Meet Lehigh, Pennsylvania's own Bubbles Yablonsky-a tube-top-wearing, gum-snapping hairdresser-turned-gun-toting gumshoe. From solving dark crimes to lightening dark roots, this hot sleuth in hot pants has everyone talking.
I love Bubbles Yablonsky! Strohmeyer has created a character that's believable, without the pretentious attitude some of the cozy heroines have. Bubble's has wit, sex appeal, a sense of fun and more brains than she realizes. A great first in a series.
Melisa M. (hedgewitch) from MARYSVILLE, PA wrote on 3/11/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I really enjoyed this first Bubbles book. She's brash, funny, and -- when she can be bothered -- she's a lot smarter than she lets on.
Jeanne P. (junefriday) from HERNDON, VA wrote on 9/8/2006...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Written first person. First in a series, it'll be fun to see Bubbles evolve.
I just loved this book! I so happen to live very close to where the author is writing about and it was fun reading about places that I knew. The story was a fun read also.
Meet Bubbles Yablonsky, Beautician/reporter/sleuth and blazing star of Strohmeyer's entertaining, establishment-basing debut.
It doesn't help that her name's Bubbles. Or that she's a gum-snapping hairdresser with Barbie-doll curves pinched into hot pants and a tube top. Or that she's saddled with a sleazy ex-hubby, a precocious daughter, and a shoplifting mother. What can a beautician do to add new highlights to her image? For starters, trip over a corpse and implicate a wealthy town socialite in the crime. Now, with a well-muscled photographer by her side, Bubbles is playing star sleuth. But as the investigation unravels, her shining moment grows as dark as a ship girl's roots. However dangerous her new career, at least the hottest graduate of the Two Guys community college is finally busting loose-and this time she's really giving Lehigh, Pennsylvania, something to talk about.
Tara N. (Dork) from HARRISBURG, PA wrote on 7/20/2006...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great Fun Read. If you are a fan of Stephanie Plum, you will love Bubbles!
Tina P. (my3girlz) from PEN ARGYL, PA wrote on 3/14/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Bubbles is a fun light read. She won't ever compare to my fave stephanie plum, but her series is still okay.
Mary V. (mkdmom) from MASSAPEQUA PK, NY wrote on 8/19/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A great cast of characters, an interesting mystery and a little romance too. Very funny; reminded me of the Stephanie Plum series.
Lorrie B. (mallygirl) from ALTOONA, PA wrote on 7/15/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Cute and funny! Not as good as Stephanie Plum but if you like the Plum series you will like this one.
Sari Lynn G. (sari-lynn) from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote on 6/15/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
The perfect summer beach book! Bubbles may look the part of the stereotypical "dumb blonde", but with her (often well-hidden) wisdom and determination, you just know she'll wind up on top.
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Allie B. from COLUMBUS, NE wrote on 8/17/2008...
Great cast of characters & a very easy lighthearted read. I can't wait to see where Bubbles goes next.
This was a GREAT book! She is a reporter/hair stylist/slueth! Awesome. I love how the author put it together!
Anna W. (dancingqueen18) from SAUTE NACOCHE, GA wrote on 1/11/2008...
Cute and funny! Reminds me a lot of Janet Evanovich!
Lynda C. (Readnmachine) from UMATILLA, OR wrote on 12/31/2007...
If you can't get your Stephanie Plum fix, this just might hold you over. Strohmeyer tries hard, but she's not there yet.
Sandra S. (Doss) from CINCINNATI, OH wrote on 9/30/2007...
This was such a fun read!! And the "killer" of the first crime is totally unexpected! It's not often you find that in a book! I highly recommend it! Now I'm off to enjoy the next book in the series!!
Vanessa O. (butterflyvo) from HOMER, GA wrote on 8/26/2007...
this is a cute series, much like janet evanovich's stephanie plum series.
Catherine B. (saltydog) from KNOXVILLE, TN wrote on 7/11/2007...
IF you like the Stephanie Plumm series then you will enjoy these books. Bubbles is a hair dresser who is trying to become a reporter. These books are very funny.
Jennifer K. (klockster69) from OSWEGO, NY wrote on 5/2/2007...
This was a good book, reminded me of the Stephanie Plum Series
Lori C. (dollycas) from FALL RIVER, WI wrote on 4/14/2007...