Calamity Jayne (Tressa Jayne Turner Mysteries, Book 1)

when Ditzy Shop-o-mart Employee Jayne Leaves Work Late One Night And Takes The Wrong Car, She Finds A Body In The Trunk And Herself In Terrible Danger. Whom She Can Trust Except The Young Man She Grew Up With, A Young Man Who Has Tormented Her—and Her Him—ever Since She First Called Him Ranger Rick? publishers Weekly bacus's Riotous Romantic Suspense Debut Offers Plenty Of Smalltown Charm And Oddball Characters, Notably Ditzy Blonde Tressa Jayne Turner, Who Has Earned The Moniker Calamity Jayne For The Disastrous Events That Follow Wherever She Goes. One Night After Working The Late Shift At Bargain City In Granville, Iowa, Tressa Mistakes Another Car For Her Own, And Ends Up On A Dark Country Road With A Flat Tire. Instead Of A Spare, Tressa Finds The Town's Drug-smuggling Attorney Dead In The Trunk And An Envelope Of Greenbacks In The Glove Compartment. In A Panic, Tressa Goes For Help, But When She Returns With Ranger Rick, Her Hunky Nemesis From High School Who Turns Up At All The Right Moments, The Car Has Disappeared, Dead Body, Cash And All. Naturally, No One Believes The Incident Happened, Except For The Murderer, Who's Determined To Recover The Money He Believes Tressa Has Snatched. Filled With Dumb-blonde Jokes, Nonstop Action And Rapid-fire Banter, This Is A Perfect Read For Chick-lit Fans Who Enjoy A Dash Of Mystery. (jan.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. Tressa Jayne Turner has had it up to here with the never-ending string of dumb-blonde jokes and her longtime nickname. Crowned "Calamity Jayne" by Iowa Department of Natural Resources officer Rick Townsend, Tressa's out to gain a little hometown respect --or die trying. Unfortunately for Tressa, that may be the case. She's just been handed the perfect opportunity to get "Ranger Rick," the doubting Don Juan of the DNR, and a skeptical citizenry to finally take her seriously. How? By solving a murder no one else believes happened...No one, that is, except the killer. Yup, Calamity Jayne is in it up to her hot pink snakeskin cowgirl boots and matching rhinestone belt. Tressa would tell you her momma never raised no dummies, but the jury's still out on that one. When she stumbles upon a dead body, Tressa "Calamity Jayne" Turner is determined to gain a little hometown respect by solving this murder, but in order to do so, she must turn to Department of Natural Resources officer Rick Townsend, who constantly picks on her, for help