body at their door. It is the Sheriff. Who shot the Sheriff?
Next we meet our heroine Ruby, very proper and prim and British. She is meeting her sister Claire for a challenging lunch. Both have brought distinguished guests. The sisters have an unusual sibling rivalry that almost borders on the absurd. To Ruby, Claire shows off her English airs and brags constantly. Ruby can’t wait to outdo her sister when she tells her she will be moving to Paris with her new husband for his job. The day of the wedding, Ruby’s new husband informs her there is a change of plans and that they will be going to Kansas. Of course this is a disappointment to Ruby.

Ruby’s adventures in Kansas with her new neighbors and friends planning for the Y2K Meltdown are hilarious. Her neighbors and friends love her British accent and only want to hear stories of the Queen.

Of course, Ruby’s romantic adventures are intriguing as well. There are twists and turns, and some suspense, and mystery.

I have had so much fun reading Alison Brodie’s novel, I was disappointed when it was over. I highly recommend this! Enjoy!!! ( )