Bucket Nut [Hardcover]

Liza Cody (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1993

Eva Wylie, a female wrestler and part-time security guard living in a London junkyard, becomes caught up in a lethal protection war on the city streets.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Cody ( Backhand ) introduces Londoner Eva Wylie, a professional wrestler, junkyard security guard and genuinely off-the-wall heroine. Told with all the confidence and style of Cody's successful Anna Lee series, this story is more an adventure than a mystery; many of the crimes are committed by Eva herself, who is not above swiping the odd wallet or automobile. Occasionally Eva runs errands for Mr. Cheng, whose official business she doesn't ask about. While collecting a protection payment from a nightclub, she is offered some "crowd control" work for that evening. When a police raid halts the band's set, Eva whisks a totally stoned backup singer off to the safety of her trailer home. "Goldie," as Eva dubs the singer, charms her protector and even gets the junkyard dogs to eat out of her hand. But Goldie brings problems with her, and Eva has enough of her own, especially when Mr. Cheng sends her on another, very different errand. To make things worse, an annoying PI named Anna Lee keeps nosing around, looking for someone named Eleanor Crombie. If, as Cody hints, Anna and Eva team up, they could make some beautiful mysteries together--assuming Eva stays out of traction and out of jail.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Lively British author Cody introduces rough-and-tumble Eva Wylie, a "professional" wrestler and security guard who gets caught in a London protection war.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 236 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (January 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385467761
• ISBN-13: 978-0385467766
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,766,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm the author of the Anna Lee and Eva Wylie series of mysteries as well as the stand-alone novels Ballad of a Dead Nobody, Gimme More and Rift. Many of my short stories are collected in Lucky Dip and other stories. My website is www.LizaCody.com. You can also follow me on Twitter.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars revolutionary, October 22, 1999

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Jessica Falzoi (Berlin, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bucket Nut (Paperback)

Big, ugly and awfully streetwise, Eva Wylie turns over all characteristics commonly attributed to the female sex. From the very beginning the reader submits to her way of seeing and laughs about the flatness of all other characters around her. My favorite example: When Goldie is making up her eyes Eva's comment brought tears to my eyes so hard I had to laugh. Two thumbs up for the first STRONG literary heroine!!! Men around her become awfully ridiculous and short-sighted and women robots of female socialisation. Anna Lee was already an astounding character but Eva is really on top!The (female) world has been desperately waiting for Eva Wylie...Thank you so much, Liza Cody!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Want To Read More About Eva, December 6, 2003

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Untouchable (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bucket Nut (Paperback)

Eva Wylie is a wrestler with ambitions of becoming a World Champion. She lives in a trailer as a security guard in a spare parts yard with two vicious guard dogs. She has very definite ideas about all aspects of life and if you don't agree with them, well, you can just sod off.

This was an extremely interesting book for a couple of reasons. The first is that the protagonist is not your usual likable character who wins us over despite a couple of flaws. She actually challenges us, time and again over decisions she's made and thoughts she's had. She's abrasive, rude and continually "narked", and for all of that you still feel yourself cheering for her. The second is her job, or jobs actually, a wrestler, a part-time security guard, a part-time courier for a shady character and a part-time bouncer. There's never a dull moment when Eva's around.

Bucket Nut is the first of only three books in the Eva Wylie series, a bittersweet fact. Only 3 books in the series will have me wishing there were more, but I'm pleased to have the other 2 books ahead of me. This is definitely one of those books that leave you wanting to read more.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just wonderful!, April 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bucket Nut (Paperback)

This is a fabulous, wonderful book. A completely different protagonist and a first-person story which is hilarious and tragic in turns - the more moving because Eva Wylie doesn't ask for sympathy and isn't even aware she might inspire it. It's not often I bother to read crime novels twice, but there's so much in this I know I'll be reading it a third, and a fourth ...