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Devil's Food (2011)

di Anthony Bruno

Serie: Loretta Kovacs (1)

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Anthony Award Finalist: A skip tracer chases an embezzler to Florida--and finds herself entangled with bikers and the IRS--in this thriller "packed with humor" (Booklist).   With her low-level law-enforcement career on the rocks, it's make-it-or-break-it time for zaftig Loretta Kovacs. She's been assigned to the ragtag Parole Violators Search Unit, a.k.a. the Jump Squad. All her buttons are pushed when she goes undercover as a desperate dieter at a Florida fat farm in order to nab an embezzler who's a perfect size 2. But untangling the mysteries surrounding this case is going to be harder than passing up a pastry . . .   "Bruno's characters are more than just quirky dressing for the plot . . . It moves fast and furious, but along the way his characters' struggles with their own doubts and failings anchor the reader to them." --The Nashville Banner   "A divertingly comic entertainment with a bittersweet bite." --Kirkus Reviews   "Devil's Food is good, grainy crime writing, a little bit like New Jersey's answer to Elmore Leonard." --The Advocate (Greenwich, CT)… (altro)
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There have been books and movies about bail jumpers and those who bring them back. But Anthony Bruno offers us a chase crew with frailties. Loretta Kovacs is the newest member of this 'Jump Squad' she is on probation with no where to go if she fails. So knowing that she goes undercover at a fat farm, the same one she attended several years prior and hated!

This is a fast read, for me it falls under the category of escapist read. ( )
  Bettesbooks | Jul 29, 2016 |
Loretta Kovacs is a plus size women she is an ex parole officer. She has asked to be transferred to the jump squad that is the last step before termination. She is paired with Frank Marvelli and they are given a week to find to find Martha Lee Spooner who has jumped bail/ It is reported she is currently in Florida working at a fat farm. Franks wife is dying of caner he doesn't want to go but finally gives in only problem Loretta has to be a client at the fat farm, and she was there once before the program didn't work for her. Add in a family feud and another government agency who also wants Martha Lee and you have a fantastic read. ( )
  Georgiann | Sep 30, 2014 |
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Anthony Award Finalist: A skip tracer chases an embezzler to Florida--and finds herself entangled with bikers and the IRS--in this thriller "packed with humor" (Booklist).   With her low-level law-enforcement career on the rocks, it's make-it-or-break-it time for zaftig Loretta Kovacs. She's been assigned to the ragtag Parole Violators Search Unit, a.k.a. the Jump Squad. All her buttons are pushed when she goes undercover as a desperate dieter at a Florida fat farm in order to nab an embezzler who's a perfect size 2. But untangling the mysteries surrounding this case is going to be harder than passing up a pastry . . .   "Bruno's characters are more than just quirky dressing for the plot . . . It moves fast and furious, but along the way his characters' struggles with their own doubts and failings anchor the reader to them." --The Nashville Banner   "A divertingly comic entertainment with a bittersweet bite." --Kirkus Reviews   "Devil's Food is good, grainy crime writing, a little bit like New Jersey's answer to Elmore Leonard." --The Advocate (Greenwich, CT)

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