What the Lady Wants

by Jennifer Crusie

Book Overview

If he's Cary Grant, where's his Girl Friday? Mitch Peabody was learning pretty fast that the life of a private detective was nothing like the movies. He'd envisioned a world of tough-talking detectives and smart-mouthed, stunning dames. Instead he saw case after case of cheating husbands, suspicious wives and unsuspecting mistresses...until she walked through the door. Right down to her stilettos, Mae Sullivan was a knockout with a lethal body--and...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373774354
• ISBN13: 9780373774357
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Hqn
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Fun, funny and funtastic

Typical Crusie. Engaging offbeat characters, good plot and excellent narration. And HUMOR!!

Lovin' Crusie

This was the second Jennifer Crusie book I've read, and she has made a fan of me for life! I bought the rest of her books and cannot wait to read them.Mae and Mitch are both funny, but together, they are hilarious! I loved the banter and sexual innuendos, but most of all, I love the thoughts of each character.I was quite confused, however, when I read my back cover and read Mitch Peabody, but began reading the book and his alias last name was Peatwick. Whetever. Had nothing to do with the story, I just wanted to point that out, because I thought that any editor should have caught that.Overall, if you like to laugh and enjoy eccentric and witty characters, read this book. In fact, read all of Crusie's books. Strange Bedpersons, Getting Rid of Bradley and Manhunting were also hilarious! I still have more to read!

Fun, cute read.

I can't believe I still wasn't sure who the bad guy was until the end. That never happens, and yet, What the Lady Wants kept me guessing. It also kept me thoroughly entertained!Crusie's characters are lots of fun and the antics of family members were funnier by the minute. The only thing that would have made this book better was if it had lasted longer (although the story lacks nothing).A fun read for the beach or waiting in a doctor's office or a long car ride.........P.S. I could read Mae and Mitch's phone call to love scene over and over. Yum.

Hilarious

_What the Lady Wants_ is an hilarious book filled with characters with larger than life foibles. Once again, Cruise takes us to the midwest, and we meet Mae Belle, the orphaned grand-niece of three less-than-reputable characters. She is looking for a less-than-competant PI, and finds Mitch Peatwick, a laid-back stockbroker turned PI, on a bet with his fellow stockbrockers that he couldn't make a PI business solvent in one year.Mae wants to find her great-uncle Armand's diary. Armand is recently deceased by a heartattack, and Mae comes up with the idea that if she tells a slow PI that she believes her uncle was murdered, and that whoever killed her uncle has the diary, than they will find the diary. (Whoever has it will not want to be accused of murder.)Mae's relatives are not amused. They want to take care of Mae's problems, even though she doesn't want them to. And the farther that Mae and Mitch go on with the investigation, the more people they find with a reason to want to kill Armand. And, the more confusing the search becomes. Quagmires seem to open up under their feet as they search for the diary.This is a wonderful book that sparkles with wit and humour

Maltese Falcon Redux....

Funny, funny spoof of The Maltese Falcon, only with a lot more passion. Crusie's characters are memorable, and her sense of humor is infectious. One of the better writers in category fiction---in fact, she is better than category and should be writing mainstream women's (funny) fiction.(And, boy, could she write some hilarious movie scripts!) In the same class as Janet Evanovich (the Stephanie Plum mystery series), Susan Elizabeth Phillips (bestselling contemporary romances), and Marian Keys (Irish author of Watermelon).

Beyond hilarious!

What happens when a laid-back stockbroker-turned-private-eye meets a sassy dame with a world-class ass? You'll just have to read the book to find out... "What the Lady Wants" has the feel of a classic 1940's movie; Cary Grant meets "The Maltese Falcon". Mitch and Mae Belle trade witty, sexy banter while dodging bullets and trying to solve the case of the missing trust fund. The superb supporting cast of lethal relatives, secretive servants, mysterious mistresses, and one dumb dog are a wonderful background to Mitch and Mae's love story. My favorite of all Jennifer Crusie's wonderful novels, this is one that you'll want to read over and over again. I lost count after a dozen or so rereads, and I still laugh at the same parts