Packing Mrs. Phipps: A Jo Jacuzzo Mystery

by Anne Seale and Shanae Johnson

Jo Jacuzzo accepts a job to accompany heiress Charity Redmunn from Buffalo to Tampa and back, to transport an elderly lady, Mrs. Phipps, and her belongings. However it soon becomes clear to Jo that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555838375
• ISBN13: 9781555838379
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Alyson Books
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

What a fun book.

What a fun book. I could hardly put it down for wanting to know what pickle Jo was going to get herself into next. I can hardly wait for the next book to come out so I can see what Jo will do next. The only disappointment to this book is realizing you reached the end and then you want to read it again. It is well written and it takes you right into the character. What a talented writer with a gift for twists and humor. LOVE IT!!!

fun read

A delightful mystery with lots of subtle humor. Loved it. When i finished it, i was glad to know that more were coming soon

Couldn't put it down

Anne Seale spends half the year in an RV park in Arizona and half the year in New York, and she uses these backgrounds and all the settings inbetween for this romp across America. Her main character, Jo Jacuzzo, is a delightful 28-year-old working class butch who finds herself doing a favor for a gorgeous blonde femme from an elite background who is a purveyor of fine art, and who is also in deep trouble. Jo's even dying her hair red and painting her nails and toenails and wearing a miniskirt at one point as she too tries to outrun the trouble. Seale, who previously was known primarily for her lesbian feminist songs, performed on her comedy tape, "Sex for Breakfast," and at many lesbian events across the country, breaks into a new genre as if she were born to it. I picked up the book when I got home and didn't put it down until 3 am when I finished it.The plot twists flow fast and easily, and Seale's humor underlies even the serious moments of this fun read. She deftly brings in some political points about the problems of Mexicans attempting to cross the border illegally into the U.S. for economic survival, and both those who support and who bitterly oppose them--but her message is not at all heavy-handed. I am eagerly looking forward to Seale's next book in the series. Jo still has to pack Mrs. Phipps, and from the looks of it, that still isn't going to be an easy job.

A cross-country delight

First, take a bright, funny [homosexual] of a gal driving down across the Mason-Dixon Line, add a dash of danger & a pinch of passion...stir smoothly and prepare to be awake tonight enjoying a can't-put-down tale of mystery & more than a bit of madness. It may prove that "no good deed goes unpunished", but it left me wanting more of Jo's adventures & mysteries. Please, Anne-do it again soon?

Seale makes a dashing debut.

Taking us traveling with heroine Jo Jacuzzo, Seale's novel is quirky and absolutely rivieting. The reader wonders how Jacuzzo will get out of her present scrape and where will she find herself next. Answers quickly follow questions except one. When can we travel with Jacuzzo again?