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Gemma Halliday

Auteur van Spying in High Heels

81+ Werken 3,480 Leden 140 Besprekingen Favoriet van 6 leden

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Gemma Halliday has worked as a film and television actress, a teddy bear importer, a department store administrator, a preschool teacher, a temporary tattoo artist, and a 900 number psychic, before finally deciding to be a writer. Gemma has written several mystery novels and been the recipient of toon meer numerous awards, including two National Reader's Choice awards and three RITA nominations. Her books have hit both the USA Today and the New York Times Bestseller lists. Gemma is the author of High Heels Mysteries and the Marty Hudson Mysteries as well as several stand-alone titles. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Gemma Halliday

Spying in High Heels (2006) — Auteur — 718 exemplaren
Killer in High Heels (2007) 271 exemplaren
Undercover in High Heels (2007) 235 exemplaren
Deadly Cool (2011) 224 exemplaren
Alibi in High Heels (2008) 215 exemplaren
Mayhem in High Heels (2008) 181 exemplaren
Social Suicide (2012) 105 exemplaren
Sweetheart in High Heels (2011) 95 exemplaren
Christmas in High Heels (2010) 95 exemplaren
Fearless in High Heels (2011) 80 exemplaren
Unbreakable Bond (2012) 74 exemplaren
Hollywood Confessions (2011) 61 exemplaren
Danger in High Heels (2012) 51 exemplaren
Honeymoon in High Heels (2012) 37 exemplaren
Play Nice (2012) 35 exemplaren
Luck Be a Lady (2013) 33 exemplaren
Homicide in High Heels (2014) 32 exemplaren
A Sip Before Dying (2019) 29 exemplaren
A High Heels Haunting (2010) 28 exemplaren
Secret Bond (2013) 28 exemplaren
Hollywood Headlines, Books 1-3 (2011) 27 exemplaren
Deadly in High Heels (2015) 26 exemplaren
Cozy Christmas Capers: 19 Holiday Short Stories (2014) — Medewerker — 19 exemplaren
Watching You (2010) 17 exemplaren
Bond Bombshell (2013) 15 exemplaren
Lethal Bond (2014) 14 exemplaren
Wicked Games (2021) 13 exemplaren
Hey Big Spender (2015) 13 exemplaren
Confessions of a Bombshell Bandit (2010) 11 exemplaren
Whodunits (2011) 11 exemplaren
Mystery Spring Fling (10 book set) (2017) — Medewerker — 10 exemplaren
Dangerous Bond (2016) 10 exemplaren
Short and (not so) Sweet (2010) 9 exemplaren
Viva Las Vegas (2010) 8 exemplaren
Baby It's Cold Outside (2015) 7 exemplaren
Suspect in High Heels (2019) 6 exemplaren
Bond Ambition (2017) 6 exemplaren
Sin City: Two Novels 6 exemplaren
Killer Fun: Cozy Mystery Charity Collection (2016) — Auteur — 6 exemplaren
Chocolate Covered Death (2019) 6 exemplaren
Deadly Bond (Jamie Bond #6) (2020) 5 exemplaren
Hollywood Deception (2012) 5 exemplaren
Fatal Bond (2018) 5 exemplaren
Victim in the Vineyard (2019) 4 exemplaren
Marriage, Merlot & Murder (2020) 4 exemplaren
Death in Wine Country (2020) 3 exemplaren
Twelve's Drummer Dying (2013) 3 exemplaren
Three to Get Deadly (2013) 3 exemplaren
What Happens in Vegas (2011) 3 exemplaren
Fashion, Rosé & Foul Play (2020) 2 exemplaren
Sassy Seven (Box Set 7-in-1) (2014) — Medewerker — 2 exemplaren
Play Dead: a suspense thriller (2017) 1 exemplaar
Killer Among the Vines (2021) 1 exemplaar
Sassy Seven 1 exemplaar
Haunted 1 exemplaar

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Calamity Jayne Heads West (Tressa Jayne Turner Mysteries) (2007) — Redacteur — 57 exemplaren
Dreams and Desires: A Collection of Romance and Erotic Tales (2007) — Medewerker — 18 exemplaren
Greatest Hits Mysteries Boxed Set Vol. I (Books 1-2) (2013) — Redacteur — 8 exemplaren
Dreams & Desires: A Collection of Romance Tales, Vol. 2 (2008) — Medewerker — 4 exemplaren

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Algemene kennis

Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Woonplaatsen
San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA

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There's not actually anything bad about this book - I just didn't really like it all that much. It was readable and it had a few funny parts - it's just not really my thing. I prefer less ditz in my cozy mysteries. Well all my books really. If you like Stephanie Plum, you'll no doubt love Maddie Springer. She's pretty much a complete carbon copy but without a second boyfriend (well sort of anyway) and a million family members. That or she's a re-imagined version of what a LA fashionista Stephanie Plum would look like.

I got tired of Stephanie Plum with her back and forth wishy-washy-ness and the exact same thing happened here. Because it was 481 pages of ditzy flip-flopping idiocy. It was too long by far. Sure the first 40% was decent but it just never wrapped up - it just kept going and going. And to be fair, it wasn't badly written - it was perfectly readable - if I liked the main character more I'm sure I would've loved getting an extra 250 pages than what was needed - but I didn't and it started to drag.

One of the main things that dragged was the is she/is she not pregnant. I just didn't care by the end. Her relationship with Ramirez is problematic for so many reasons - mostly the fact that she MAY BE PREGNANT?! But also because she's not even committing to dumping Richard? Or thinking she should? It was just bizarre. The will they won't they has never grabbed me and it just made me cringe in this.

Overall, not for me. But a good beach read if you're after a bit of mystery, a bit of romance and a bit of ditz. 2.5 stars.
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funstm | 33 andere besprekingen | Dec 1, 2022 |
I started this book ages ago and just couldn't get into it, but picked it up again this week and flew through it. It's not the best mystery book out there but it's not really the worst either. I didn't really like any of the characters, Hartley is more or less an idiot. But the mystery was okay, there were some good one liners and it wasn't painful to get through, just ridiculous. If you like Gemma Halliday's Spying in High Heels you'll like this. It's pretty much the same characters, just younger.… (meer)
 
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funstm | 35 andere besprekingen | Dec 1, 2022 |
I enjoyed the book, although I don't think I'll read more from this series. It was entertaining and fun but the main character eventually started to annoy, so I'm done.
 
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kathp | 33 andere besprekingen | Jun 10, 2022 |
This was a fun cozy mystery, basically was exactly what I expected. I think these types of mysteries can be really fun to read and usually are nice and easy reads and that's what I got here. I do generally prefer for my cozy mysteries to be a bit humorous so I would have preferred a bit more comedy in this.

I feel like throughout this story I got a pretty good sense of Emmy's personality and what her background was which I appreciated. There is also a cop/love interest that I wish we had seen more of because I felt like I didn't know him at all. Emmy's friend Ava was fun and present a lot through the story but we definitely don't know as much about her.

This plot is very similar to other books in this genre that I've read. It seems like a lot of these books have a food element and this one did as well, as Emmy is a trained chef. It definitely made me very hungry reading this and through sometimes long descriptions of food bother me, it was fun here.

I would recommend this if you're looking for a fun amateur sleuth cozy mystery.
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AKBouterse | 2 andere besprekingen | Oct 14, 2021 |

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Werken
81
Ook door
6
Leden
3,480
Populariteit
#7,310
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
140
ISBNs
170
Talen
3
Favoriet
6

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