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Calamity Jayne Heads West (Tressa Jayne Turner Mysteries) [Mass Market Paperback]

Kathleen Bacus (Author)
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Tressa Jayne Turner Mysteries October 2007
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE BLONDE COYOTE?
IT GOT STUCK IN A TRAP, CHEWED OFF THREE LEGS AND WAS STILL STUCK.

Tressa Jayne Turner, Grandville Iowa’s own little “Calamity,” is headed for the Grand Canyon State—and a wedding! No, not her own. She hasn’t said yes to the Roguish Ranger Rick, but after the past year some downtime in a sweat lodge is just what the shaman ordered.

Unfortunately, it’s her goofy gammy getting’ hitched, and Tressa’s sunny little siesta is about to have more strings attached than a dream catcher. Her cousin’s keeping secrets, Rick’s sending signals—more of the smokin’ than smoke variety—and it seems Tressa’s not the only person with an attachment to “Kookamunga”, the butt-ugly fertility figurine she picked up at a roadside stand as a wedding gift. The wacky wedding’s about to become a southwestern scavenger hunt, an amazing race-meets-the-Da Vinci Code-Wild West-intrigue featuring a washed-up actress out to kick-start her career, a suspect spiritual advisor, locals with a cause, and a ten-year-old who’s a chip off a certain ranger’s blockhead.

It’ll be a vision quest to make Thelma and Louise’s southwestern spree seem like amateur night at the OK Corral.

May the best spirit guide win.

(Note: This book is part of the author’s backlist, originally released in print in 2007 by Dorchester Publishing)

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.


Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 326 pages
  • Publisher: Love Spell (October 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0505527332
  • ISBN-13: 978-0505527332
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #641,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Former state trooper; former state department of justice investigator; educator and now--author!

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars lighthearted Calamity Jayne caper, October 2, 2007
This review is from: Calamity Jayne Heads West (Tressa Jayne Turner Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
Tressa "Calamity" Jayne's crazy grandma is taking the family with her so that they can attend her wedding to the grandfather of Jayne's maybe boyfriend Rick. They are heading to Flagstaff, Arizona. On the trek, Jayne knows she needs to find the right present for her beloved wacko relative and thinks she has succeeded with "Kookamunga" an ugly fertility figurine that reminds her of granny.

However, someone else wants Kookamunga and is trying to steal it. Jayne will do anything to insure granny gets what she deserves so no thief will get away with Kookamunga as far as she is concerned. At the same time, Jayne and her horde of invading relatives including her pain in the butt sarcastic preadolescent nephew begin a treasure hunt while Rick is hot and cold in his affections towards her.

The latest lighthearted Calamity Jayne caper is an amusing thriller as the heroine is overdosing with to too much family. The treasure hunt is fun to follow as Jayne and ilk seem to land in one problem after another. Although her nephew comes across as a brat irritating readers as much as Jayne, fans of the series will enjoy her latest adventures as she and the clan invade the Grand Canyon State.

Harriet Klausner
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4.0 out of 5 stars Calamity Jayne takes her show on the road...laugh out loud funny, August 12, 2009
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This review is from: Calamity Jayne Heads West (Tressa Jayne Turner Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
hings are heating up for Tressa Jayne...not only because she's in Arizona, but Ranger Rick is making her temperature rise.

The Turner and Townsend families make their way out west to Flagstaff, Arizona to Tressa's Aunt Kay's for Hannah and Joe's nuptials. Little Nick Townsend, Rick's nephew, is a miniature Ranger Rick and driving Tressa crazy before they even make it to Arizona. He already knows all her buttons and is pushing them like a kid in an elevator.

Tressa needs to find a gift for her gammy and granpappy-to-be. When she sees the perfect fertility idol her gammy would love and Joltin' Joe would be mortified of, she snaps it up. Unfortunately for her, someone else wants the ugly little statue more than she does. And the craziness ensues.

No one believes Tressa when she says the statue is the reason bad things keep happening to them. Then, she and Nick figure out why the statue is so important. And the real "mystery" begins.

Rick and Tressa'a relationship grows in this book more than any other. Tressa knows she wants Rick and he knows he wants her...only problem is that something keeps stopping them from taking the leap. I really like the progression in this book. Rick's revelations at the end show real growth on his part.

This book leaves off where you definitely need to read the next book...it isn't a "cliffhanger," but it does leaving a bit dangling.

One of the better in the series.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Jayne Turner Mystery, October 5, 2007
This review is from: Calamity Jayne Heads West (Tressa Jayne Turner Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
Tressa Jayne Turner cordially invites you to join her as she heads west for the nuptuals of her grandma to Ranger Rick's Grandpa Joe. She knows there'll be trouble going in, if for no other reason than the happy couple is a recipe for trouble in and of themselves. Not only that, but her sister has chronic air sickness, Rick's nephew is the child from you know where and won't leave her alone, and there's Rick himself who confuses her just by existing. She doesn't need a mystery to solve, but sure enough, when she buys a fertility statue as a wedding gift, Tressa Jayne finds herself up to her neck in alligators as she and her soon to be step-nephew embark on a crazy quest for treasure and try to stay a step ahead of the relic hunter also chasing it and them.

*** Screwball comedy and mystery blend in this unpredictable, slightly campy story. Tressa makes a good narrator as she brings readers along on her wild ride. If you need a mindless laugh, then this is for you. ***


Amanda Killgore
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