I waited a long time to find a series as funny as the adventures of Stephanie Plum (Janet Evanovich my dear) or Izzy Spellman (Lisa Lutz). I did dip into the world of Meg Cabot (who admittedly relatively convinced me) but I wanted more. Then a ticket Fashion drew my attention to the name of an author that I did not know (Laura Levine) and a heroine, whose name, he seemed familiar (Jaine Austen ) ... Driven by curiosity, so I ordered This pen for hire (first volume of a series of nine, for the moment), I Read a draft, and has caused several giggles public (including a quite memorable in the waiting room of my OB and got me, you guessed it, looks skeptical, if not downright dismissive, but let our sheep).
Jaine is a public writer who lends his services against payment, of course, businesses and individuals alike. Her daily life is usually so devoted to the preparation of brochures for various companies specializing in plumbing drain cleaning toilets, matrimonial ads, etc. ... One day, Howard Murdoch, a skinny geek, is not on the edge his door and asked him to write a love letter to get him an appointment with a bimbo aerobics teacher. To his surprise, he then learns to Jaine that said Stacy agreed to date him. The day of their first appointment, Howard was arrested for the murder of Stacy and Jaine , convinced of his innocence, feels responsible so she decides to investigate her poor innocent client for which it a pity. Jaine discovers that Stacy had many enemies, and the list of suspects grows ... The police, of course, does not seem at all interested in the theories and discoveries Jaine . It obviously takes more to discourage Jaine, who throws himself wholeheartedly into the investigation.
This pen for hire is the first volume of the adventures of Jaine, a heroine you like them: determined (or even a bit stubborn), awkward, funny and endearing. It always the opposite of what she said, which establishes between herself and the reader, a funny report suspicious at first, but soon to become amused look. So, obviously, the investigation no interest crazy, but we take in this story however, as it focuses on wacky characters and a few losers. There is the best friend, Kandi, who spends his time searching the man of her life, and who consistently called servers Actor! " (After all, we're in LA), Prozac, haughty cat Jaine who spends his time ignoring when it does not claim to eat, and a whole bunch of secondary characters really funny ... A thriller / comedy, then, that reads quickly but that is attracting many laughs and is ultimately very entertaining! Let me tell you that I ordered Live volumes 2, 3 and 4 ...
